
Web properties transition to
Open Source platform
Accelerating Testing and Deployment of Revenue-Generating Web Applications

Situation
Large, diversified financial services company aggressively moving externally-facing applications and web properties to Open Source platform
Problem
Testing was done ad-hoc by non-technical personnel.
Tight budget.
No tolerance for downtime or end-user impact.
Hard to find expertise with OpenSource tools.
Action
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Identified and delivered team with necessary skills.
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Team took over all responsibility for testing from ad-hoc testing personnel.
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Created test strategy and test cases using OpenSource (Selenium) tool.
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Identified entrance/exit criteria for final deliverable.
Results
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Significantly improved project quality.
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Created a consistent, repeatable testing process to be used on future platform migrations.
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High performance team was awarded additional projects by the client.