How to Deliver Winning Mobile Apps
- 1. 4/23/15 1 101 - 301 Guide to Mobile Testing Perfecto Mobile & Toronto Association of System and Software Eran Kinsbruner & Joe Larizza 2014 What To Do? l Great News – Your first Mobile Project has arrived! l You have been aware that your marketing team was evaluating a mobile offering. Are you prepared? Likely not. l Been to busy with day-to-day issues to give much thought to mobile testing – avoidance strategy has worked well until today l But now you need to prepare and all eyes are on you …
- 2. 4/23/15 2 Presentation Objectives l Basic QA Roadmap to leverage when you get back to the office l New mobile reality l QA/Dev Test Vision l Agile Testing/Shift Left l Test Automation As a Shift Left Enabler l Single user performance l Action Plan l Test Automation l Regression Testing Copyright Perfecto Mobile Why Apps Fail Report Feb 2014 But - Rising User Expectations Has Implications
- 3. 4/23/15 3 For Example: Apple iPhone 6 and 6 plus sales top 10 million in first weekend – But … QA Vision l Reduce test duplication and enhance re-usability by introducing “Business Process Testing” methodology and Test Automation to achieve target savings per year l In addition, expand our test automation footprint by introducing “Continuous Automated Regression Testing Model” – proactive testing of new mobile devices and carriers: l Leverage Perfecto public cloud, Perfecto Internal cloud and internal Perfecto cloud (proactive device testing) l Reduce regression cycles by increasing test automation (reduce project timelines) l Integration between manual and automated test cases (decrease test case duplication ) l Reduce release testing cycles for ongoing production support
- 4. 4/23/15 4 Objectives Road Map § Increase Test Coverage § Test Effectiveness – reduce test duplication between QA & business § Reduce defect leakage to production § Reduce regression test cycle by 5-10 days per project § QTP & Perfecto § Continuous improvement in test design & execution § Maximize Test Automation coverage § Increase re-use - BPT § Near zero downtime/ production failures § Applications perform as expected § Reduction in Cost of Testing due to productivity improvements- Maintenance and Projects § Enable business to respond to market change § Proactive feedback on market changes to existing production mobile applications Operational Effectiveness Operational Efficiency Business Value Improved Quality Optimized Cost Faster Time to Market § Reuse test automation during UAT test cycles § Decrease QA test cycles – via test automation § Test automation cost savings § Manual and automation test management savings 10% using BPT § Onsite to offshore ratio 40:60 § QA Technical Solution Lead across all projects § Leverage Perfecto Mobile cloud solution to save on devices and data plans QA Action Plan QA Action Plan Instrumentation – Industrialization Industrialization - Continuous Improvement Continuous Improvement – Best in Class Reusable Test Assets: l Create reusable testing assets to improve testing efforts. Implementation of BPT – Business Process Testing within all groups Test Design Productivity: l Leverage Test Case design techniques to optimize effort and maximize coverage – BPT and Perfecto Implementation Test Automation: l Leverage BPT, QTP and Perfecto Improved test coverage: l Improved test coverage through BPT Model “cover more for less” through standard design and scripting Process Standardization: l Standardize BPT modelling Metrics: l Standard & defined Metrics Framework – daily metric reports, KPI reporting and business case tracker Training & Skill development: l Stand-up Mobile Agile Team- vendor model l Establish QA Technical Solution Lead role
- 5. 4/23/15 5 Agile Testing l Agility: Best practices on Agile including automation focus and effective intraday QA practices form the core of the solution l Types of testing : Testing includes Acceptance testing at build level, Functional , Interruption (NFR) and Regression at Sprint level and also Release Regression l Continuous automation and Regression: Automation will be leveraged to execute acceptance tests at build level and regression tests at sprint level and across sprints l Single user performance testing: During the agile testing phases, performing memory analysis/leaks testing, collecting vitals, including network virtualization tests (2G, LTE, Wifi) and measuring user response time can reduce risks later on in the project l Devices/ Platforms coverage: Optimal set of devices have been considered /assumed to ensure adequate coverage in the target platforms l Quality management: Best in class methods for leveraging Test management processes and Tools best suited to agile needs. Agile based Testing Testing Types Optimized devices /Platform Coverage QualitytManagem ent Test automation The Challenges – Velocity vs. Quality • Challenge: • Market pressure compressing delivery schedules • Growing App complexity driving test case growth • Rapidly evolving test matrix • Goal: • Deliver feedback to developers faster • Complete test coverage within each sprint cycle • Strategy • Increase automation • Adopt continuous integration 10 And Or
- 6. 4/23/15 6 The Need for Speed is Driving DevTest Adoption Now 11 • Collaboration between Dev and Test is increasing • Continuous integration is accelerating the move towards DevTest • Performance testing is starting earlier and occurring more frequently • DevOps adoption is less mature compared to the evolution of DevTest • Automation is a fundamental enabler Dev Test Stage Deploy Unit Test Fn Test Perf Test UAT Monitoring Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery ChangingSDLC Perf Test Velocity AND Quality … Shift Left Requirements Familiar dev tools • OSS & Commercial is key Proven test automation with familiar test frameworks Scalable test environment (real devices & real networks) • Supporting full performance testing • Easily mimic varied user networking conditions • Emulate internal and external web services 12 Fast feedback • Evidence based • Detailed reporting • Timely • CI ready • Automated
- 7. 4/23/15 7 Mobile Continuous Integration Recommended Work Flow 13 Dev Team Source Control CI Server Automated App Deployment On Real Devices Functional Testing Integration Testing Performance Testing Continuous Feedback Code Commit Bug Reporting Launch Perfecto Job (Release Package) Support today: PM Native & Selenium Test Planning & Test Execution Detailed reports Planning optim ization for next build ReportingUnit Tests Master Test Plan Checklist BPT Strategy (Reuse factor) Cloud Testing QA Production Ready (Performance Testing) Automation Strategy (QTP and Perfecto) Defect Strategy – earlier detection Functions Test & Test Accelerators
- 8. 4/23/15 8 Mobile Test Factors Devices – Models & Operating Systems Functions – E2E, Integration Test & Client Experience Tests Location (French & English) Signal Strength Carriers & Custom Operating Systems New Master Test Plan Checklist BPT Strategy (Reuse factor) Cloud Testing QA Production Ready ( Performance Testing) Automation Strategy (QTP and Perfecto) Defect Strategy – earlier detection Functions Test & Test Accelerators
- 9. 4/23/15 9 Business Process Testing: BPT Building blocks of Business Process Testing • Business Components • Flows • Business Process Tests Business Component A Business Component is a reusable unit that performs a specific task in a business process. Business Flow Flow is a type of test in QC that comprises a collection of business components in a fixed sequence that performs a specific task. Business Process Test A business process test is a sequence of business components and/or business flows that together represent a business scenario & represent main tasks performed in a business process BPT Structure BPT Tab Test Case Tab Log In 1 Make Payment 2 Transfer Funds 3 Log Out 4 Log In 1 Make Payment 2 Log Out 4 Log In 1 Log Out 4 Transfer Funds 3 (1) Log In (2) Make Payment (3) Log Out (1) Log In (2) Transfer Funds (3) Log Out Build Business Components Assemble BPT Components into Test Cases Add Test Cases to Test Sets
- 10. 4/23/15 10 BPT – QTP - Perfecto v Perfecto Mobile and HP jointly announced a breakthrough solution for automated mobile testing within QTP, known as “MobileCloud” for QTP. ü Tight core integration with QTP makes it easy to create mobile test cases: ü Native QTP scripting and flow control for mobile ü Fully integrated user interface ü Embedding of screenshots and video into QTP reports ü Seamless back-end integration with HP ALM suite/Quality Center ü Support for all platforms, OS versions and hundreds of devices v QTP is well integrated with BPT for Automation & Perfecto is well integrated with QTP for Automated Mobile Testing HP Quick Test Pro 11.0 (QTP) Perfecto MobileCloud for QTP 3.50 Regression Testing Approach l Define a high level strategy for automation - core regression functionality l Identify functionality for mobile application which can be easily automated and provides greater value l Business Process Components (BPT) - designed to be: l Reusable across application screens and functions l Suitable for manual and automation l Reusable in multiple platforms like iPhone, Android and Blackberry l Designed to support both English & French l Easy to maintain/update as functionality or expected results change
- 11. 4/23/15 11 Levels of Test Automation Level 1 Navigation flowsNavigation flows Content validationContent validationLevel 2 Automated scenarios of basic Navigation & happy path are ready Automated scenarios of basic Navigation & happy path are ready Error ValidationError Validation üCheck automation feasibility ü Identify scenarios for basic navigation & successful functional flow üCheck automation feasibility ü Identify scenarios for basic navigation & successful functional flow üNavigation flows are automated üCheck automation feasibility of Screen content üNavigation flows are automated üCheck automation feasibility of Screen content Content Validation scripts are ready and plugged in with existing automated Navigation BPT component Content Validation scripts are ready and plugged in with existing automated Navigation BPT component Error Validation Components are ready and plugged in with automated components of Level 2 Error Validation Components are ready and plugged in with automated components of Level 2 Level 3 üLevel 2 scenarios are ready ü Check automation Feasibility of Error validation üLevel 2 scenarios are ready ü Check automation Feasibility of Error validation Level 4 ü Level 3 scenarios are ready üCheck automation feasibility of Data validation ü Level 3 scenarios are ready üCheck automation feasibility of Data validation Data Validation (if Feasible)Data Validation (if Feasible) Data Validation scripts are written and plugged in with existing automated components of Level 3 Data Validation scripts are written and plugged in with existing automated components of Level 3 Level 5 ü Level 4 scenarios are ready ü Check automation feasibility of UI validation and other complex features ü Level 4 scenarios are ready ü Check automation feasibility of UI validation and other complex features UI Validation (if Feasible)UI Validation (if Feasible) Automated script for UI Screen & other complex scenarios are ready and plugged with existing scripts Automated script for UI Screen & other complex scenarios are ready and plugged with existing scripts DataDrivenAutomationFrameworkDataDrivenAutomationFramework 1 a Testing Challenge l Testing Challenge: Our test universe is constantly changing due to: l Constant market changes to device-platforms, operating systems, carriers and custom changes to operating systems, network l External & internal mobile development l Back end system changes – mainframe & client server l How does the testing team maintain or keep ahead of the requirement to constantly test within fixed budget? We cannot continue to buy new devices and increase resources – model is not sustainable l Answer – build reusable generic test automation scripts independent of devices and maximize cloud testing l Continuous Automated Regression Testing Model
- 12. 4/23/15 12 Continuous Automation Regression Model l Executing automated test scripts 24*7 (consider offshore team) l Private Perfecto Cloud – used for project development (purchase bays and test company supported devices) l Execute automated testing suite to reduce project timelines l Internal Perfecto Cloud –used for project and maintenance testing on supported devices l Execute automated testing suite to reduce project and support timelines l Perfecto Public Cloud – test non supported devices (new market devices/ mimic customer behaviour). Leverage Perfecto public metrics i.e. what is currently in use by public (device and configuration) l Execute automated testing suite to provide instant product information to business sponsors. Funding Options l Continuous Automated Regression Testing Model proactively reports how mobile applications are behaving in the mobile world: new devices and carriers – provide service to marketing team l Costs – Perfecto Public Cloud is part of engagement model l Business Case – solicit key sponsors l Resources: Leverage existing approved budget resources: maintenance, execution and expansion of existing scripts l Maximize resource productivity l Projects funded expansion of automation test scripts i.e MS Tablet and new development (introduction of new functionality)
- 13. 4/23/15 13 Timeline Complete new products ie tablet regression automation suite Completed Day1 Automation Regression Suite iPhone, BB and Android Part of Release and Project regression Nov Dec Jan Feb March June Leverage Perfecto Public Cloud - mimic public behavior Build and leverage Perfecto Internal Cloud Cloud Testing Model Implementation completed Mobile QA Testing Team steady state July Complete Data Validation Day 2 Regression Automation Gain and Maintain Sponsor Support l Provide monthly quarterly reporting l Include pilot models and concepts l Highlight success stories l Failures – lessons learned and how to apply moving forward l Benefits – translation “how much time and dollars have we saved.” Avoid QA jargon.