Smart SAP Testing with Panaya Test Dynamix
- 1. OrenPeleg Directorof Product Panaya BenjaminAlimi SeniorProduct Manager Panaya How to orchestrate and streamline Enterprise SAP Testing with Panaya Smart SAP Testing
- 2. Smart SAP Testing › ERP Testing Challenges › What is Smart Testing? › Smart Testing in action: › Optimization of functional regression tests › Acceleration of Business process testing & UAT › Automatic test documentation › Smart Defect Management › Panaya Test Dynamix › Q&A
- 3. The Challenges of Enterprise Testing Secure business process integrity with faster business innovation User Acceptance Tests increasingly complex while remaining manual Keep pace with Agile & DevOps increasing release cadence Siloed Teams and multiple tools reducing visibility into quality and risk Manual Processes Slowing down collaboration and decision-making Uncertainty about change impact and testing coverage
- 4. ERP testing is more than “software testing” › ERP is all about business. Any disruption to business continuity is unacceptable. › Business processes can be cross-modules and have multiple dependencies. › ERPs are increasingly integrated with other applications. › ERP testing requires a strong understanding of business processes. › Functional analysts and business users are essential for ERP testing. › Managing tests across multiple teams requires an end-to- end visibility.
- 5. Increased complexity of end-to-end testing requires to rethink testing to accelerate digital transformation. Test modernization cannot be achieved with legacy and outdated methodologies. Quality at speed requires testing excellence and goes far beyond test automation only. Bring intelligence to testing is our formula to drive innovation with no risk.
- 6. Panaya’s Smart Test Management An enterprise unified end-to-end testing platform that brings intelligence to traditional test management with: Data specific to your SAP system, ensuring better informed decisions NextGen SAP Impact Analysis engine for a risk- based testing approach to your ongoing changes Smart defect management so you can anticipate and control defects inflation Boost UAT with a unique collaborative approach and automate documentation Ongoing insights to remove planning and execution bottlenecks AI-Powered Change Analysis Smart Defect Management Collaborative Testing Data from the SAP System Proactive Insights
- 7. What is your biggest challenge with functional regression tests when you introduce changes to your SAP system? 1. We need to run the same full regression suite each time that we need (complete regression tests) 2. We need to select a subset of regression test cases to be run (selective regression tests) 3. We don’t have time to run regression tests for our ongoing changes
- 8. Still the king of ERP testing! What are the common ERP regression testing practices? Running a full regression on ALL business processes Changes risk is determined by local experts' gut feelings Regression cycles are avoided in small and critical changes Testin g Cycles
- 9. Regression and functional test planning challenges Business Processes Test Catalog Actual Risk Uncovered Risk Are you testing too much? ― Are you testing too little? ― Are you covering all impacted business processes?
- 10. Panaya’s Change Analysis: Smart AI-Driven Regression Testing › Optimize manual and automated test cycles. › Pinpoint the impact of changes on your current business processes. › Increase test coverage with auto- generated tests. › Reduce regression testing efforts by focusing only on the impacted areas.
- 11. Panaya Change Analysis Ready to execute test plan Start Import Tests from your existing test catalog Increase coverage with suggested tests from other cycles Auto Generate missing tests to reach 100% test coverage Link Change Requests both vendor and business Remove non relevant tests Scope in impacted Entry Points (e.g., SAP Transactions) Hit the “Optimize” button Change Coverage Covering Tests Plan your test cycle with Panaya in 10 min Top!
- 12. What do you use to perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT)? 1. MS Excel / MS Word 2. Microfocus QC/ALM 3. SAP Solman Focused Build 4. Panaya Test Dynamix 5. Other Test Management tool
- 13. Traditional tools and methodologies are not suited for functional analysts and business users ― Limited ability to capture business process knowledge ― Lack of end-to-end business process visibility ― Idle time between sequential testing activities ― Inability to track testing quality and accuracy Business Process Testing challenges Testing focus and investment should shift from traditional technical testing to include cross- functional, business process testing
- 14. Shopping cart + PO creation PO approval Goods receipt + invoice verification Accounting Movement's check Collaborative Business Process Testing
- 15. Smart Business Process Testing › Testsreflectingend-to-end business process sequence. › Easily engagebusiness users withintuitiveinterface. › Seamlessremotecollaboration:“Passthebaton” withincomplex businessscenariosthatinvolvescross- functionalteams. › Boosttestingefficiency: Testersknowwhentotest, whattotest,whatdatatouse.
- 16. › Real-timevisibility withfullycustomizable andshareabledashboards. › Removetestingbottleneckswithsmartalerts and insights. › Nevermiss updates andmanageon thego viaourdedicatedmobile app. Real-Time Custom Dashboards for smart decisions
- 17. › Documenting tests is very expensive in the testing process › Having an automatic documentation tool is a considerable asset: Accelerate manual testing with auto-generated test evidence and defects documentation ― Accelerate defects handling by developers (steps to reproduce, screenshots from test execution…) ― Comprehensive and audit-ready documentation ― Harmonize test documentation standards ― Build and exhaustive business process test library reusable across projects and test cycles. ― Train users with ready-to-use documentation.
- 18. Automatic Test Evidence › Save100%of documentationefforts › Staycompliant withauto-generatedandaudit-readytest evidence. › Exhaustivebusiness process testlibrary reusableacross projectsandtestcycles. › Trainusers withready-to-usedocumentation.
- 19. Smart Defect Management › The nature of ERP business processes is being integrated › Many transactions are used in various different business processes › One defect in one transaction can stop many other steps/tests › Testing of transactions with reported defects cause: − Defect duplication − Time/cost loss − Testers/developers bureaucracy › Panaya System Wide Defects is an AI-driven capability that assists test managers to define influence of defects on other tests: − Save time − Save money − Save frustration
- 20. › Fullcollaboration betweentestersanddevelopers. › Speedup defectresolution withautomatic documentation,screenshotsandreproduciblestepsfor developers. › Close defects loops and secure retestingwithautomatic workflows. › Controldefect inflation withPanaya’sSystemWide- Defects. Smart Defect Management
- 21. Automation Rules for custom workflows Event-drivenworkflowstoaccelerateproject managementbyremovingmanualand repetitiveactions. Ease decision making byautomaticallyupdatingfields. Reduceproject’srisksbyautomaticallyassigning importantissues. Increasetheoverallefficiency and quality ofprocesses withbestpracticesandaccuratedata When Defect Priority is changed to Critical Update Due Date to Tomorrow And Send an email to Dev Manager When Test is created And Module is MM Update Business Owner to Enrique Artes When Feature Status is changed to Ready to Test And Testing Owner is empty Update Testing Owner to Henri Fried
- 23. Enterprise Test Management Software Trusted by 500+ customers “ Before Panaya, I would spend a lot of time supporting testing efforts. Ever since Panaya, I don’t have to. Panaya is so intuitive that this task has just disappeared. — Pieter Tombeur, IT Manager Compliance & Validation
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