SLASHED MANUAL TESTING HOURS & INCREASED QA CONFIDENCE OF A SAAS-BASED ENERGY & UTILITY SOFTWARE PROVIDER

CASE STUDY

API AUTOMATION FOR A RETAIL ENERGY SAAS TOOL

A best-in-class energy software provider saves manual testing hours and intensiﬁes their QA conﬁdence with API test automation.

API AUTOMATION FOR A RETAIL ENERGY SAAS TOOL

A best-in-class energy software provider saves manual testing hours and intensiﬁes their QA conﬁdence with API test automation.

Problem Statement

Our client is a UK-based energy software company that partners with over 65 energy retailers and 1400 brokers to help them grow and transform how the world generates, supplies, and consumes energy.

The software well adopted by its users is now reshaped into SaaS-based software having a single codebase. Earlier, the users hosted applications separately; testing and deployments happened in isolation. The challenge arose when they aggregated to a SaaS-based platform and brought in APIs at all levels to serve its users.

As a result of aggregation and inﬂated regression cycles and, the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the company’s need for an automated testing partner to look after API automation and save the manual testing hours. After exploring various testing partners, the client chose Zuci as it met their high-quality requirements.

HERE’S WHAT THE CLIENT’S HEAD OF TESTING STATED

“Zuci have always made great efforts and gone that extra mile for us. From providing some of the most talented and dependable resources I have ever had the pleasure of working with, to being able to react to an ever-changing and challenging situation in the light of the global pandemic. The team at Zuci has proven time and again that they are more than just a group of individuals, but an organization and a family that are able to pull together. From the senior management team all the way down to the consultants/staff they provide, they have an understanding as well as give the personal and very human touch to the services and interactions with us.”

HERE’S WHAT THE CLIENT’S HEAD OF TESTING STATED

“Zuci have always made great efforts and gone that extra mile for us. From providing some of the most talented and dependable resources I have ever had the pleasure of working with, to being able to react to an ever-changing and challenging situation in the light of the global pandemic. The team at Zuci has proven time and again that they are more than just a group of individuals, but an organization and a family that are able to pull together. From the senior management team all the way down to the consultants/staff they provide, they have an understanding as well as give the personal and very human touch to the services and interactions with us.”

To help the client meet their core objective, Zuci assigned 3 Test Automation Engineers. The QA team helped with the best practice recommendations, created a detailed test plan that integrated well into their Agile ecosystem.

Helped building Testcafe automation framework that supports automation of Functional, Integration and E2E UAT scenarios across Web, and APIs

Test engineers built and implemented test cases based on user stories and employed requirements traceability to every test case

Run automated tests using C# with a SpecFlow and Mocha framework and integrated performance testing of APIs to verify and validate non-functional parameters.

Collaborative test automation and management of the code base on VCS on daily basis

HOW ZUCI SYSTEMS HELPED

To help the client meet their core objective, Zuci assigned 3 Test Automation Engineers. The QA team helped with the best practice recommendations, created a detailed test plan that integrated well into their Agile ecosystem.

Helped building Testcafe automation framework that supports automation of Functional, Integration and E2E UAT scenarios across Web, and APIs

Test engineers built and implemented test cases based on user stories and employed requirements traceability to every test case

Run automated tests using C# with a SpecFlow and Mocha framework and integrated performance testing of APIs to verify and validate non-functional parameters.

Collaborative test automation and management of the code base on VCS on daily basis

HOW ZUCI SYSTEMS HELPED

Paved a path for iterative test automation down the line to achieve higher test coverage using test automation pyramid strategy

Integrated test scripts to Azure DevOps, I.e., client’s continuous integration tool

Set-up Conﬂuence software for viewing test automation results and incorporated it well with their MS Teams to stay updated on the test execution results.

HOW ZUCI SYSTEMS HELPED

Paved a path for iterative test automation down the line to achieve higher test coverage using test automation pyramid strategy

Integrated test scripts to Azure DevOps, I.e., client’s continuous integration tool

Set-up Conﬂuence software for viewing test automation results and incorporated it well with their MS Teams to stay updated on the test execution results.

Accelerated test time with the incorporation of more automation testers

Easier adoption of test automation internally within the development team

Improved reporting and end-to-end visibility of quality process for all stakeholders

Steep reduction in the number of production issues

Test automation helped receive quick feedback on the operation

BUSINESS OUTCOME

Accelerated test time with the incorporation of more automation testers

Easier adoption of test automation internally within the development team

Improved reporting and end-to-end visibility of quality process for all stakeholders

Steep reduction in the number of production issues

Test automation helped receive quick feedback on the operation

IN NUMBERS

UI & API test automation coverage

person-hours saved monthly

compliance with action plan and availability

0 Months

of project duration

IN NUMBERS

UI & API test automation coverage

person-hours saved monthly

compliance with action plan and availability

0 Months

of project duration

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