Optimus TAF

Optimus - TAF is an automation acceleration solution that provides an end-to-end automation solution for application testing across mobile, web, desktop, embedded and mainframe platforms.

Business Problem

  • Inadequate returns on test automation investments.
  • Reduced time-to-market for products.
  • Insufficient time to test due to resource crunch/ insufficient time especially in agile scenarios.
  • Test coverage of products across multiple channels and devices – Web, Mobile, desktop, etc. increases overall test burden

Solution

HCL's Optimus TAF is a test automation lifecycle acceleration solution that provides an end-to-end solution offering

  • Faster test scenario creation by supporting behaviour driven testing & Keyword-driven Automatic Test Script Generation (ATSG) across test engines
  • Execution orchestration of software products across mobile, web, desktop, embedded, mainframe platforms and microservices.
  • Out of the box support for multi-platform test execution and keyword-based script generation

Why is the solution unique

  • Accelerate designing of automation scripts on web, mobile, desktop, embedded apps and APIs by connecting to any test engine
  • Off-the-shelf keyword library, esp. for open-source tools
  • One-touch test execution: Click of a button, and takes care of test automation orchestration based on pre-configuration

Features/BP diagram of the solution

  • TEST DESIGN ACCELERATION - Behavior driven testing using Jbehave & Keyword-driven automated test script generation across platforms
  • TEST EXECUTION ACCELERATION - Support for CI, Parallel & Remote Execution, Auto Push of Result and Defects into test and defect management system, eDAT integration, support for IBM Rational suite of products
  • TEST REPORT ACCELERATION - Test result aggregation from multiple environments and automated report generation
  • LIFE CYCLE MGMT. - Store and manage test cases, test scripts, test data, test objects, environments and test results, with intuitive dashboards


Proof Points

  • 83% reduction in test execution time & 21% manual test execution effort saved for automated testing of a web product for a TSP in a year.
  • 34% reduction in overall testing costs and 70% reduction in test cycle time to customer’s test automation efforts providing time to market advantage.

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