The rapid pace of mobile apps demands new approaches to all types of testing. To bring high-quality software to market quickly, your organization needs a strategy that covers all aspects of mobile testing from application level testing to real devices and from functional to performance, to network and security. This paper outlines five strategic steps to get you there today, in the area of functional testing specifically, and move your processes into the era of the user.

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The rapid pace of mobile apps demands new approaches to
all types of testing. To bring high-quality software to market
quickly, your organization needs a strategy that covers all
aspects of mobile testing from application level testing to
real devices and from functional to performance, to
network and security. This paper outlines five strategic
steps to get you there today, in the area of functional
testing specifically, and move your processes into the era of
the user.
It’s the era of the user. So what does that mean for
functional testing?
The explosion of mobile devices creates a new set of challenges for your organization in
your quest to develop and deliver robust mobile apps. To be successful, your organization
needs to employ effective, efficient, and thorough functional testing throughout the
application development lifecycle.
And that’s a problem. Conventional, manual testing, which is often the norm for desktop and
web applications, simply cannot meet the challenges of testing mobile apps.
Mobile apps create new testing challenges
The era of the mobile app and the user creates unprecedented challenges for your functional
testing teams. These include:
• Fragmentation—Mobile devices are changing and evolving at a bewildering pace. There
are hundreds of new devices introduced every year. With new screen sizes, form factors,
and operating system variations, these changes often cause problems for testing teams,
because they cannot keep up with the pace of change.
• Urgency—To keep pace with a dynamic competitive landscape, mobile development must
be fast—very fast. Mobile teams need to design, build, test, and release software in very
short intervals. Conventional manual testing simply cannot keep pace with the agile world
of the mobile apps while also ensuring proper coverage of functionality.
• Risk—Poor app quality can damage the reputation of your enterprise and its brands.
Because users provide ratings and public reviews of apps, it’s impossible to not face public
scrutiny if you deploy a bad app—and the impact of bad reviews and a low-rated app can
be catastrophic.
• Complexity—As mobile apps become more complex and depend on new technologies—
such as location-based, near-field communication (NFC), real-time events, and pop-ups—
testing becomes more complex, both manually and automatically.
• Localization—If your enterprise offshores testing and app build services, your test teams
need the ability to run remote tests that validate functionality over local devices and
carriers. Otherwise, the experience for local users could be quite different from that of the
test cases.
These challenges that arise with mobile devices and apps drive a new set of requirements for
functional test teams.

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Deliver better software in less time with these five steps
While the era of the app and the user brings big challenges, it also brings big
opportunities for companies armed with the right tools. Here are five strategic steps to
move your functional testing processes into the era of the app and the bring the focus
on the user, along with a look at the HP tools that enable your transformation.
Key strategic steps HP UFT Mobile solution
1. Test mobile apps on real devices.
To gain a realistic view of the actual user
experience, you have to test on real devices.
Device emulators and simulators can be
useful early on in the development and test
process, but they don’t show you the actual
user experience on devices with unique
features.
HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) Mobile
software allows you to use a wide variety of
real user devices in your testing environment.
The software enables accurate, reliable, and
repeatable testing on diverse mobile devices and
operating platforms.
2. Use the cloud to host your testing reference
devices.
This is an essential requirement for an enterprise
solution. A cloud-based service allows
you to avoid the complexity of procuring,
managing, maintaining, and updating
your own testing reference devices. And it
enables your testers to securely test and
monitor your apps on real devices connected
to live networks.
HP UFT Mobile enables access to a fully
managed private cloud of dedicated mobile
devices. This integration gives you access to real
devices, including different types of phones and
tablets, located around the world.
3. Automate mobile app testing.
Manual testing on individual devices doesn’t
scale. To keep pace with agile development
processes and the demands of a fast-moving
business, your test teams need
automated tools that allow you to write a test
once and run many tests on a wide range of
devices in a short amount of time.
HP Unified Functional Testing software, which
provides the foundation for HP UFT Mobile,
provides automated functional testing for many
platforms and technologies, including mobile. HP
UFT Mobile extends this foundation to enable
automated and manual testing of mobile apps
on real devices based in the cloud.
4. Test mobile apps under different network
conditions.
The behavior of an app can depend heavily
on network variables. This means you need
to understand and control network conditions
when you test apps. You should use a service
that tests devices operating in live cellular
networks, not just Wi-Fi networks.
HP UFT Mobile allows you to test apps on
real devices connected to real networks with live
network conditions. To enable an even broader
range of testing, you can use HP Network
Virtualization to test different network
conditions such as carrier, network or location.
5. Leverage your existing processes and tools.
Mobile apps should leverage your substantial
investments in software quality processes,
tools, teams, and policies. Don’t reinvent
the wheel. Find the best way to extend your
existing software development lifecycle
processes and leverage your current assets to
encompass your mobile apps.
HP UFT Mobile enables your enterprise to
naturally extend your existing HP Application
Lifecycle Management (ALM) software suite,
including HP Quality Center software, to
support the testing of mobile apps. With this
combination, you gain the power and control you
need to automate functional testing, along with
an end-to-end view of the status of application
quality.
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Figure 1.
HP UFT Mobile extends the HP Application
Lifecycle Management suite to enable full end-to-end
testing of mobile apps on real devices.

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HP UFT Mobile enables cloud-based access to
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Keep your eyes on the prize: a better user experience
The rise of mobile apps brings a new set of functional testing challenges, from fragmentation
and application complexity to urgency and risk. To overcome these challenges, your
organization needs testing tools that are built for the unique requirements of mobile devices
and platforms. That’s HP UFT Mobile—an end-to-end solution for the functional testing of
mobile apps.
Ultimately, HP UFT Mobile helps you deliver not just better apps, but a better user
experience—and that’s what really matters in the era of the app.
Learn more at
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