Our comprehensive SAP testing solution gives you the confidence that your SAP ERP application will support your business exactly as required from the day of go-live.
Whether you are installing, upgrading or enhancing SAP, Original Software provides the most efficient way of validating that it correctly supports all your mission critical business processes.
"I would recommend this as great way to accelerate an upgrade. It keeps costs down, enables business and project people to spend less time in manual validation, and focuses effort on areas of change. It has reduced risk for Marston’s." Phil Court, Head of Information Systems, Marston’s
- Document all your SAP user processes in detail
- Create detailed proof of testing
- Create training videos for every SAP user task
- Fully automated - zero burden on SAP users or IT
See more at: http://www.origsoft.com/solutions/sap-erp-testing/
7. SAP Testing Challenges
Quality Assurance is key
Disparate teams
Departmental
Skill gaps
Off shoring
Access to information
Project status
Reporting
Manual nature of testing
Automation is hard
8. Poll 1
Who does the testing?
1. Business users
2. Business Analysts
3. QA team
4. Partner – on-site
5. Partner - outsourced
13. Poll 2
What are your plans with SAP? (Tick all
that apply)
1. About to go through a technical upgrade
2. About to go through a functional upgrade
3. Due to go live on new SAP implementation
18. Carry out Impact Analysis
Manual impact analysis takes time and is
costly
Pinpoint at specific problems at code level
Reduces risk
Reduces QA requirements
Cut project timescales
19. Make Manual Testing Easier
Addresses
Unit testing
System testing
Regression testing
UAT
Performed by
Professional Testers
SME’s
BA’s
End-users
Inadequately documented
Often the “Wild West”
20. Minimise Script Maintenance
Scripting code driven
High maintenance burden
Limited audience
Technical specialists
Often shelf-ware
Sub Main
Dim Result(50) As Integer
Dim i as Integer
Dim NewResult as String
StartBrowser "http://pandora.ple.blahblah.co.uk/action.pega?f1000=SIGNON&profile=test3", "WindowTag=WEBBrowser"
Window SetContext, "WindowTag=WEBBrowser", ""
Window WMaximize, "", ""
delayfor 3000
Browser SetFrame,"Type=HTMLFrame;HTMLId=__pegMainFrame",""
Browser NewPage,"HTMLTitle=PANDORA - TEST1",""
Result(1) = EditBoxVP (CompareProperties, "Type=EditBox;Name=f5p1", "VP=Object Properties;Wait=2,30")
Result(2) = EditBoxVP (CompareProperties, "Type=EditBox;Name=f6p1", "VP=Object Properties2;Wait=2,30")
Result(3) = EditBoxVP (CompareProperties, "Type=EditBox;Name=f8p1", "VP=Object Properties3;Wait=2,30")
Result(4) = EditBoxVP (CompareProperties, "Type=EditBox;Name=f9p1", "VP=Object Properties4;Wait=2,30")
Result(5) = PushButtonVP (CompareProperties, "Type=PushButton;Name=@ACTION=|ENTR", "VP=Object Properties5;Wait=2,30")
Result(6) = PushButtonVP (CompareProperties, "Type=PushButton;Name=@ACTION=|APPR", "VP=Object Properties6;Wait=2,30")
Result(7) = PushButtonVP (CompareProperties, "Type=PushButton;Name=@ACTION=|BACK", "VP=Object Properties7;Wait=2,30")
For i = 1 to 3
Select Case i
Case 1
InputKeys "robir"
PushButton Click, "Type=PushButton;Name=@ACTION=|ENTR"
22. Poll 3
Do you currently use a test automation solution
to help you with your SAP QA process?
1. Yes – high degree of automation
2. Yes – partially successful
3. Used to – not maintained
4. Mostly manual
24. Why Test Automation
May Fail
Extensive ramp-up time
Lower on-going value
Skills
Acquisition
Build Script Library
Automation
partially
available
Script
Maintenance
Cycles
Benefit ‘Black-outs’
Shelf-ware Warning
Benefit
Effort
Time
Effort
4-8+ months
Programmatic Test Tools
25. Falling Back to
Manual Testing
Less challenging
More effort
Skills
Acquisition
Build Script Library
Automation
partially
available
Script
Maintenance
Cycles
Benefit ‘Black-outs’
Shelf-ware Warning Benefit
Effort
Time
Effort
4-8+ months
Programmatic Test Tools
Fall Back to
Manual Testing
26. Move Into Automation
Categorize manual test cases
Convert to Automation
Automatically
Enhance with
Variable data
Validation rules
Data analysis
Maintain test cases
Deal with constant change
Self-healing
28. Manual
Auto
Table effects
UI – Db validation
Data Rules
Start:
Manual
Testing
Progress:
Automated
Testing
Test Cycles
Ensure End to End Testing
SOA NetWeaver PI, Tibco,
Software AG, Web
Methods, Websphere…
Oracle
SQLServer
DB2
32. Customer Example
Vertical:
Drinks manufacturing & hospitality
Challenges:
6 month cycle for testing of complex SAP upgrades
Business users time limitations and limited technical skill
Original Solution:
Manual and automated testing solution for use in all SAP
updates and in building of regression packs
SAP implementation & upgrades managed with Qualify
33. Customer Example
Vertical:
Energy utility
Challenges:
No testing team
Business users limited technical skill - no coding
Original Solution:
Manual and automated testing solution for use in User
Acceptance Testing
SAP implementation & upgrades managed with Qualify
34. Success in SAP Testing
Current skills and resources
Ability to adapt to change
Rapid process
Not another bottleneck
Project visibility and control
Go-live decisions with
confidence and minimal
disruption
Manage the entire quality
process and test environment
Keep, extend, reuse