Inflectra hosted a conversation about recent trends in software development and testing technology in the webinar - Alternatives to Legacy Tech Solutions: The Case Of MicroFocus. In this webinar, Adam Sandman discussed recent disruptions, challenges, and opportunities for exploring alternatives to legacy systems and upgrading your enterprise IT processes with modern, market-leading platforms. Find the recording of the webinar on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Inflectracorporation/featured WEBINAR AGENDA: - Recent disruptions in tech: challenges, risks, and opportunities Top tools on the market - Better value all around: alternatives to Micro Focus suite - Application Lifecycle Management: SpiraPlan for QA, Requirements, Program, Portfolio & Risk Management - Functional and performance testing: Rapise and OctoPerf (displacing UFT and LoadRunner) - Non Feature differentiators of Inflectra - Smooth Transition to the Inflectra platforms: migration assistance, implementation services, custom training, and technical assistance from Inflectra - Q & A WEBINAR PRESENTER: Adam Sandman has worked in the IT industry for the past 20 years. His areas of expertise span software architecture to agile development, software testing, test automation, and project management. Currently, Adam is a Director of Technology at Inflectra. Adam is a prolific speaker whose speaking engagements include STPcon 2018 and 2019, DevGeekWeek Israel 2017 & 2018, Swiss Testing Day 2019, NDIA/Agile In Government Summit 2019, and StarCanada 2019, STAR East and STAR West in 2021, and 2022, respectively.

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Meet The Top Alternative To
The Micro Focus QA Suite
February 28th, 2019 – Adam Sandman

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Agenda
Industry Overview & Market Changes
Introduction to Inflectra and Our Products
 Application Lifecycle Management with SpiraPlan
 Functional Testing with Rapise
 Load testing with JMeter & OctoPerf
Smooth Transition to the Inflectra Platform
Live Demos of SpiraPlan & Rapise
Q&A

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Industry Overview

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2022 Industry Highlights
 Atlassian server disruption backlash continues
 Micro Focus / IBM migrations continue
 Dissatisfaction with Jira testing plugins
 Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) phase-out (to GitHub)
 Compliance and regulatory needs increasing
 Cyber and software supply chain security concerns
 Consolidation of legacy vendors and new entrants
 Risk management / risk-based testing is a key need

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InfoTech – ALM & Testing Quadrants

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About Inflectra

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Inflectra Core Values
 Great Products: Build for Our Users Not Investors
 Building great software for customers, not chasing the latest fad.
 Great Team: We Just Get it Done
 Treat customers well, solve their problems, no drama or red tape.
 Great Workplace: Family and Life Flexibility
 Unlimited vacation, amazing benefits, flex/part time welcomed.
 Great Community: Enabling Second Acts
 Expanding opportunities for new/second careers in technology.

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Inflectra End to End Capabilities
Program
Management
IT Service
Management
Process
Automation
Exploratory
Testing
Integration
Services
Agile &
DevOps
Requirements
Management
Quality
Assurance
Risk
Management
Software
Development
Project
Management
Test
Automation

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Our Customers (USA/Canada)
Energy, Industrial & Transport Financial & Business Services Government & Defense Healthcare & Bio-Technology
Media & Telecom

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Our Customers (Europe)
Energy, Industrial & Transport Financial & Business Services Government & Defense Healthcare & Bio-Technology
Media & Telecom

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Our Customers (Global)
Asia Middle East Australia / NZ Latin America
Africa

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How Are We Different?

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harmony

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How Do We Foster Harmony?
1. Across Disciplines
2.Through Simplicity
3.Across Ecosystems

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The Alternative to Micro Focus

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How it Fits Together

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SpiraPlan® - Agile Planning & Tracking
 Integrates requirements, QA, testing, agile and DevOps
 Supports Scrum, Kanban, waterfall & hybrid projects

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SpiraPlan® - Program & Portfolio Mgt
 Includes enterprise program & portfolio management
 Integrated enterprise risk management & tracking

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Top 10 Benefits of SpiraPlan
1. Fast, Modern User Interface
2. Get up and Running in 10 Minutes
3. Cross-Browser, Fully Mobile
4. Agile Planning Right Out of The Box
5. Cross Project Reporting and Program Management

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Top 10 Benefits of SpiraTeam
6. Source Code Management Out of the box
7. Open Platform, Add Your Tools of Choice
8. Easier Admin and Deployment, no VBA scripting
9. Built-in Workflows & Electronic Signatures
10.SpiraTeam is Not Micro Focus Shelfware!
Also Spira significantly less expensive than ALM!

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Rapise® - Intelligent Test Automation
 Codeless test automation and RPA platform using AI insights
 Handles web, mobile, desktop, and APIs in one system

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Top 5 Benefits of Rapise over UFT
1. Superior Object Identification, with AI Self-Healing
2. Scriptless Testing Out of the Box with RVL
3. No Extra Plugins Needed for Different Technologies
4. Modern JavaScript instead of Ancient VBScript
5. DevOps ready with packages for CI Pipelines
Also Rapise significantly less expensive than UFT!

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RemoteLaunch & JMeter – Load Testing

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SpiraApps & OctoPerf
OctoPerf is a cloud-based load/performance testing tool that is built on
top of JMeter and simplifies its use and deployment.
It is launched from SpiraPlan using the OctoPerf ‘SpiraApp’ plugin.

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SpiraApps & OctoPerf
OctoPerf is a cloud-based load/performance testing tool that is built on
top of JMeter and simplifies its use and deployment.

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SpiraApps & OctoPerf
OctoPerf is a cloud-based load/performance testing tool that is built on
top of JMeter and simplifies its use and deployment.

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Seamless Migration to Inflectra

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Smooth Transition: Tools & Service
Smooth Transition to the Inflectra platforms:
 Migration tools
 Migration assistance
 Implementation services
 Standard & custom training
 Solution Partner Network
 Unlimited technical assistance from Inflectra

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Easy Migration from Micro Focus ALM

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Easy Migration from Micro Focus UFT
https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/seamless-migration-from-micro-focus-uft-to-rapise-910.aspx

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Team Migration
 Similar Concepts:
 Object Repository
 Modules
 Spy
 Object Manager
 Training and Assistance
 We use proven concepts, but we implement them in newer
technologies with easier to use interface

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Existing Project Migration
 Migration Toolset for Automatic Conversion:
 UFT Objects repository to Rapise Object Repository
 VBS Libraries to JS Libraries
 Test Actions to Rapise Scripts
 Data
 Configurable
 Designed for Large Projects
 Understands complex VBS actions and scripts

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Focused Training And Assistance
 We Explain the Tool
 We Help to Start Using It
 We Help you Expand the Test Coverage
 We Help to Migrate your Tests
 Training ends not with just Certificate, but with working
testing framework.

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Rapise Deep Dive

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Rapise vs UFT 90% Modules Overlap

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Rapise Technology Benefits
 Open Formats
 We use JSON, XML, XLSX, JS
 Friendly with GIT and other source control systems
 Makes it Open for Integrations
 Tiny Size (200mb = 2 minutes to download and install)

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Modern and Open Technologies
 RVL – Rapise Visual Languages
 Designed for Maintainability
 Focused on Data Driven Testing

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JavaScript Ecosystem
 JavaScript/NodeJS
 Compatible with current technologies
 Selenium, Appium, CucumberJS etc

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DevOps and CI/CD
 Jenkins, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, GIT

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Live Demos

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Key Takeaways
 10 features of Spirateam that beat Micro Focus’ ALM tool
 How to use Rapise and JMeter to get an integrated
functional and performance testing solution that is superior
to UFT and LoadRunner
 How SpiraTeam, Rapise, RemoteLaunch and JMeter work
together to give you a easier, lower TCO solution.
 The ease of migrating from Micro Focus to Inflectra’s
Platform
 Reminder: Please download the handout provided.

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