Making the Switch from HP Quality Center to qTest

Making the Switch from HP
Quality Center to qTest
Kevin Dunne | 6.14.2017
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WHY?
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problem. Teams would be best served to drive
towards aligning business units up front
WHEN?
July 12 at 2:00pm ET
Kevin Dunne
VP of Business Development,
QASymphony
Brandon Cipes
VP DevOps
cPrime
Bobby Smith
Dir of Research & Dev
QASymphony
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BizDevOps: Delivering Business Value Quickly at Scale
Kevin Dunne
VP of Business Development,
QASymphony
Brandon Cipes
VP DevOps
cPrime
Bobby Smith
Dir of Research & Dev
QASymphony
Upcoming Webinar

Our Presenter
Kevin Dunne
VP of Strategy &
Business Development
QASymphony
@kevindunneQA
Kevin Dunne is the VP of Strategy and Business
Development at QASymphony, ensuring their
continued commitment to innovation and
delivering tools to create better software. With a
deep interest in the emerging trends in software
development and testing, Kevin is dedicated to
collaborating with leaders in this space.

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Change before you have to.
Jack Welch

Agenda
Market Trends
• What new developments are shaping the way teams work?
Common Migration Challenges
• What hurdles are typically faced in a migration?
Migration Methods
• What options does QASymphony recommend for migration?
Migration Best Practices
• How are leading companies making the switch?
Q&A

The percentage of respondents’
organizations that practice agile
2 0 1595%
H O W MANY?
&
Percentage of Teams Using
Agile
Only 4% of respondents work
in a completely traditional / non-
agile development organization.
Contrast this with the 2009 report, in which (31%)
of the respondents worked where there were two
teams or less practicing agile!
53%
Less than ½ of our
teams are agile
34%
More than ½of
our teams are
agile
9%
All of our
teams are agile
4 %
None of our
teams are
agile
TO P 3 B E N E F I T S
87%
Ability to manage
changing priorities
85%
Increased team
productivity
8 4 %
Improved project
visibility
*State of Agile, 2016 Report, VersionOne
Agile is Mainstream

65%Of software developers, manager, and
executives report that their organizations
have started down the path to
ContinuousDelivery.
Faster time to market
Better quality of product
Competitive advantage
Customer
satisfaction
Reduced cost of
development
Ranking of
Benefits
*https://www.perforce.com/pdf/continuous-delivery-report.pdf
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4
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DevOps is Catching On

HP Acquisition By Microfocus
- Gartner Report, 11/10/16
GARTNER SUGGESTED IMPACTS
● Adding Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) ITOM and ADM offerings to Micro Focus' portfolio creates
significant, complex and uncertain overlaps that I&O leaders must plan for now.
● Customers basing their information management and governance strategies on HPE's products
should carefully monitor investment, as long-term strategies under Micro Focus are unknown.
● Spinning off HPE's security software portfolio to Micro Focus creates uncertainty for I&O leaders about
future strategic investments in those products
GARTNER RECOMMENDATIONS
● Create migration options from HPE ITOM and ADM software...

Best in Class JIRA Integration
Superior Customer Support
Robust Automation Support
Better Usability
Product Roadmap and Vision
In The Cloud On-Premise
qTest vs. HP Quality Center

Real Results from Customers
Using HP
QC/ALM prior to
switching to
qTest
Have seen a
20% or higher
increase in
efficiency
Have seen
improved ALM
workflow if
integrated to JIRA,
Rally, V1
Have seen a time
savings of 20%
percent or
greater
81%73%33% 80%80%
QAS customers
using qTest
integrated to
JIRA
QASymphony has a proven, flexible solution that supports agile teams
Source: QASymphony Customer Survey, June 2016

7 Most Common Migration Challenges
Transferring
Attachments
Splitting
Objects into
Systems
Live Migration
vs. One Time
Migration in
Phases
Switching
Deployment
Supporting
Traceability
Migration at
Scale

Challenge #1: Transferring Attachments
Attachments are critical (especially in regulated industries) and are typically
present on requirements, test cases, test steps, and test results
Common limitations that customers will find in transferring attachments:
• Unable to transfer any attachments
• Attachments capped at a certain size
• Attachments not available in certain areas (test steps)

Challenge #2: Splitting Objects Between Systems
QA
QA / AE
DEV
BA
PM
WATERFALL AGILE
DM

Challenge #3: Live Migration
Some migration options only provide the ability to make a one time migration
while others provide a live migration option that allows for continuous migration
Requirements
Defects
Test Cases
Test Results
One Time
Requirements
Defects
Test Cases
Test Results
On Going

Challenge #4: Migration Phases
Some teams desire the ability to move all data out of an instance at one time,
while others want to move individual projects or objects at one time:
Big Bang Project by Project

Challenge #5: Switching Deployment
Many organizations will desire the ability to move from an HP On-Premise
deployment to qTest Cloud:
Cloud to On-
Premise
On-Premise to
Cloud
Cloud to
Cloud
On-Premise to
On-Premise

Challenge #6: Supporting Traceability
A key oversight of migration is being able to retain the traceability between
objects from the source system to the destination system:
Requirement
Test Case
Test Result
Defect
Requirement
Test Case
Test Result
Defect
Objects
AND
History

Challenge #7: Migration at Scale
Many large customers fail to consider if their migration solution will be able to
support a migration at scale:
• How long will it take to migrate my projects and objects?
• How much manual intervention is required?
• How sure can I be that the data that is migrated is accurate?
• How long will it take me to provision the users in the new system?

5 Possible Migration Methods
Start Fresh
HP Migration
Tool
Excel Import
OpsHub Custom

Starting Fresh
Many more companies than you may imagine would decide to start fresh on a
tool, leaving behind their data in the old system:
Pros
• No cost of migration
• Utilize features in new tool
Cons
• Need to recreate any objects
required
• Lose audit trail (or need to maintain
old system)
Good For: Smaller teams in non-regulated industries, with few relevant
objects

Making the Switch from HP Quality Center to qTest

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