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TCS SmartTest Manager

 

The growing complexity of today’s applications, combined with the increased competitive pressures and skyrocketing costs of application failure and downtime have catapulted the need for testing to new heights. While the pressures to deliver high-quality applications continue to mount, shrinking development and deployment schedules, geographically distributed organizations, limited resources and high turnover rates for skilled employees make application testing the ultimate challenge. Faced with the reality of having to do more with less, juggle multiple projects and manage diverse and distributed project teams, many organizations are adopting test management methodologies and turning to automated test management tools to help centralize, organize, prioritize and document their testing efforts.

 An Integrated End-to-End Test Management Platform

TCS SmartTest Manager provides an integrated end-to-end test management platform to effectively manage your testing activity from Requirements to Test Execution and Reporting. It is completely configurable, cost effective and has been deployed in many engagements.

Client Challenges

Most organizations use one of the following options for Test Management; each of these options have their own inherent constraints:

  • Test Management through the usage of ad-hoc spreadsheets
    • Lack of a common repository of test cases / defects, etc.
    • No traceability or history
    • Difficulty in coordinating and managing multiple projects
    • Lack of visibility of process / status, etc.
  • Test Management through the usage of open source tools
    • Lack of an integrated solution
    • Lack of traceability, support and end-to-end visibility
  • Test Management through the usage of commercial products
    • High TCO
    • Fewer capabilities utilized by the project teams
    • Lack of skilled associates
    • Steep learning curve
    • High dependency on the vendor
    • Unavailability of offshore licenses

Additional challenges:

  • Lack of process standardization across the board
  • Uneven application of TCS’ best practices across projects

What TCS Provides

TCS SmartTest Manager’ features comprise the following:

  • Requirements Management
  • Test Case Management
  • Test Planning
  • Test Execution (Manual / Automated Test – integration with Selenium)
  • Defect Management
  • Traceability through Requirements, Test Cases and Defects
  • Versioning of Requirement and Test Cases
  • Workflow Management for Requirement, Test Cases and Defects
  • Reports and dashboards
  • Role-based security
  • Supports multi-tenancy

 Business Value

  • Improved product and services at reduced costs
  • Improved quality of products and services through effective test management
  • Reduced TCO as the TCS SmartTest Manager costs only 10-15% of the commercial product license costs
  • Standardization of all testing processes
  • Reduced cost through standardization, improved usage of resources and centralized usage of hardware, software, support and services