Streamlining Testing Processes and Enhancing Efficiency

Transforming QA operations through extensive testing services and automation for improved performance and reduced time to market.

About
The Client

The customer owns a cloud-based informatics platform built to help research scientists efficiently manage, evaluate, and share data. The platform has advanced visualization tools that allow scientists to delve deeper into the data. Considering the critical nature of the data, flawless performance is a key imperative, mandating comprehensive testing of the platform.

The
Challenge

Comprehensive Testing Requirements

Faced with the need for extensive support across Functional, Regression, Automated, Manual, and Performance Testing.

Resource Recruitment Difficulties

Encountered challenges in finding and retaining skilled QA professionals for life sciences products.

Complex Product Upgrades

Frequent updates to the product increased the complexity of the testing process.

Management of Large Data Sets

Struggled with managing and testing large and complex data sets.

Benchmarking Challenges

Needed to establish benchmark behavior for the platform, adding to the complexity of testing.

What Forgeahead Did

Forgeahead implemented a comprehensive migration strategy utilizing AWS services to address the client’s infrastructure challenges

Gradual
Engagement

Initiated with a small QA assignment and gradually expanded to handle critical QA tasks and full ownership.

Comprehensive
QA Coverage

Delivered a broad range of testing services, including Functional, Regression, Automated Testing, and more.

Advanced Testing Methodology

Applied proven processes and methodologies to ensure seamless testing and minimal disruption to business operations.

Enhanced Automation Framework

Extended client’s automation framework with Page Object Model, including configurable test scenarios, data, and automated reporting.

Performance Benchmarking

Conducted extensive performance testing using Apache JMeter to establish system benchmarks for handling large file operations.

Complete Testing Services

Provided a full spectrum of testing services including manual, automated, performance, and security testing.

Cost and Effort Reduction

Decreased efforts and costs by implementing a regression test suite and robust automation framework.

Faster Time-to-Market

Accelerated test cycles through automation tools and techniques, reducing time to market.

Quick Turn-Around

Ensured rapid response to change requests and ad-hoc testing needs.

One-Stop QA Solution

Delivered an all-encompassing QA solution with comprehensive infrastructure and ongoing maintenance support.

Technology Stack

Katalon

JRuby

JUnit

Ruby on Rails

MySQL

Jmeter

SimpleCov

Ant

Git

Jira