Test Estimation

Test estimation makes complex, high-risk endeavour, such as software testing, easy and accurate. A number of factors influence effort, time, cost, and resources vital for test planning and execution. These factors impact the test development schedule, delivery, and standard of quality. A practical and precise estimation at the start helps make a robust test planning, keep test effort compliant with the planned activities, and achieve the desired results. Our test estimation takes into cognizance all required cost, time, resources, methodology, tools, and risks associated, and we come out with a detailed plan offering clients a complete preview of their software testing projects. Whenever there is a need for test estimation improvement warranted by unique circumstances, our dynamic use of techniques and estimating skills come to the rescue and disallow cost and time escalation.

Test Estimation Methods

• Top-down estimation based on appropriate uses, limitations and previous history of similar tests

• Bottom-up estimation following work breakdown structure level by level

• Test-based estimation determined on the basis of test planning and design methods, number of

• Tests, and nature of tests

• Estimation during the project execution through test monitoring and identifying extra testing effort

• Estimation refinement through control over test development

A project has its own process, materials, tools, and complications. It calls for experts well aware of its requirements and able to execute required activities. Prior test estimation helps managers and test teams become well aware of possible situations and commit time and resources accordingly. While experience is the ultimate help in making test estimations, smart professionals in the team able to think out of the box can foresee and figure out the impact of each factor on the test development process. It reduces unnecessary QA/testing budget and ensures controlled testing assuring impartial test results.

Test Management

AlgoComputing methodical approach, effective test cases management, ability to handle all type of test scenario, world-class delivery module meets the latest trend in technology.

Selection of Tools

Our testing services use a number of open source and licensed tools, including Test Link, Spiral Test, Test Track and Quality Centre, exclusively for test management, which offers clients more convenience without additional costs. These tools allow coordinated testing services and help streamline planning, team effort, implementation, and technology harmonization leading to optimum use of resources.

Comprehensive Test

A software application testing involves creation and execution of hundreds of exclusive test cases. AlgoComputing creates, evaluates, executes, and manages each of these efficiently and to the advantage of clients.

Proactive Communication

Communication during the testing and QA consulting ensures in better coordination with clients and apprise them of developments at every stage. It helps us incorporate changes as per modified requirements and apprise development teams of measures to improve products.

Effective Resource Mobilization

Every application requires a unique test scenario and exclusive test cases depending on specific needs. We assemble suitable human, material, and technical resources for projects. We deploy in- house and the most experienced professionals for QA consulting and testing services while qualified project managers handle communication and non-technical affairs.

Schedule Maintenance & Test Execution

Right from test case management to test execution, our mangers keep the testing services going as per the planned schedule and ensure on-time delivery.

Quality Tracking & Monitoring

Our project managers and in-house QA consulting experts keep constant track of quality and ensure that all set quality goals are reached during the testing process.

Planning and Methodology

Our experience in providing software testing services and QA consulting helps us plan test strategy and adopt customized methodology the most suitable for the client requirements and assure low testing costs.

Test Scenario Management

We have ample expertise to create and control different types of test scenario and keep interferences to the minimum. It assures the reliable and objective testing.

Accessibility Testing Services

AlgoComputing innovative process to accessibility compliance services mitigates risk, ensures accessibility is done as per your business goals and requirements. We work with you to ensure your products are usable by people with disabilities and meet the DDA, ADA, WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 standards. This includes PDF accessibility services designed to maximize document accessibility. Both government and commercial providers of electronic information have accessibility requirements. Many of these requirements are defined by Disability Discrimination Act 1995 or Section 508 an Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that requires Government agencies make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. We offer extensive knowledge of and experience with many popular assistive technology applications and devices including speech-to-text, magnifying and screen reading software. Licensed technology allows the disabled full access to the content of their documents without affecting the document’s visual appearance and is compatible with all screen readers without changes.

• PDF Document and Form Remediation

• Website Accessibility Review

• Accessibility Training

• DDA/Section 508 Consulting

We work with you to ensure your products are usable by people with disabilities and meet the DDA, ADA, WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 standards. This includes PDF accessibility services designed to maximize document accessibility.

Database Testing

AlgoComputing database testing services involve checking the schema, tables, triggers, etc. of the database under test. It may involve creating complex queries to load/stress test the database and check its responsiveness. It Checks data integrity and consistency.

AlgoComputing Process for Database Testing:

• Formulation of test strategy and identification of tools based on client requirements.

• Analysis of database outline for information gathering

• Generation of test database and cases

• Validation of test cases

• Data Integrity test and tracking

• Debugging of store procedure

• Event Driven Item test

• Defect analysis and risk evaluation

• Documentation and reporting

Testing activity for Database Testing at AlgoComputing

• Schema testing

• Database table, column testing

• Keys and indexes testing

• Stored procedures testing

• Trigger testing

• Database server validations

• Functional database testing

• Data integrity and consistency

• Security testing

• Load Testing

• Stress Testing

• Volume Testing

Functional Automation Testing

AlgoComputing functional automation testing framework, based on selection and effective utilization of the most appropriate testing tool, has been on the surge thanks to growing concern for saving time and cost on Application Development and Testing. Our focused approach to functional automation framework helps clients to meet release date with their tight schedule. We have an R&D division especially to thoroughly examine the market, new technology for automated software testing, including assumptions, concepts, and practices, and ensure the most-up-to-date automation solution for our valued customers.

Our motto involves

• Low maintenance cost

• Consistent performance

• Robust and Highly adaptive automation testing framework

• Scripts automatically update on observing any change in the application

• Dynamic Independent framework

• Reusability

AlgoComputing functional automation testing

• Automation testing framework feasibility check

• Appropriate, efficient, and cost-effective tool recommendation

• Customized automation testing strategy with focus on time and budget

• Implementation of automation test framework and validation as per specifications

• Script development

• Continuous Integration for less monitoring and report generation

• Automation suite maintenance and improvement whenever required

Framework Type

• Data-driven testing

• Test script modularity

• Keyword- or table-driven testing

• BDD Framework

• Test library architecture

• Hybrid test automation

Need of Functional Automation testing

• To save time and cost

• Less downtime for new releases

• Increase Test Coverage

• Improve Accuracy

• Reduce repetitive work on boost Moral of a team

AlgoComputing Expertise – Functional Automation Test Tools

An integral part of AlgoComputing software testing company, CPG is entrusted with analysis and successful designing of frameworks for functional automation. It uses a number of commercial and open source functional automation test tools for this purpose and customizes them as per project requirements for fast and economical test execution. Each tool conforms to industry standards and is selected based on its versatile application and specific advantage for the project

Automation Tools

Localization Testing

Localization checks a solution’s interface and the precision of its work within a localized country- and language-specific environment. When software is localized, customers who buy the product can choose their native language and see the date, currency, paper size, etc., in the format to which they are accustomed. “Localization is the process of linguistic and cultural adaptation of a software solution to regional standards and language(s) in a specific locale.” AlgoComputing’s localization testing service allows clients to increase market share and win over international audiences. The class of applications benefited by our Localization Testing services includes

• Web applications

• Enterprise applications

• Desktop & Client server applications

• Apps for Mobile & Embedded Devices

• Localized Libraries

• APIs & Tools

At AlgoComputing, we check the following aspects during localization and internationalization testing

• Compliance of the application with native (localized) environments (Windows, MS Office, etc.)

• Compliance of the application with GUI guidelines

• Compatibility with different regional standards (e.g., date/time, time zone and currency format, postal codes, telephone numbers, paper format, etc.)

• Regulatory compliance

• Help files and documentation

• Absence of untranslated messages

• Alphabetic sorting order

All tests are conducted on the required local operating systems, i.e., the end user’s “real world” working environment. In most cases, localization and internationalization testing are performed together with functional testing.

Our benefits

• AlgoComputing private laboratory of localization environments eliminates the need to build a custom environment, which requires additional investment of time and money.

• Close to real-life test conditions using localized software (Windows, MS Office, etc.), not MUI (multilingual user interface).

• Great expertise in localization testing, using industry standards and best practices.

• Localization testing according to a customer’s specific requirements (corporate identity, standards and regulations).

• Test automation approach used to optimize costs and reduce testing time.

AlgoComputing, with its unparalleled technical and language capabilities, provides product developers end-to-end, professional, and specialized localization testing services. Our resources and skills assure delivery of the highest-quality applications suitable for global as well as local markets.

Mobile Application Testing

Mobility Testing has become an integral part of software testing. The release of iOS and Android platforms have revolutionized the mobile world by giving rise to a new dimension of user experience with software applications. Today, mobile device manufacturers are in a constant race with their competitors to innovate newer smart devices like IOT and wearable devices. In order to keep pace with the changes in mobile technology, AlgoComputing uses innovative testing methodologies and best practices to ensure the quality of mobile applications in a quick and efficient manner.

Mobile Application Testing Compatibility

AlgoComputing has a profound experience in testing the compatibility of Android OS & app versions with multiple device models, covering unstable functionality and UI rendering on Android tablets. AlgoComputing owns more than 70+ in-house physical mobile device lab.

Inter operability testing

Interoperability testing includes testing of different functionalities on different mobile agents such as messaging, call setup, sharing conference, and video messaging etc.

Functionality testing

Functionality testing of a mobile device includes controls, storage media handling options, and other operational aspects. Functionality testing of a mobile application is a black-box type of testing to assure that the application is functioning as per the business specifications.

Usability testing

Usability testing encompasses mobile interface testing, application navigation testing, and intuitiveness of the application, consistency, and soberness of color scheme. Precise testing solution studies the usability designs; task analysis, and alpha charts of an application as part of the product knowledge transfer and assures the usability requirements of the application are fulfilled.

Localization and Internationalization testing

The objective of this testing is to assure that the localization and internationalization features are supported by the devices and applications as per specifications.

Communication testing

The objective of communication testing is to verify the protocols and handshakes in a call flow between multiple users.

Data exchange and synchronization testing

This testing focuses on data exchange and synchronization among different mobile devices, PDAs, and PCs using infrared frequency and USB ports.

Testing services

Verticals

360 Degree Testing

AlgoComputing provides 360 degree testing on mobile Apple products (iPhone/iPad), covering compliance challenges of iOS native apps across iOS 5, 6, 7 and screen specs along with UDID limitations.

Testing Compatibility

AlgoComputing has a profound experience in testing compatibility of Android OS & app versions with multiple device models, covering unstable functionality and UI rendering on Android tablets.

Windows Phone

Altough Windows Phone mobile platform is starting to get more attraction, still the lack of support of new OS versions holds a lot of challenges for mobile developers. That`s the reason why AlgoComputing is using its unique testing approach for Windows Phone platform, supporting your business continuity.

HTML 5

Being a universal technology, HTML 5 holds a lot of bottlenecks such as browser shortcomings, lack of development standardization and much more. We, at AlgoComputing are successfully covering all testing aspects of your HTML 5 based application, knowing all associated challenge and delivering high quality results.

Mobile Automation Testing

AlgoComputing MOBILE automation testing framework, based on selection and effective utilization of the most appropriate testing tool, has been on the surge thanks to growing concern for saving time and cost on Application Development and Testing. Our focused approach to mobile automation framework helps clients to meet release date with their tight schedule. We have an R&D division especially to thoroughly examine the market, new technology for automated software testing, including assumptions, concepts, and practices, and ensure the most-up-to-date automation solution for our valued customers.

Our motto involves

AlgoComputing functional automation testing

Framework Type

Need of Automation testing

AlgoComputing Expertise – Mobile Automation Test Tools

An integral part of AlgoComputing software testing company, CPG is entrusted with analysis and successful designing of frameworks for functional automation. It uses a number of commercial and open source functional automation test tools for this purpose and customizes them as per project requirements for fast and economical test execution. Each tool conforms to industry standards and is selected based on its versatile application and specific advantage for the project.

Performance testing

AlgoComputing expertise in creating performance testing automation framework assuring you low ownership cost, high productivity and reduced time. Our comprehensive experience as a premier software testing company and expertise in commercial and open source performance test tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner, VSTS, WebLoad, NeoLoad, Test complete and Rational Performance Tester performance testing, over the years works to the advantage of clients. We offer customized performance automation framework that guarantees better output, no delays, and reduces recurring development expenses during performance testing.

Load Testing Architecture

Our load testing architecture is a hybrid solution offering cost-effective and convenient load testing. Befitting our position as a top-notch software testing company, we promise to deliver fully supported automation platforms that sustain and accelerate product development and market introduction. CPG (AlgoComputing Performance Group) perfectly blends automation frameworks with open source performance test tools ensuring improved load testing efficiency and eliminating the need to re-create scripts for new products launched.

Need of Performance Testing

• Performance testing to define and validate normal load capability.

• Scalability testing keeping in view anticipated future load and ability of performance testing framework to cope with.

• Stress testing to find out the ability of performance testing framework to absorb highly abnormal peak load.

• Reliability testing to validate uninterrupted, sustained performance.

Performance Testing at AlgoComputing involves

Performance Test Tools

An integral part of AlgoComputing software testing company, CPG is entrusted with analysis and successful designing of frameworks for performance (Load, Stress and Volume testing). It uses a number of commercial and open source performance test tools for this purpose and customizes them as per project requirements for fast and economical test execution. Each tool conforms to industry standards and is selected based on its versatile application and specific advantage for the project.

Commercial Tools :

WebLoad, LoadRunner, Rational Performance Tester, Test Complete, NeoLoad

Open Source Tools :

JMeter, OpenSTA, Grinder

System Testing

System testing is the testing of a complete and fully integrated software product. System testing of software or hardware is testing conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the system’s compliance with its specified requirements. System testing is actually a series of different tests whose sole purpose is to exercise the full computer based system.

System Testing Services

Our Integrated System Testing & QA Consulting

• Functional testing covering both equivalence partitioning and integration tests.

• Unit and component testing for each part and subsystem.

• Performance testing keeping in view the specific environment and users.

• Decision table testing based on foreseeable conditions and business regulations.

• Load and stress testing determining inputs and levels of extreme limitations and acceptability.

• State transition testing keeping in view application transactions.

• Volume testing to determine limitations and capacity to handle data.

• Usability testing from user friendliness and from end user perspective.

• Test case design based on boundary value analysis.

• Pair-based testing to check configurable options.

• Graph-based testing to identify relationships and errors blocking flow and integrated performance.

Web services and API Testing

An API acts as an interface between two different applications so that they can communicate with each other. An API is a method by which the third-party vendors can write programs that interface easily with other programs.

AlgoComputing Web services and API testing services include

• Discovery testing

• Usability testing

• Security testing

• Automated testing

• Documentation

AlgoComputing Practices for API Testing

• Test cases should be grouped by test category

• On top each test, you should include the declarations of the APIs being called

• Parameters selection should be explicitly mentioned in the test case itself

• Prioritize API function calls so that it will be easy for testers to test

• Each test case should be as self-contained and independent from dependencies as possible

• Avoid “test chaining” in development

• Special care must be taken while handling one-time call functions like – Delete, CloseWindow, etc

• Call sequencing should be performed and well planned

• To ensure complete test coverage, create test cases for all possible input combinations of the API