Due to specialization, IV&V Providers typically maintain Test Automation Suites and have in-house IV&V personnel who:
- understands the requirements for automation,
- knows how to define and implement a test automation framework,
- have an awareness of various tool suites and options available in the market,
- understands the potential use of the tools, and
- able to use the methods and means to introduce a tool into an organization.
By acquiring the appropriate test automation services as part of the Advanced Additional Services for the ICT project, The Agency stands to benefit as follows:
- Greater test process efficiency in test design, execution and maintenance.
- Tools have record-playback features so functional test can be built and executed dynamically as and when needed.
- Tools are model-based thus, test suites and procedures may be modified more frequently which offers better maintenance capability for the test wares.
- More scalable tests based on changing user requirements, where:
- it can cope with constant changes of the interfaces and load capacity.
- it can cope with obsolescence of test equipment i.e. a software based test solution can keep up with the evolving hardware and operating system components.
- Automation allows for test process integration by walking through the test process and seeing that each step merges naturally with each other.
- Greater visibility into the quality assurance process using systematic and measurable tests.
- Enables repeatability of regression testing where functional test cases can be re-used even after the launch of the product.