Assuring the High Quality of Award-Winning Digital Navigation Products
Test automation for 7 core product lines of innovative US-based product company
Tietoevry Create
Purposeful digital tech for businesses
About the Client
Rand McNally delivers innovative products and services that drive efficiency, safety, and connectivity. From robust hardware, navigation, and logistics to an unparalleled vehicle platform, Rand McNally makes journeys better by improving the movement of people and goods.
- Location: USA
- Industry: Software & Hi-Tech
- Employees: 250+
- Website: www.randmcnally.com
Business Challenge
As consumers expect digital maps and navigation tools to be highly reliable, such products require thorough and in-depth testing, and this is where the customer faced a number of challenges:
- Lack of independent quality control experience
- No test automation implemented
- Lack of available expertise onboard
Solution
Together with Rand McNally, we jointly implemented a smoothly working solution:
- Allocated an off-site software testing team
- Set up the cooperation with the on-site product team
- Defined clear test processes
- Launched manual and automated software testing
Technologies & Tools
- Quality Center
- Selenium
- Oracle
- SOAP
- QuickTest Pro
- VBScript/VBA
- C#
Operating Systems
- OS/400
- Windows
- HP UX
- Unix
- Linux
- VMS
- Solaris
- AIX
Business Value
- The products of superior quality delivered to end-users
- Reduced costs of testing
- Fully automated regression testing
- Increased volumes of test data applied
- 80% and more testing coverage for each product
- 4+ year of successful cooperation
- 7 core product lines tested: all versions, service packs, etc.
- 100% independent testing practices in place