QA Automation for Music Industry Professionals
Case Studies
Challenges & Solutions
Technical Environment
Results
Executive Summary
Client
Music Publisher
Industry
Communications & Media
Business Problem
Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.
Outcome
Level 1 automation of the application was achieved using Ranorex Studio and the SpecFlow BDD framework. Over 850 automated test scripts were developed, alongside the authoring of more than 1,200 high-quality manual test cases for seven different applications. Testing was initiated early in the SDLC to minimize the number of defects. API testing was conducted to ensure that functionality and performance expectations were met.
Solutions
- Well-defined acceptance criteria were established to ensure the quality of deliverables.
- The team, consisting of five members, delivered automated test scripts on a weekly basis following agile methodology.
- Effective test tracking and reporting were managed using TFS.
- Daily interactions with the client helped to understand demand requirements and address challenges.
- Additionally, daily status calls were conducted with the client to discuss ongoing activities and accomplishments.
Technical Environment
- VB.NET
- C# .NET
- Manual Testing
- Database Testing
- API Testing using Postman
- Automation Testing using tools like Ranorex Studio
- SpecFlow using BDD and NUnit
- TFS
- JIRA
Results
- 850+ test cases automated