LloydsTSB

Lloyds TSB   lloyds tsb case study

LloydsTSB offshore is based in Jersey and provides a variety of banking services to high net worth customers.

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The challenge

The EU Savings Tax Directive required migration from the current banking platform IBIS to Temenos Globus G13. Lloyds TSB business processes required additional Globus modules to be developed and the Bank had around three months to test the new application and implement it.

Requirement

  • Automated testing was essential to meet project deadlines without risk to the business.
  • A rapid deployment of automation was needed
  • A documented set of test cases was needed to be produced in parallel with the automation task

Solution

The bulk of the work for this automation project was defining the test scenarios. With over 1000 scenarios to define, a simple efficient way of building them was required. By using the Axe Test Design Model, this work was performed by test analysts not experienced in automation tools in Excel® spreadsheets.

Axe produced not only the automated test cases (to run with Winrunner), but produced a clear audit trail of documented test cases and results.

In Axe, tests are broken down into Tests, Sub-tests and Steps. At the step level the object, action and data are specified. There are 3 basic actions in Axe: SET GET and VALIDATE. The Axe Test Design Model is used to automatically generate scripts for GUI automation tools, on-UI automation tools, harnesses and manual testers.

How does this approach differ from a typical project?

The typical approach to automation is to create scripts through a combination of Capture/Replay and scripting by hand. This approach captures the test design and data in the scripting language of the tool. The creation and maintenance of scripts requires a higher degree of technical skills more often associated with software development.

By building tests using Axe, test analysts can do the work without the requirement to learn automated technical tool skills. Building tests in Axe is also a more efficient means for the documentation of tests, making initial implementation and maintenance significantly easier.

  • All 1012 test scenarios designed in Microsoft Excel® within the three month deadline
  • Fully documented and auditable test cases ensuring easy user sign-off
  • Error recovery and reporting added automatically

Testimonial

Lloyds TSB were delighted that the deadlines were met and that the migration had been completed in very short timescales. The risk that the Bank faced in using new application software was reduced by the ability to audit the testing process from beginning to end, clearly a unique proposition in the automation market.
-- Lloyds TSB

 

Result

  • Proven return on investment on automated testing within short timescales
  • Easy to use by all levels of testing staff including Users
  • Quick and simple to implement and more importantly to maintain
  • Automate testing throughout the development lifecycle
  • Future proofing of the automation investment (re-use of Winrunner test tool)