Software Testing

Life cycle testing includes a wide range of functional, performance-based and operational testing requirements in order to meet quality conformance and quick turnaround needs. Automation in testing is also required along with the manual process. Olive employs a wide range of automated tools for Regression, Functionality and Performance Testing so that you and your team develop better quality software, with less effort, and in less time.

Olive’s Testing Services cover:

• Functional Testing
• Usability Testing
• Accessibility Testing
• Compatibility Testing  
• Performance Testing (Stress, Load and Volume Testing)
• Acceptance Testing

 FUNCTIONALITY TESTING

From module and unit testing through to final UAT – Olive can assist you in every stage of functionality testing. Whether you require scripted or exploratory testing, we have the expertise and experience to meet your needs and quality standards. Olive can allocate dedicated resource for the entire duration of your project and ensure adequate resource enhancement as required, so that you may maximise efficiency, meet targets and contain overall costs. The work can be carried out on-site or from our state-of-the-art Development Centre, depending on your requirements. Olive employs best-practice tools and technologies to assist you in delivering a stable, high quality product which will serve its purpose and earn applauds from end-users.

  USABILITY TESTING

Visitors to your Website may have a wide range of Internet experience and consequently, have different expectations which must be fulfilled to win them over. While experienced users look for implementation of industry norms, newcomers need guidance to surf through the unfamiliar Web environment. Failure to cater to such expectations is likely to result into lost sales, as visitors are unable to locate what they are looking for or are unable to complete transactions.

Usability testing starts by identifying specific demographic groups within the target audience, taking into account their age, profession, cultural background, level of Internet exposure and many other relevant factors. At Olive Middle East, we leverage our experience and expertise to evaluate Websites; employ best industry practices to identify demographic profiles of users; and ensure optimum usability. We will provide a detailed analysis of usability issues, make recommendations and come up with solutions for each problem.

 ACCESSIBILITY TESTING

Since 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act has made it mandatory for Web designers to take reasonable measures and ensure that Websites can be accessed by the differently abled. Now there is a financial incentive too, as those with disabilities find online shopping an increasingly attractive means of purchasing goods and services. The W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines remain the global standard in this respect and Olive Middle East has considerable experience of W3C conformance testing to help you stay ahead in the global marketplace.


 COMPATIBILITY TESTING

Most organizations do not have adequate time or resources to subject an application or a Website to the most rigorous compatibility testing. It is, however, essential, as applications and Websites are expected to operate in myriad environments. Interoperability testing must be undertaken as well, with the range of applications your software/Website may have to co-exist with, or with which it may have to interface.

Olive Middle East will prepare a risk-based assessment of the testing required, as well as a cost-effective and efficient testing schedule. Our state-of-the-art testing centre contains a wide range of PCs and Macs, allowing hardware compatibility testing to be performed. Our software library, on the other hand, includes most popular operating systems, browsers, productivity suites, email clients and other software applications. Olive's expertise in building different test environments indicates that we are able to perform such tasks more efficiently than in-house test teams while providing immediate time and cost benefits.


 PERFORMANCE TESTING

Performance testing is the ideal mode to determine your Website or application's speed and reliability as the number of users increases rapidly. Our skilled test engineers will use state-of-the-art hardware and software to simulate up to tens of thousands of browsers, requesting pages from your Website or application and exposing system performance issues before they occur. Olive uses a wide range of automated tools to handle stress and load testing aspects of Web performance. We will determine the overall reliability, as well as server and database scalability of your Website/application -- helping you meet current requirements and enabling you to plan for the future.


 SYSTEM AND USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING

System testing usually refers to the testing of a specific system in a controlled environment to ensure that it will perform as expected and as required. From the systems development perspective, the term system testing refers to the testing performed by the development team (programmers and other technicians) to ensure that the system works module by module (unit testing) and also as a whole.

System testing should ensure that each function of the system works as expected and all errors (bugs) are detected and analysed. It should also ensure that interfaces for export and import routines will function as required. After meeting the criteria of the test plan, the software moves to the next phase of quality check and undergoes User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing: UAT refers to the test procedures which lead to formal 'acceptance' of new or changed systems. User acceptance testing is a critical phase of any 'systems' project and requires significant participation of 'end users'. An acceptance test plan is also developed detailing the means by which 'acceptance' will be achieved. The final part of the UAT can also include a parallel run to compare the new system against the current one.

The user acceptance test plan will vary from system to system but, in general, the testing should be planned in order to provide a realistic and adequate exposure. The testing can be based upon user requirements specifications to which the system should conform. However, in any system, problems will arise and it is important to determine what will be the expected and required responses from various parties concerned including users, project teams, vendors and consultants/contractors.