TestSquad provides Comprehensive ERP Testing: Navigate your ERP journey with confidence. We provide a detailed setup plan, identify the right talents, recommend essential tools, and offer transparent cost breakdowns to ensure your ERP system is rigorously tested and optimized for success.
ERP testing comprises QA activities that verify ERP efficiency, sustainability, security, and user-friendliness. A balanced ERP test strategy should include different testing types (including functional, ETL, and performance testing) to check if ERP software is stable and scalable, unifies business data, and enables flawless automation of complex workflows.
Every ERP testing setup plan is different, as each enterprise resource planning solution is based on a specific business logic, differs in functions, third-party integrations, and deployment type (on-premises, cloud-based, hybrid). Below are the essential steps typical for most ERP testing projects:
Decide on a basic set of KPIs such as the number of test cases per iteration, rejected defects, ERP requirements not covered by test cases, the test automation rate, tests’ execution time. Consider ERP testing quality-related risks and design a risk mitigation plan.
Decide whether ERP testing will be performed in-house or outsourced (fully or partially). If you opt for the in-house ERP testing option, design the collaboration scenarios between the stakeholders (a PM, BAs, the development team, the QA team, key intended ERP users, etc.). Assign a QA manager to design the ERP requirements specification in a way suitable for testing (for example, in the form of user stories, acceptance or unit tests).
Note: TestSquad does not recommend entrusting a test automation architecture to a manual test engineer, even if they have a programming background, as the risks of tests' maintainability and stability issues will increase.Then, proceed to the ERP testing design activities or vendor selection.
The important points to consider in the ERP testing strategy:
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At this stage, the ERP QA team prepares the test environment, designs test cases and develops test scripts, creates, gathers, and prepares test data. As soon as the ERP testing is launched, the QA team should regularly report on the progress. The team should continuously collaborate with the development team to improve the test suite granularity and increase the test coverage.
TestSquad QA professionals are experienced in testing complex ERP systems (500+ functions) with best practices encapsulated within an in-house Testing Center of Excellence and ready to ensure your enterprise resource planning solution will bring the expected ROI, enhance business productivity, and cut labor costs.
With ERP testing outsourcing you get:
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We always joked that ERP stood for 'Endless Random Problems' because every day felt like a new surprise—mostly the bad kind. Then TestSquad came into the picture. Their meticulous testing, spot-on documentation, and training turned our chaotic system into a well-oiled machine. Now everything runs so smoothly, we almost miss the daily thrill of wondering what would break next. Thanks, TestSquad, for making our workdays blissfully boring in the best possible way!
You have a complete control over the ERP testing process. However, you should mind the risks deriving from ERP testing specifics, unbalanced test automation strategy, the choice of tools and frameworks that do fully fit in with your ERP testing process.
You get optimized testing costs via experienced QA management, best practices in ERP testing, and test automation talents. Still, you need to mind careful vendor selection and possible issues with the vendor’s team integration into the project processes.
With this option, you can optimize your ERP testing costs due to the vendor’s already established testing processes, experience in ERP testing, and skills with the relevant tools. Still, a QA manager is required to align an external team or team members with your project processes, control and regularly assess ERP testing.
TestSquad’s QA and testing professionals are ready to perform all-encompassing ERP testing to safeguard ERP quality at different SDLC phases, from ERP planning to its maintenance. We offer optimized ERP testing costs via scalable teams and balanced test automation.
World Quality Report 2019-2020 claims that flaky test environments seriously hinder testing ROI.
To pave the way for a seamless ERP testing process, you need to apply a holistic approach to the tools’ selection paying special attention to their compatibility and ability to cater for your ERP’s specifics. Here is a sample toolkit that may be appropriate for ERP testing.
Best for: test management as part of thorough project management
Best for: Continuous Integration
Best for: Automated UI testing
Best for: Performance testing
TestSquad will advise on a tailored ERP testing toolchain based on thorough analysis of your ERP solution’s specifics. For you to eliminate risks bound to flaky test environment and reduce testing costs choosing the future-proof frameworks with optimal pricing.
As each ERP solution is unique, there is no universal formula to get a detailed calculation without getting into the solution’s specifics. Let’s consider a sample ERP development project with the following characteristics:
TestSquad is a global Testing and documentation company headquartered in Orlando, FL, US. We deliver QA outsourcing services for enterprise resource planning solutions and guide our clients on how to ensure maximum software quality while meeting rigid deadlines and optimizing testing budget.