When it comes to managing test campaigns, two common challenges frequently surface in discussions with QA and development managers across industries. These challenges, though distinct, are interconnected and critical to the success of testing processes in software development. Let’s explore these issues and how Alethea Communications Technologies can help overcome them in the Wi-Fi test & measurement domain.

Availability of Skilled Test Engineers

Finding test engineers with both deep domain knowledge and strong technical expertise is challenging, especially as the need for specialized knowledge grows with technological advancements.

How Alethea Helps:

• User-Friendly Interface: Our universal Wi-Fi test solution, WiCheck, is intuitive and easy to use, minimizing the learning curve. Built-in test packs require minimal training, reducing dependency on specialized skills.
• Expertise Through Services: Alethea partners with clients to build effective test plans and strategies. Our services team supports your test campaigns, enhancing efficiency.
• Ready-to-Run Test Plans: Constantly updated test plans within WiCheck and our Test Labs reduce redundancies and keep your team focused on critical tasks.

Additional Solutions:

• Invest in Training: While WiCheck minimizes the need for extensive training, continuous learning enhances team efficiency & productivity.
• Foster Collaboration: WiCheck’s intuitive design promotes the reuse of test infrastructure & collaboration between QA, development, and deployment teams.
• Outsource Strategically: Leverage Alethea’s services to manage skill gaps during critical phases.

Maintenance of Test Plans

Test plans can become complex and unmanageable as they grow in size, leading to challenges like:

• Updating Extensive Test Campaigns: Large-scale projects require frequent updates, demanding significant effort.
• Leveraging Test Cases Effectively: Manual execution of test cases can be resource-intensive and inefficient.
• Removing Redundant Tests: Bloated test suites can give a false sense of security, requiring strong leadership to optimize.

How Alethea Simplifies Test Plan Maintenance:

• Built for Automation: WiCheck integrates seamlessly with in-house & third party automation frameworks, ensuring consistent and repeatable testing processes.
• Automation Services: Alethea offers services to
  • Develop automation strategies, extend & maintain test frameworks and convert manual scenarios into test scripts.
  • Integrate and maintain WiCheck within your existing systems, ensuring long-term efficiency.
• Constantly Updated Test Packs: WiCheck’s ready-to-run test packs are continuously updated, reducing redundancies and keeping test plans relevant. Alethea’s test and automation teams can help review and update in-house test packs on a periodic basis.

Additional Solutions:

• Adopt Automation: WiCheck reduces execution time while ensuring consistency. Alethea also supports the development, integration and maintenance of in-house automation systems. Outsource non-core activities.
• Regular Audits: Build analytics & dashboards on top of automation frameworks to provide insights to streamline test plans and remove outdated cases.
• Strong Leadership: Encourage a culture of quality over quantity.

Striking the Balance: Addressing the Problem of Plenty

As test campaigns grow, inefficiencies and complexities increase. Alethea helps you maintain balance by:

Identifying & Prioritizing High-Impact Tests

Delivering Data-driven insights

Focusing on customer experience

Partnering with Alethea for Testing Excellence

Alethea offers a comprehensive approach to Wi-Fi testing & test planning combining.

• • WiCheck – the universal test platform
  • Extensive auxiliary services to help you with managed test services, test automation and test application development
  • Best practices and test strategies learned from years of experience in the wireless broadband industry

This ensures that the latest features, the right test cases, appropriate reports, extensive logs, and actionable analysis are available to you when you need them.

Looking to transform your testing strategy?

Contact us today to see how Alethea can help you overcome your testing challenges!