End-to-end testing of a licensing and distribution system

Project overview

A well-established U.S. automobile company partnered with Oxagile to develop an advanced licensing system for handling the distribution of their proprietary diagnostics product.

The resulting solution is Windows desktop app that provides automobile service specialists with end-to-end license management capabilities — from order processing and usage tracking to license keys delivery and 360-degree reporting.

A dedicated team of Oxaigle’s QA professionals was involved at every project stage to ensure the solution’s reliability and top performance under a variety of operating conditions (operating systems, architectures, etc.)

Industry

Automotive, Chemicals

Delivery Model

Agile QA Squad

Domain

Business Intelligence, BPM/BPA

Effort and Duration

24 months

Technologies

ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, IIS, MS SQL, XML Viewer, SoapUI, Fiddler, Xray

Key highlights

Testing solution compatibility across several Windows versions (Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1)
End-to-end testing of all major modules, including client-server connectivity, automatic updates, OS lockdown, license activation, reporting, and more

Leveraging mocks and stubs to emulate remote hardware and API endpoints
Regular testing of critical path scenarios to pinpoint and eliminate regressions
Performing comprehensive configuration testing for different product editions

Spearheaded by a ISTQB-certified QA lead, Oxagile’s quality team established a low-risk, agile collaboration process that included: