Nagarro's A2A.DRIVEN - an intelligent and advanced test automation solution

Using Nagarro’s own Advanced Automation Approach – A2A.DRIVEN, we can support you in designing, building, and securing your organization’s valuable automation investment to provide substantial benefits not only during the project but throughout the entire lifecycle of your business processes. A2A encourages the adoption of Azure Cloud Platform and Azure Services by encompassing the full lifecycle of test automation solution — all in a flexible, end-to-end solution perfectly tailored to your needs.

To get test automation up and running efficiently, Nagarro has developed A2A.DRIVEN—a modular, flexible, and easy-to-use solution that simplifies sustainable and comprehensive test automation. A2A.DRIVEN seamlessly integrates with Azure Cloud Services, providing robust Azure cloud-based capabilities for your testing needs. Additionally, A2A.DRIVEN integrates with Azure Test Plans for automatically updating test results, enabling organizations to leverage advanced DevOps practices. With A2A.DRIVEN, setting up and managing test automation becomes a quick, dependable, and effortless process. It supports state-of-the-art testing tools right out of the box and can automate and integrate any tool and technology stack, making it a versatile choice for Azure cloud environment for enhanced performance and scalability.

Key features of Cloud Pulse and implementation outcomes:

1. Tool and Technology agnostic: Allows easy switching between different testing tools without disrupting the automation flow and expand Azure footprint through cost savings using automated testing. Its modular design ensures flexibility, enabling organizations to adapt quickly to new tools and technologies as their needs evolve.
2. Diverse test automation support: A2A.DRIVEN supports multiple types of test automation, providing comprehensive coverage across various platforms and environments. It enables automated testing by utilizing Azure Test Plans for web applications, APIs, mobile applications (iOS and Android), Windows-based applications, mainframe systems, and more, ensuring a robust and versatile automation solution that caters to diverse testing needs.
3. Flexible test design patterns: The framework supports a variety of test design patterns, including the Page Object Model (POM) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), to accommodate different testing strategies and frameworks. Additionally, it incorporates a custom design pattern, the Business Transaction Model (BTM), which aligns test automation with business workflows for enhanced adaptability and business-focused testing solutions.
4. Comprehensive reporting and integrations: A2A.DRIVEN delivers out-of-the-box web-based reports, providing clear and actionable insights into test results and automation performance. It seamlessly integrates with multiple business messaging platforms such Microsoft Teams to keep stakeholders informed with real-time updates. Additionally, the framework supports integration with a range of test and defect management tools, ensuring efficient tracking and management of test activities and defects across your development ecosystem.

Benefits:

1. Significant Return on Investment: Integration of A2A.DRIVEN into projects has consistently yielded a minimum of 35 to 40% return on investment, enhancing overall project efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
2. Efficient Development Effort: Leveraging Azure framework leads to 150 to 200 person-days of framework development effort, accelerating time-to-market, and reducing resource expenditure.
3. Immediate Automation Setup: Teams can commence test automation from Day 1, enabling rapid setup and execution of automated tests without delay, thereby accelerating the testing cycle, and improving productivity.
4. Enhanced Test Coverage: Framework enables up to a 50% increase in test coverage by automating a broader range of test cases, leading to higher quality and more thorough validation of software products.
5. Reduction in Defect Detection Time: Integrated with CI/CD environments, the framework facilitates early build validation, leading to a reduction in defect detection time by 25 to 30%. This allows teams to identify and address issues more swiftly, thereby enhancing the overall software development lifecycle.