SilkTest 6'5 Sales Training

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SilkTest 6.5 Sales Training
the e-business reliability experts
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Agenda

• Why are we here
• Elements of successful automation
• Core SilkTest principles
• SilkTest Product Family
• Key features and benefits
• 6.5 particulars

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Why Are We Here

• Automated testing provides
• Repeatability Tests can be run more than once,
  consistently each time
• Predictability
• Time savings
• Requires easy test reuse
• Tests run with little modification independent of
  platforms and application changes
• Leverage Many more tests can be built via
  automated tool than manually possible
• Accumulation Applications evolve to the point
  where manual testing doesnt scale
• Ability to accumulate is directly related to
  ability to maintain existing tests

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Elements of Successful Automation

• Automated testing tool-dependent
• Use a data-driven architecture
• Recognize that test automation development is
  software development
• Use a framework-based architecture
• Organization-dependent
• Reset management expectations about the timing of
  benefits from automation
• Recognize staffing realities

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Core SilkTest Principles

• Support automation development
• Object oriented
• 4Test purpose-built
• Scripting assistants
• Rich Library
• Data driven focused
• Code reuse
• Support automation maintenance
• Object oriented
• Minimal number of objects
• Unique ways of preventing objects from becoming
  obsolete
• Separation of objects from actions
• Code reuse
• Support automation execution
• Failure recovery
• Distributed testing
• Transactions
• Matrix testing

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SilkTest Product Family

• SilkTest GUI
• Excellent test development, maintenance,
  execution and result analysis
• Used by persons tasked with
• Defining how to test
• Defining actual tests
• Building framework
• Maintaining tests
• Framework developers
• Running tests
• Analyzing results
• Agent
• Separate component providing exact user
  simulation and distributed transaction testing
• Used by SilkTest, SilkTest Runtime
• Runtime
• Subset of full blown SilkTest focused on test
  execution and results analysis
• Used by test runners (person, batch file,
  SilkVision, SilkPlan Pro)
• International
• Industry-unique Unicode-based solution for
  globalization/localization testing

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Key Features and Benefits

• Instant Productivity
• Testcase Workflow, Dynamic Recorder, Data Driven
  Workflow, AutoComplete
• 24x7x365 unattended testing
• Recovery System
• Verify business logic with huge amounts of data
  in a single test without scripting
• Data Driven Workflow
• Rapid test customization and automation framework
  development
• AutoComplete, Project Workspaces
• Share and organize test information
• Project Workspaces
• Highly reusable, portable, easy to maintain, and
  extensible tests and scripts
• GUI Abstraction layer, 4Test, Dynamic Recorder
• Complete testing of end user experience
• Accurate user simulation, and complete GUI,
  bitmap and database verifications
• Distributed testing for shorter test execution
  cycles
• Agent separated from /tightly integrated with
  SilkTest
• Runtime version for execution and reporting

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SilkTest 6.5
SilkTest 6.5
Testing Technology
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Test Automation with SilkTest 6.5
Dynamic Recorder Testcase WorkFlow Data Driven
Workflow
Easy to build
Project Workspaces AutoComplete Dynamic
Recorder Object Oriented 4Test Separation of
objects from scripts
Easy to maintain
Recovery System Integration w/SP Pro Separate
Agent Distributed Testing
Easy to run
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SilkTest 6.5 Testing Technology

• .NET WinForms
• More robust Java testing
• Support for Java 1.4.2
• Support for the latest SilkPerformer Recorder
• Windows Server 2003/IE 6.0.3
• Enhanced browser testing
• Powerbuilder 9
• AOL 8.0 Plus
• Netscape 7.1
• PVCS 7.5

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Competitive Situation (.NET)

• .NET functional testing is still emerging
• SilkTest 6.5 state-of-the-art
• Mercury battling 2 product dilemma
• Awkward, expensive
• WinRunner users needing .NET must obtain
  QuickTest Pro base product plus .NET add-on
• Native control support on par with SilkTest
• Custom control support slightly less flexible
  than SilkTest
• IBM/Rational Robot only claiming Native control
  support
• They now have 3 tools (Robot V2003, RobotJ, XDE
  Tester)
• Compuware supporting .NET?
• Theyre also introducing TestPartner for
  Microsoft, Java and Web based technologies

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Competitive Situation (General)

• One product for testing todays technologies
• Best technology for developing successful
  automation
• 4 releases/year to stay current
• Flexible licensing for lower COO
• Excellent technical support
• SilkTest International is industry-unique

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Packaging

• Pricing
• 6500 per seat (consistent with units of 100
  pricing)
• Additional agents 2000
• Add-ons
• Blue Express 1500 per Agent
• Extension Kit 3000 per SilkTest
• AOL 1500 per Agent
• .NET 1500 per Agent
• Maintenance 18
• Licensing
• Concurrent usage based
• SilkTest and Agent licenses are floating, only
  the SilkMeter server is node locked, SilkTest and
  Agent are installable anywhere
• SilkTest 6.5 requires new policy file
• version 6.5 in license
• BlueExpress licensed as a separate product
• DotNet licensed as a separate product
• Evals by default only include SilkTest and Agents
• Need to explicitly request other parts (AOL,
  DotNet, )
• Upgrade to 6.5 is free with active maintenance

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Remember...

• Internal silktest marketing page has more
  information
• http//cww/marketing/html/products/silktest/5.5/in
  dex.htm
• Additional information to be posted/updated over
  next several days
• SilkTest 6.5 Customer Presentation
• SilkTest product page
• Datasheet
• Homework
• http//www.kaner.com/lawst1.htm

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Questions
Questions?