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aqua makes digital transformation happen in the public sector with AI

According to Deloitte Digital, 79% of government organisations struggle to find the right partners along their digital transformation journey. They often run into overpriced bids with dubious track records and no experience in providing testing software for government sector.

aqua is the opposite: our test management solution has been in the market for 9 years, servicing high-profile clients ā€” including Google ā€” in both commercial and public sectors. In fact, aqua is more than the software: we help our clients set up their QA process to achieve best results with the resources they have

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Federal Motor Transport Authority says we tick all the boxes

We are proud to have been serving Germanyā€™s Federal Motor Transport Authority for many years. Hereā€™s what they like about aqua:

ā€œFor many years, aqua has been the central component of our test management. Further test automation and test tools as well as databases are connected around aqua.

The aqua support and development team is a reliable partner for the implementation of the customer requirements of the KBA.ā€

Jƶrn-Hendrick Sƶrensen

Test Manager, KBA

 

aqua is more than software: we help you modernise testing procedures in the government sector

Our work with public sector organisations starts with a QA audit to identify the biggest challenges. Below are the some of our frequent findings:

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Traceability

In the public sector, knowing who approved the requirements to go into development or verified that the tested piece can be included into release is a must.

This level of detail can be excessive for more mainstream test management solutions, yet software without them would not fit requirements of a government agency

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Restricting access granularly

Government organisations that have both public-facing and confidential software would often want to limit information on the latter.

The old-school approach of using spreadsheets is very risky in that regard. Regular files can be easily shared ā€” intentionally or accidentally ā€” resulting in a serious data leak

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Integrating with old & existing custom tools

Modernising software testing and development does not necessarily mean that the entire government organisation is ready for big changes or can get them approved fast.

Some level of legacy support may be required for years to come

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Data security

Modern test management systems are generally going the Cloud route, often neglecting or outright cancelling the On-Premise offering.

Even if Cloud is an option for particular agencies, many public sector software testing service providers are not qualified for Europe due to having US servers only.

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Migration

The migration from internal to external QA services and solutions for the public sector can be highly problematic. Ideally, the picked software should have baked-in migration functionality for simple transition to the tool and from it.

Any help from a test management service provider on a case-by-case basis often means extra costs

Key aqua features that help digital transformation in public sector

aqua helps ditch outdated internal QA tools to optimize testing procedures while staying compliant with traceability requirements, maintaining security standards, and supporting legacy software if needed

AI to test faster than ever

Open a requirement and auto-create an entire aqua test case covering it. Describe a test in plain words and get full test steps for it. Auto-prioritise your test cases to see which tests you absolutely must execute before deploying

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ISO 9001 compliant logging

aqua records all changes to data on the server. The logging system stores actions of both past and present employees, actions concerning both existing and removed tickets, actions done to both tickets on the server and the server itself ā€” such as giving/revoking licences and changing user passwords

Data records in test management tool aqua
Granular user permissions

aqua offers advanced user permission management. You can assign employees pre-defined roles or create custom roles that suit your data access policy better. There are over 100 permissions that you can give and revoke at any time

Advanced user permission management in aqua tool
Out-of-the-box and custom integrations

Our software comes with a dozen integrations, including JMeter, Ranorex, SoapUI just to name a few. aqua also offers out-of-the-box JIRA integration and a JIRA plugin for robust integration with the worldā€™s most popular issue tracking system.

The most flexible piece of functionality here, however, is REST API support. You can use it to link aqua with any tool that your organisation has been using and/or would like to use in the future. Such connection does not require any involvement on aquaā€™s side, meaning your internal tools will stay internal

Qualified on-premise offering

aqua has plenty of clients in both Banking and Insurance, so our on-premise offering is a perfect test management solution for public sector. We also have flexible options for running aqua on your server. You can pick one of the three aqua tiers and then either let us help with updates & maintenance or handle everything in-house

Usage of test management solution aqua
AI to test faster than ever

Open a requirement and auto-create an entire aqua test case covering it. Describe a test in plain words and get full test steps for it. Auto-prioritise your test cases to see which tests you absolutely must execute before deploying

aqua AI sneak peek
ISO 9001 compliant logging

aqua records all changes to data on the server. The logging system stores actions of both past and present employees, actions concerning both existing and removed tickets, actions done to both tickets on the server and the server itself ā€” such as giving/revoking licences and changing user passwords

Data records in test management tool aqua
Granular user permissions

aqua offers advanced user permission management. You can assign employees pre-defined roles or create custom roles that suit your data access policy better. There are over 100 permissions that you can give and revoke at any time

Advanced user permission management in aqua tool
Out-of-the-box and custom integrations

Our software comes with a dozen integrations, including JMeter, Ranorex, SoapUI just to name a few. aqua also offers out-of-the-box JIRA integration and a JIRA plugin for robust integration with the worldā€™s most popular issue tracking system.

The most flexible piece of functionality here, however, is REST API support. You can use it to link aqua with any tool that your organisation has been using and/or would like to use in the future. Such connection does not require any involvement on aquaā€™s side, meaning your internal tools will stay internal

Qualified on-premise offering

aqua has plenty of clients in both Banking and Insurance, so our on-premise offering is a perfect test management solution for public sector. We also have flexible options for running aqua on your server. You can pick one of the three aqua tiers and then either let us help with updates & maintenance or handle everything in-house

Usage of test management solution aqua

Traceability

Many companies can track bugs and test their software development fine without a pro-tracking system. But aqua brings full traceability to your organisation and helps you to find answers to the most important questions in a matter of minutes:

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Is this requirement tested at all/ tested enough?

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Who did test that and how?

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What did they do exactly to verify it works?

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With what kind of data? User inputs?

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What version have they tested, in which browser & OS?

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Have the test cases been reviewed and possibly updated after the requirement changed?

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What defects have been found? Have they been retested? How exactly have they been retested?

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Who did change the requirement? What has been changed?

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Data records in test management tool aqua
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Extensive logging brings traceability

aqua logs every action done in your workspace. You can see who, when, and how edited a ticket or even removed it. The record will also include changes within the workspace, such as admins resetting user passwords, re-assigning licences, and adding/removing employees.

This depth of logging is useful for more than audits. You can get notified about certain changes to a ticket, visually compare the changes, and revert them if necessary. aqua helps you meet traceability requirements while also iterating upon them as a feature

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Agile helps transform your IT processes

Digital transformation needs a start, and adopting the Agile methodology for government software testing is a good one. Sprints ranging from 1 to 4 weeks help split deliverables into smaller chunks, increase transparency, and identify blockers along the way. Prioritising essential tasks and optimizing the workload is how you make the most out of the time that your developers and QA specialists spend on the project. Itā€™s even more important if you have to share staff within the orgasization or between organisations.

aqua’s agile functionality is built on three scrum pillars:

Transparency

  • Backlog to give an overview of what’s planned and needs to be done
  • Sprint description to clearly define the goal
  • Agile board to check the progress and keep everybody on track
  • Discussions under each item to keep every change under the radar

Inspection

Burndown chart to see how the team works, track if there are any deviations and predict whether the planned world will be delivered on time.

Adaptation

Refine the previous sprints, plan the new sprint based on what you learned through the work and progress

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Reporting wizard saves hours

Our reporting wizard solves two of the biggest pains about constantly sharing your progress:

  • aquaā€™s reporting wizard is very flexible, so you can fit any requirements from someone requesting the report
  • aqua can automatically generate reports at predetermined intervals

For a more sporadic overview, aqua also offers dashboards. They update automatically, reflecting all the important information reflecting how the project is progressing, and provide a fast visual alternative to filters. Users can create private dashboards that are visible to them only or share their dashboards with the team

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Integration

aqua integrates with all the most popular tools among testers:

JIRA

Link individual aqua test cases to JIRA issues, create issues for JIRA in aqua, and even execute aqua test cases within Jira
PowerShell and UnixShell

Perform shell tests and utilise shell scripts no matter the OS
Ranorex

Automate testing for your web, mobile, and desktop software
Jenkins

Harness continuous integration and continuous delivery with industryā€™s leading automation server
UFT

Utilise a well-established solution for automating functional and regression testing
Selenium

Test web applications efficiently with Seleniumā€™s simple web browser automation solution
JMeter

Run load testing enhanced by dozens of third-party plugins
MSSQL

Automate database testing for databases powered by MSSQL
SoapUI

Nail manual and automated API testing
Oracle

Automate database testing for databases powered by Database Oracle and MySQL
and of course, REST API

You can connect aqua with any tool that your agency uses for testing or any other purposes. It doesn't matter if the other tool is too new or niche: REST API is a universal answer

Migration

Switching to aqua is simple as that and cost-effective

Compared to other vendors, you don't need additional costly migration tools. aquaā€™s team has developed our own migration solution. It reads all data from your current software, converts it into suitable formats, then writes it to aqua, allowing to:

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Migrate huge data
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Fulfill explicit compliance
regulations

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Ensure revision security
throughout the migration

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Preserve expanded File history right after the migration is done

Migration to aqua on average takes 1 day:

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Merge the fields of your system with the fields and values of the aqua elements (requirement, test cases, and test scenarios)

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Import the created file to aqua

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Our migration tool converts all read-out data into a needed format and imports it right to aqua

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Thanks to the intuitive, well-structured, and multilingual software interface, your testers master most of aquaā€™s functions after just a few hours

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Our clients speak for us

Companies that want to keep up with digital change trust in aqua

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ā€œI was surprised to find such a comprehensive and mature tool for test management in the German market without having taken it seriously beforehand.ā€

Jƶrg GroƟmann, Head of Development, Bank 11
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ā€œThe aqua support and development team is a reliable partner for the implementation of the customer requirements of the KBA.ā€

Jƶrn-Hendrick Sƶrensen, Test Manager, KBA
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ā€œManual test cases are easily automated with aqua. Seamless integration with test automation tools helps here.ā€

Dennis Seidel, QA Specialist, megapharm
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ā€œThe possibility to design modular and parameterizable test cases leads to a very slim structure, enables a high reusability and accelerates the creation of new tests.ā€

Slavcho Mavrodiev, Head of Software Development, CREM SOLUTIONS

Our clients speak for us

ā€œThe possibility to design modular and parameterizable test cases leads to a very slim structure, enables a high reusability and accelerates the creation of new tests.ā€

ā€œI was surprised to find such a comprehensive and mature tool for test management in the German market without having taken it seriously beforehand.ā€

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Jƶrg GroƟmann, Head of Development, Bank 11

ā€œThe aqua support and development team is a reliable partner for the implementation of the customer requirements of the KBA.ā€

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Jƶrn-Hendrick Sƶrensen, Test Manager, KBA

ā€œManual test cases are easily automated with aqua. Seamless integration with test automation tools helps here.ā€

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Dennis Seidel, QA Specialist, megapharm

ā€œThe possibility to design modular and parameterizable test cases leads to a very slim structure, enables a high reusability and accelerates the creation of new…

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Slavcho Mavrodiev, Head of Software Development, CREM SOLUTIONS
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