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QA for glucose monitoring system

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QA for glucose monitoring system

Technologies and tools

Jira

Confluence

qTest

Crowdin

ISOTrain

MS Office package

BrowserStack

Python

Robot Framework

GitHub

Postman

AWS WorkSpace

AWS WorkSpace

Team

8 automation QA engineers, 11 manual QA engineers

Project length

Since 2019

1.6k+

Test cases created

27

Localizations supported

90%

Test coverage

1.5k+

Automated test scripts created

X18

Faster regression testing run

20+

Number of used test devices

70%

Reported blocker/critical/
major bugs logged

10

Parallel threads

About project

Abbott's FreeStyle Libre system is the leading sensor-based glucose monitoring solution used globally. The key component of this system is LibreView, a secure cloud-based platform for diabetes management. LibreView provides clear, user-friendly reports from compatible FreeStyle glucose monitoring devices, making it valuable for both healthcare professionals and patients.

The FreeStyle Libre ecosystem includes smartphone apps like FreeStyle and LibreLinkUp, as well as a cloud-based data system called LibreView. These tools enable users, caregivers, and doctors to access real-time glucose data and actionable insights, aiding in making the right treatment decisions.

By capturing and reporting data in real time, this system enables early clinical decisions, reducing the risk of patients requiring primary or emergency care through better management of their condition.

Before DeviQA

  • 2.5 weeks to run regression testing

  • 7 days to run smoke testing

  • Outdated test cases

  • 50% test coverage

  • Supported localizations were not tested

  • 5 devices used for running regression tests

  • No automation testing

With DeviQA

  • 1 day to run regression testing

  • 1 day to run smoke testing

  • 60% increase in the number of regression tests and relevant test cases

  • 90% test coverage

  • 27 localizations supported by QA engineers

  • >20 various devices with different OS, screen resolutions, and browsers used to run regression testing

  • 1500 automated test scenarios created

  • 70% of the translations are covered with automated tests

Dale Vosburgh

Dale Vosburgh

Director, Diabetes Care Firm

“They treat our automated testing project as a development effort rather than a testing effort, always anticipating next steps and improvements. Whenever we need changes, they’re able to respond quickly. They take on current problems and address future issues as well.“

Our engagement

DeviQA was brought in to design and implement automation testing for LibreView, as well as to continuously optimize an automation platform. Our primary goal was to help Abbott release their complex product more frequently and smoothly, while also saving time for the team to tackle other serious challenges.

By creating and setting up the automated test infrastructure, DeviQA significantly improved the QA process. The time of running smoke testing was reduced from 7 days to 1 day only. The time needed to execute smoke testing for individual countries – LibreView has 27 country versions – was also reduced by over 85%. Regression testing was automated as well, and the current test suite consists of 1700 tests supporting 4 web browsers.

Our testing solution employs a keyword-driven methodology, emphasizing performance and flexibility. This approach also makes it easy for all team members to understand tests and their logic, enabling them to choose and run tests according to their needs and parameters.

The shift to automation brought significant value to Abbott, enabling its internal manual QA team to focus on testing new features, creating new test cases, and keeping existing ones updated. This enhanced test coverage of Abbott products, leading to a higher level of user satisfaction.

Services provided

Services

Web automation testing

The DeviQA team developed over 1700 automation scripts covering all regression test scenarios for all 27 localizations. These tests were integrated into a continuous integration process, and they covered 90% of the application. This automation greatly accelerated the regression testing process.

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