Cognizant Solution Overview

Enabling Business Readiness

Through Smart Testing
of Your SAP Implementation
Need for SAP Testing SAP Testing Challenges
Cognizant SAP Testing Solution
Organizations across the globe rely on SAP applications to SAP Testing Business Challenges
run their businesses. Even though these applications
generate immense business value once they are Technology changes.
implemented, getting there can be a complicated and New business needs.
expensive affair. Furthermore, application complexities often Regulatory compliance.
grow as businesses expand - as does the need for testing Customer dynamics.
those applications before they are deployed. Therefore, time- Competitive pressures.
and cost-effective testing of SAP applications is essential to
continued business success. Large and complex implementations or upgrades of software
and the underlying IT infrastructure often mandates a
Need for testing thorough end-to-end testing before going-live. The inherent
diversity of the testing service spectrum -- including
integration, functional, non-functional, regression, unit, and
user acceptance testing and automation, across ASAP
phases and various types of SAP implementations (i.e., ,
upgrade, roll-out and instance consolidation) -- renders the
process tedious thereby increasing the effort and time spent
on QA. This is further aggravated when organizations do not
follow best practices in testing, such as having well-
structured QA governance, proven testing methodology,
using solution accelerators and frameworks, etc.
Cognizant understands these challenges and has developed
a complete solution for all SAP Testing needs, across industry
verticals.
Tapping the deep functionality of SAP systems requires
With deep understanding of our customers' business
solution partners with expertise in continuous value
challenges and testing needs, coupled with our broad
enhancement and value beyond SAP. Cognizant
experience and expertise in SAP Testing, we have developed
understands your SAP systems and has developed wide
a solution suite that encompasses governance, best
range of services that address all of your SAP testing
practices, test process & methodology, solution accelerators,
needs.
frameworks and other innovations.
SAP Applications are the back bone for many
businesses worldwide.
Higher dependency on SAP applications.
Increasing number of business users.
Minimize the risk to business.
Periodic enhancements or upgrade to support
business operations.
Introduction of new processes / functionality in
applications.
Solution Complexity.
Integration of business process across and beyond
organization boundaries.
Integration of SAP applications with third-party or
legacy systems.
Cognizant's SAP Testing methodology is aligned with the applications. By leveraging our specialized centers for Oracle
ASAP methodology for SAP Implementation. With clearly Application Testing, Data Warehousing, SOA Testing etc., we
defined phases (including entry and exit criteria for each are fully equipped to provide you with end-to-end testing
phase), this methodology answers the questions related to solutions.
who, what, when, where and how to do any type of testing,
including integration, functional and regression testing. It
also articulates the roles and responsibilities of various stake
holders, from the QA and development teams through
business users & the PMO.
Our innovations include ready-to-use test scenarios that can
be deployed with little or no modifications on your SAP
environment. We provide you with indigenously developed
automation solutions such as SAP CRAFT framework for HP
QTP, and SMartCATT framework for eCATT and Solution
Manager. With our sound knowledge of industry-leading tools
such as SAP TAO, HP BPT and Worksoft Certify, we can
recommend the best tool that suits your testing needs.
[Based on] Cognizant's expertise in systems and solutions
and testing of a broad range of enterprise products, [we have]
determined that Cognizant is best equipped to offer
comprehensive testing services...
- Sr. VP at a large enterprise software company
Built on a strong foundation of domain knowledge, solution
expertise, delivery excellence and deep SAP partnership,
Cognizant's SAP Practice is uniquely positioned to cost-
effectively address the business-IT challenges of customers.
With our mature suite of service offerings comprised of next
Our strong relationship with SAP Labs helps us in future
generation services like SHARK & Instance Consolidation, our
proofing selected business scenarios of our customers by
Cognizant 2.0 global knowledge sharing, collaboration and
assessing them on the latest releases of SAP solutions,
project management ecosystem and vast suite of tools,
providing early feedback.
frameworks and solution accelerators such as Upgrade Plus,
R-Maps, R2R Platform, & certified composites, Cognizant can
help you maximize returns from your SAP investments, and
We also understand that your business demands integration
accelerate time to value.
of your SAP systems with other third-party or legacy
Business Benefits
Practice Overview
Early detection of defects thereby reducing the cost of
post-production issues.
Well-defined roles and responsibilities between various
stakeholders in testing.
Increased effectiveness and efficiency of testing with the
right skill-mix, reusable scenarios and tools.
Optimized testing of SAP implementations by reducing
redundancy through the use of impact analysis tools.
Maintenance effort reduced by 50% to 60% with
Cognizant's SAP Testing framework.
One-stop solution for all Testing/QA needs including
legacy, home-grown & off-the-shelf products.
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In a time when companies are relentlessly pushing to compete better, move faster and fight harder, Cognizant is the global
technology partner with one single-minded passion: Dedicating our systems expertise, industry intelligence and global
resources to make your business stronger.
Note:
For more information on how to drive your business results with Cognizant, contact us at or visit our website at inquiry@cognizant.com
http://www.cognizant.com.
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