With Agile and DevOps methodologies at the forefront, LeanFT demands a continual approach to change from left to right in the software development lifecycle. Global companies using HP UFT (Unified Functional Testing) see great benefits in migrating to LeanFT, especially as Lean Functional Testing aligns perfectly with the organizations Agile and DevOps journey. Therefore, it becomes crucial to understand and assess what it takes to migrate to LeanFT in terms of associated challenges, costs, and available options.
LeanFT includes the UFT concepts of test objects and descriptions, and leverages object identification mechanisms along with UFT object repositories that can be migrated to Lean Functional Testing. This means LeanFT makes it easy to create robust tests that deal well with disruptions to the tested application, and UFT knowledge along with assets can be leveraged when using Lean Functional Testing, so teams can easily augment the new offering. .
A typical test asset migration journey can largely be categorized into 4 key stages and the same model is followed by the migration from HP UFT to LeanFT. The stages are as follows:
I discover
This stage starts with discovering the volume of test assets to be migrated, followed by profiling, and finally generates an assessment report to understand the ROI of the migration process.
II. Plan
In the second phase, after due evaluation of the state of the process, people and technology, a complete migration strategy is built with defined acceptance criteria. Additionally, a detailed plan with regular checkpoints and periodic milestones is made to schedule the migration procedure.
third Emigrate
In the migration stage, the migration of the scripts is completed and deployed.
IV. Validate
In this phase, the scripts are validated, refactored, and then signed.
Change costs and other challenges
A large investment of time and effort is required for manual conversion of scripts to LeanFT from UFT, and the speed of migration is restricted by the resources deployed. And the quality of migration depends on the efficiency of the people involved in the migration work. Fourth, with the involvement of specialized migration resources, ordinary business is also affected.
Rather, there are many key benefits of an automated migration solution. First, through automation, the migration process itself is sped up to full speed, creating test assets that are standardized and easy to maintain later on. Second, it requires a very nominal skill transition as well as management oversight, which reduces overhead. Needless to say, businesses are business as usual with nominal intervention during migration processes.
Automated migration tools help migrate to LeanFT from any version of QTP/UFT. The following are quick benefits when using an automated migration tool to migrate UFT scripts that are easily used with HP LeanFT.
Advantages of using an automated migration tool
Reduced migration cost
Very fast migration process with an 80% decrease in the time required
Faster turnaround time to start discovering or employing LeanFT’s powerful features
Well-tested and accurate migrations to be carried out quickly and effortlessly
Speed and correctness guaranteed in the migration
Business remains as usual during migration