TechValidate Research on Ranorex

Introduction

This case study of vRad – Virtual Radiologic Corporation is based on a December 2017 survey of Ranorex Studio customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Ranorex Studio:

• Top challenges associated with test automation:
  • Creating new automated tests for new features in the software under test
  • Maintaining deployment pipeline and automation environments (VMs)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Ranorex Studio that the surveyed company uses:

• Has 3-4 people on their team performing Automated Testing.
• Automating the following tests with Ranorex:
  • Functional UI
  • Integration
  • Visual regression (page layout, responsiveness)
• Integrated Bamboo with Ranorex.
• Is using TestTrack – Perforce now owns them, but originally Seapine. The name is also now Helix ALM for test management.
• Testing the following application interfaces/platforms with Ranorex:
  • Desktop
  • Web

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Ranorex Studio has helped in the following ways:
  • Increased their testing efficiency (less manual tests)
  • Shortened their test cycles
  • Gained robust and reliable automation
• Realized a greater than 20% (saved 6+ hours a week) increase in productivity after using Ranorex Studio for test automation.
• Reports the following as important features when they evaluated Ranorex automation tool:
  • Ease of use
  • Excellent object recognition
  • A strong automation API
  • Easy integration with build pipeline
  • The ability to fit into technology stacks (.NET, C#/VB.Net)
  • A helpful and responsive support team
  • Price

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 professional services company is based on a December 2017 survey of Ranorex Studio customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Ranorex Studio:

• Top challenges associated with test automation:
  • Maintaining existing automated tests due to changes in the UI
  • Maintaining deployment pipeline and automation environments (VMs)
  • Running tests designed for desktop apps on cloud VMs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Ranorex Studio that the surveyed company uses:

• Has 3-4 people on their team performing Automated Testing.
• Automating the following tests with Ranorex:
  • Functional UI
  • End to end
  • Integration
  • Web service / API
• Integrated TeamCity with Ranorex.
• Is using MTM/VSTS for test management.
• Testing the following application interfaces/platforms with Ranorex:
  • Desktop
  • Web

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Ranorex Studio has helped in the following ways:
  • Increased their testing efficiency (less manual tests)
  • Shortened their test cycles
  • Gained robust and reliable automation
  • Improved their level of technical knowledge/skills
• Realized a 10% – 20% (saved 3 – 6 hours a week) increase in productivity after using Ranorex Studio for test automation.
• Reports the following as important features when they evaluated Ranorex automation tool:
  • Ease of use
  • Excellent object recognition
  • A strong automation API
  • The ability to bring people with different skill sets closer together
  • A helpful and responsive support team