How an IoT Company Used MagicPod to Streamline Regression Testing and Resource Allocation

ACCEL LAB, a technology company specializing in IoT device operations through mobile applications and web interfaces, found itself facing a significant challenge. As the company began to expand its product line, they encountered issues with regression testing, especially right before each product release. The product development team often found themselves overwhelmed and unable to complete comprehensive testing. They recognized that they needed a solution to address their growing quality assurance challenges.

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Problem

The primary issues faced by ACCEL LAB before implementing a no-code test automation tool included:

• Regression Test Overload: As their product line expanded, regression testing became increasingly time-consuming and labor-intensive, hindering their ability to maintain consistent product quality.
• Limited Resources: As the company scaled, ACCEL LAB lacked the adequate resources for allocation to both development and quality assurance.
• Web and Mobile Testing Needs: The complexity of their IoT device operations required testing on both web interfaces and mobile applications for iOS and Android. Their team needed a solution that could handle all these needs.

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Solution

ACCEL LAB’s implementation of MagicPod was the solution to their quality assurance challenges. Here’s how they used MagicPod to tackle their problems and find a way forward:

• No-Code Automation: MagicPod’s no-code automation capabilities allowed all team members, including non-developers, to take part in the QA process and create tests effortlessly. This relieved the pressure of resource constraints.
• User-Friendly Design: The team was drawn to MagicPod’s intuitive user interface, which made it easy to create and manage tests by simply dragging and configuring elements. MagicPod’s UI is the same for both mobile and web testing, therefore reducing training costs.
• Coverage Improvement: ACCEL LAB started by drafting comprehensive test specifications that they could execute manually. Once validated, these specifications were transferred to MagicPod for automation. This approach not only improved test coverage, but also saved significant time, equivalent to approximately 28 man-days compared to manual testing.

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Challenges and Future Goals?

Despite their success with MagicPod, ACCEL LAB recognizes that their automation journey is ongoing. They face several challenges and are working towards the following goals:

• Coverage Rate Improvement: The team aims to increase web page operation coverage to 90%, reducing their reliance on manual testing significantly.
• IoT Device Verification: Continuing to work on testing IoT device verification is crucial to ACCEL LAB for establishing a robust development framework for automation.
• Maintenance and Continuous Usage: ACCEL LAB understands the importance of not only creating automated tests, but also maintaining and regularly applying them to ensure ongoing benefits.
• Image Comparison for Smart Locks: ACCEL LAB hopes to efficiently tackle image comparison challenges related to their smart locks, a crucial aspect of their testing process.

Conclusion

ACCEL LAB’s implementation of MagicPod demonstrates the transformative impact of test automation on their product development and quality assurance processes. Today, ACCEL LAB uses MagicPod to run tests regularly during morning hours; their team receives test result notifications on Slack, allowing for defects to be addressed in a timely manner. Not only was ACCEL LAB able to achieve impressive test coverage rates (Ex. 50% coverage for web tests), but they were also able to realize their vision of development and QA teams working independently of each other. Their commitment to enhancing coverage rates and maintaining automated tests exemplifies the long-term benefits of leveraging user-friendly automation tools like MagicPod.

Is your team facing resource constraints in product development and quality assurance?

Like in the case of ACCEL LAB, MagicPod could be the solution you’re looking for. Check out the links below and find out if MagicPod is right for you:

• Learn More: https://magicpod.com/en/
• Book a Demo: https://magicpod.com/en/customer-stories/

This post is a summary of an interview with ACCEL LAB, in which they discuss their journey with MagicPod. Read their story in detail here: https://magicpod.com/en/customer-stories/accel-lab/

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