Streamline Test Planning with Business Process Models

Test-QA professionals and business-systems analysts have always lived in two separate worlds, with test planning and design segregated from the task of creating business process models. However, a business process modeling (BPM) diagram–which visually shows the break down of activities into individual tasks–for the test project can help Test-QA managers see how to organize multiple tasks and create an end-to-end test project flow. Because the BPM effort eliminates many unnecessary steps and inefficiencies, test planning is streamlined and the entire test project is more efficient. Filip Szymanski examines how Test-QA teams can use BPMs as a guide to identify discrete testing components, gain access to already optimized data, ensure there is enough detail in the business process diagrams, and optimize a business process scenario. Filip explores how testers and the whole enterprise can achieve great benefits when application lifecycle management platforms, including test planning and project plans, are integrated with BPM platforms.