Sonae.
Automation Squad
Automation squad for legacy systems
- Industry
- Retail Conglomerate
- Service
- Test Automation
- Stack
- Azure DevOps · Jira
Sonae is a multinational business group headquartered in Maia, Portugal. It is present in 90 countries and operates in several sectors, including retail, financial services, shopping centre management, software and information systems, media and telecommunications. It is the largest private employer in Portugal, with more than 50,000 employees.
Challenge
Reduce regression testing time from 3 months to 1 month. Sonae MC, in two of its vital legacy systems, required regression tests with hundreds of scenarios mapped and executed manually. The main challenge was ensuring the quality of new versions with agility.
Solution
DBServices Automation Squad delivered a best-in-class solution to automate legacy applications, using open source solutions to build automation scripts and integrate smoothly with the Sonae DevOps pipeline.
Result
Test Automation platform ready for use, built from scratch. Platform integrated with the DevOps pipeline (Azure DevOps solution). 280+ end-to-end scenarios developed and delivered. Reporting execution (Jira integration and Grafana dashboards).
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"The collaboration we had with DBServices was extremely valuable for us at Sonae MC, as they brought their decades of know-how and experience in the field of Quality, allowing us to reach a whole new level."
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