Imagine: you're a man with a hospital appointment for a heart scan and the nurse takes you for a prenatal ultrasound. A bit strange. It gets worse when a debt collection agency shows up at your door for an order you never placed. All as a result of a careless data migration, for example after a merger or digitization effort. With thorough preparation and testing, this can easily be prevented.
Major change
In addition to incorrect transfers, certain data sometimes gets lost during a migration. On top of that, employees or healthcare providers need to get used to the new system when merging administrative systems. All in all, a data migration is a major change for any organization that is often underestimated and requires extensive preparation, planning, and testing.
The importance of testing
The main reasons to test extensively before a data migration are: preventing data loss, verifying data integrity, safeguarding data security, and maintaining or improving user satisfaction.
With a carefully prepared and executed test, you can prevent many unpleasant problems that also take a lot of time to fix. At QA Accelerate, we always create a detailed test plan using the TMAP methodology (Test Management Approach).
Functional application testing
Test data must be representative of production data and meet certain criteria. All relevant applications that use the data must also be functionally tested. This process can largely be automated. Your entire testing process for data migrations is in good hands with QA Accelerate's test professionals.
Automated functional testing?
Beyond data migration testing, QA Accelerate also provides extensive support for setting up automated functional tests. We've built strategic partnerships with leading tool providers such as Katalon and LoadGen.
With Katalon, we can create automated functional test scripts that thoroughly test your applications. LoadGen is another valuable tool we use to test application performance under various load conditions.