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Case studies, articles and field notes on testing, automation and QA strategy.

Case study

De-risking an SAP S/4HANA finance migration

In a core-banking finance transformation from SAP ECC to S/4HANA (with Fiori), we ran the automated data-migration validation in Tricentis Tosca, reconciling source against target table-by-table and transaction-by-transaction, with the migration's own transformation rules embedded so expected changes never surfaced as false failures. Reusable Header/Item templates scaled one validation across all 25 booking entities, each with its own audit-signed sign-off.

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Case study

A municipal utilities provider

In a complex SAP landscape (IS-U, FI/CO, MM, EAM, S/4HANA), unstable test cases and low coverage caused high analysis effort and delayed releases. We redefined test-case goals, improved automation stability and aligned execution with business risks.

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A German statutory pension provider

In a major multi-vendor government project we established Tricentis Tosca as the central test automation and management tool, and built a custom engine for gRPC/protobuf that Tosca lacked natively, coordinating all vendors and enabling adoption through training.

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A Swiss wealth manager

Facing a rapidly evolving mobile banking platform, the firm replaced legacy testing with a scalable, risk-based automation approach using Tricentis Tosca: standardised test design, modular test assets and streamlined test data management.

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Compliance · July 2026

The European Accessibility Act is in force: what it means for your software

Since June 2025 the EAA makes accessibility a legal requirement for many digital services in the EU. Who is affected, what WCAG 2.1 AA means in practice, and how to test for it.

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How-to · July 2026

Getting test data under control: a pragmatic how-to

Many 'flaky' tests aren't flaky at all: they're starved of reliable test data. Five principles and five steps to fix the quiet killer of test suites.

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How-to · July 2026

Which test automation tool fits when?

Tosca, UiPath, Playwright, Postman: the useful question isn't which tool is 'best', but which fits your landscape. A vendor-neutral decision guide.

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Good to know · July 2026

Shift-left testing: where to start

Shift-left isn't a tool you buy; it's moving quality decisions to where they're cheapest. A pragmatic way to begin.

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SAP · June 2026

Testing SAP S/4HANA migrations without the risk

With ECC mainstream maintenance ending in 2027, S/4HANA moves are accelerating, and testing is where they succeed or stall.

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Insights · May 2026

AI in software testing: hype vs. what actually works

2026's buzzword is 'agentic testing'. Some of it is genuine leverage; some is marketing. Here's how to tell them apart.

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SAP · July 2026

SAP test automation with Tricentis Tosca: how to get it right

SAP screens, cross-module processes, a constant stream of transports: why classic UI automation fails on SAP and how a model-based approach with Tosca holds up.

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