Swiss Life

Case study
Swiss Life makes provisions
for software quality
Consistent automation of regression tests with HP Business
Process Testing software
Industry
Insurance
Objective
Improve the speed and eciency of
software testing
Approach
To examine dierent tools used for test
automation with the condition being that
the tool worked seamlessly together with
HP Quality Center
IT matters
• Detected greater number of software errors
earlier in the process leading to quicker solutions
and time-to-market
Business matters
• Improved the quality of software updates with
more rigorous regression testing
• Ninety per cent reduction of the number of
personnel required for regression tests,
saving costs
• Relieved testing burden from specialist
departments, allowing them to concentrate on
core functions
• Integrated a quicker time-to-market for new
applications with testers at an earlier stage
“Thanks to testing automation using HP Business Process
Testing software, we can now perform all regression
tests over the course of three consecutive days. We’ve
already found a number of errors in the rst run-through
that we would not have found previously.”
– Elisabeth Zimmermann, test team manager of the Competence Center at Swiss Life
Cost cutting solution
The Swiss Life Group is the largest life insurance company
of Switzerland, headquartered in Zurich. Swiss Life wanted
its software testing processes to be more ecient and
ultimately decided to automate a large proportion of their
regression tests.