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ThoughtWorks Studios' New Twist 2.0 Provides Collaborative Agile Test Management
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, Mar. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Latest update to Adaptive ALM(TM) suite drives productivity of QA,
developers and business analysts, reduces development rework while keeping
pace with rapid Agile releases
Agile ALM and training, today announced the latest version of its Agile test
automation solutions, Twist(R) 2.0. Designed to manage the rapid pace of
software testing within Agile environments, Twist 2.0 helps testers,
developers and business analysts work together to ensure testing is highly
efficient and collaborative, resulting in faster release cycles of quality
applications.
"It's very common for people involved in software testing to spend more
time trying to keep their automated tests in synch with development rather
than actually testing applications," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director,
for ThoughtWorks Studios. "Twist provides a framework for test automation and
test-driven development that allows all stakeholders to build test suites and
scenarios using plain English, thereby mitigating the complexity of
traditional test automation."
Twist offers simplicity and an intuitive user experience to create highly
robust and reusable test automation frameworks for both manual and functional
automated tests. An integral part of ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM
solution, Twist provides continuous visibility into testing activities across
distributed projects and teams.
Unlike traditional test tools, Twist uses Behavior Driven Development
(BDD) and Domain Specific Language (DSL) to allow test automation
specialists, developers and business analysts to work collaboratively as a
means of ensuring testing efforts match the exact, intended functionality of
new applications. This unique approach of using the English language to build
test scripts expands the testing process to the "business side" of software
development, reducing development re-work and faulty software that does not
meet strategic business goals. Twist allows teams to adjust and/or react to
change effectively through an open and flexible framework conducive to
testing within short sprints or iterations. Ultimately, it allows the testing
effort to keep pace with the increasingly rapid rate of application delivery.
New features in Twist 2.0 include:
- Hybrid Test Execution - allows for manual and automated test steps
within the same scenario. This improves collaboration and execution
efficiency of both automated and manual testing efforts.
- Improved Workflow Reuse - provides high level test scenarios and
steps (manual and automated) that can be reused and shared within and
across multiple projects.
- Groovy Scripting - supports the Groovy dynamic Agile language for
Java. It makes modern programming features available to Twist users with
almost zero learning curve.
- Additional Web Driver support for Sahi - testers have the option
of using Sahi or Selenium for Web testing. The benefit of using Sahi is
that it abstracts out most difficulties that testers face while
automating Web applications.
- SWTBOT support - allows Twist users to test Java SWT-based
applications.
- Data Driven Scenarios - build data-driven tests on the fly for
increased test coverage.
ThoughtWorks Studios is the products division of the industry leading
Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks(R). Its Adaptive ALM(TM) solution includes
Mingle(R) (project management), Twist(R) (test automation) and Cruise(R)
(release management), to manage all aspects of the software development and
delivery lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to
test automation, quality assurance and release management.
Twist supports Agile ALM by combining requirements and test specification
management and creation, and by providing manual and test automation to
ensure quality throughout the application lifecycle. It plays a significant
role in ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM by providing a robust, reusable,
multi-platform testing capability that ensures testing keeps pace with
application development. Twist increases visibility and awareness of Agile
testing activities by providing test results for processes managed by Mingle
and Cruise. Together with Mingle, it connects directly to Mingle repositories
and links story cards directly to Twist test scenarios. This provides full
traceability of test and requirements coverage. When integrated with Cruise,
Twist can export all of the necessary libraries to run test scenarios and
suites. This allows tests to be run as part of a build (with reports of test
results).
For more information on ThoughtWorks Studios' new Twist 2.0 please visit
access a free, 30-day download by visiting:
forms/form/twist/download).
About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM tools and training.
Its products and services are used by organizations as a foundation for
sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and
engineering best practices are required. The company's Adaptive ALM solution
provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development
lifecycle - from requirements definition and project management to test
automation, quality assurance and release management. The three products that
make up Adaptive ALM(TM), Mingle(R) (project management), Twist(R) (test
automation) and Cruise(R) (release management), are available as an
integrated solution or as stand-alone products. The company also provides
in-depth training courses that cover all aspects of Agile ALM through its
Agile Workshops series. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks(R),
the pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks
Studios' customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill,
Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore,
with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For
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SOURCE: ThoughtWorks Studios
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