Project Recap: Digital Banking Enhancement for Credit Union

Client Description:
Established in 1930, client is one of the largest credit unions in Illinois with over 100,000 members and more than $2.4B in assets. Client offers a complete array of products and services, including checking, savings, credit card, auto and real estate loans, and a digital banking platform.
Business Challenge:
The client wanted to improve its rating on their customer-facing mobile application in hopes of attracting new members. After selecting a new solution, the client decided to convert in 4 months, as opposed to the standard 12-month timeline. Speed to market was essential, but thorough testing was required to ensure there were no critical defects in the new system upon release.
Key Service Areas:
- QA Process and Management
- Functional Testing
- Mobile & Device Testing
- Data Migration Testing
- Regression Testing
- Deployment Support
Technology:
- MS Office Suite
- MS Azure DevOps
- BrowserStack
- Vendor Defect Ticketing System
Solution:
- Obtained, organized and researched existing documents and applications to develop test scenarios for desktop, mobile, and data migration needs.
- Utilized a combination of Agile and Waterfall to move fast, yet efficient
- Managed Test Cases and Test Execution as changes occurred throughout the project, up until release, to the tune of 4,274 test cases (both desktop and mobile
- Delivered the app to market with no critical defects while aligning to the aggressive timeline
Impact:
- Client was able to achieve their aggressive deployment date, avoiding expense variances associated with project delays
- Provided a complete QA Test execution framework by developing a full test suite, UAT test suite, and regression suites that can be reused by the client moving forward
- Created an improved customer experience with a more efficient, user friendly digital platform
- Located 2 critical defect and 5 high severity defects that would have been critical issues for the users of the system, had they not remediated prior to deployment