How Blackbullion Saved Up to Half a Day Daily with Testsigma’s Test Automation

About Blackbullion: Empowering Students Through Financial Literacy Worldwide

Blackbullion, headquartered in London, UK, is a leading digital financial education platform committed to improving financial literacy for students worldwide. Founded in 2014, the company collaborates with universities in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, offering fund management solutions and financial learning resources. With over 700,000 students accessing its services, Blackbullion strives to empower young people with the tools and knowledge needed to make better financial decisions.

The Challenges

As the Delivery Manager at Blackbullion, James Worsfold wears many hats, including overseeing delivery management and handling quality assurance (QA) for the company’s products.

With Blackbullion growing rapidly, launching new products like the ‘Money Manager’ mobile application, and expanding its services to universities across the globe, the need for a robust QA process became critical. As the sole QA professional, James required a scalable solution to handle complex testing requirements, ensure product reliability, and keep up with the increasing pace of releases.

The challenges James faced included:

• Manage manual testing for their complex fund management system and mobile applications.
• Detect unexpected bugs and track intricate platform changes efficiently.
• Release updates on time while maintaining confidence in the product’s quality.

To address these challenges, James sought a scriptless test automation solution to reduce manual efforts, streamline testing processes, and enhance release confidence.

How Blackbullion Discovered Testsigma as the Right Solution

During his search for scriptless test automation tools, James came across Testsigma through Google. While exploring various platforms, Testsigma stood out for offering a free trial, user-friendly design, and responsive customer support. After evaluating its features, James recognized Testsigma as the ideal solution to meet Blackbullion’s automation needs.

Implementing Testsigma brought a significant transformation to Blackbullion’s testing and QA processes. The platform provided James with an efficient, scalable way to manage automation for both the company’s web-based fund management system and mobile apps (iOS and Android).

Key Improvements:

James highlighted several key features that set Testsigma apart:

• Automation Across Platforms : Testsigma enabled James to automate smoke testing for the fund management system and ensure seamless functionality across iOS and Android apps.
• Complex Scenario Testing Made Easy :  Features like conditional statements (if-else logic) allowed testing for multiple scenarios, such as verifying diverse funding eligibility cases.
• Time and Resource Savings :  Automation reduced manual testing efforts, saving up to half a day daily and allowing James to focus on other critical tasks.
• High-Quality Releases :  Regular automated checks detected subtle bugs early, ensuring smooth, confident product releases.
• Outstanding Support :  Testsigma’s responsive and knowledgeable customer support team resolved issues quickly, further solidifying the platform’s value.

Blackbullion’s successful transition from manual to automated testing underscores the critical role of Testsigma in simplifying QA for resource-constrained teams. By empowering a single QA professional to deliver high-quality releases confidently and efficiently, Testsigma has proven itself an invaluable partner in Blackbullion’s mission to deliver world-class financial education solutions.