Utilities / Waste Management

Turning Challenges into Wins: Recology’s QA Evolution with SpiraTest by Inflectra

Recology transformed QA management with reusable test cases, integrated incident tracking, custom reporting, and a unified testing workflow.

RecologyCustomer

USAGeography

40Professionals & vendors

8/10Likelihood to recommend

The challenge

Move beyond manual test management.

Recology needed a more robust QA management approach than Excel spreadsheets and RemedyForce could provide.

Difficulty maintaining and reusing test cases for regression testing
Manual handling of test management and a need for a robust solution to automate the process
A streamlined way to present incident statistics to management

Implementation

Integrated test and incident management for a critical modernization project.

Test management

SpiraTest was integrated into Recology’s IT infrastructure to manage test cases, test sets, and test runs.

Incident tracking

The team uses SpiraTest to track incident resolutions and enhance overall project tracking.

AS400 replacement

Testing workflows were improved for the AS400 Software Replacement Project, supporting smoother execution across the SDLC.

Reusable process

The team built repeatable and effective testing and incident-management processes after previously having no integrated solution.

Business benefits

Faster testing, stronger coverage, and fewer defects.

25%fewer post-release defects

50%faster bug resolution

35%less testing time

30%better defect detection

80%better test coverage

35%higher deployment frequency

Using Inflectra's SpiraTest is a game changer. We had no prior integrated test and incident management solution, and we were able to ramp up in no time and develop repeatable and effective processes.

Val B., Quality Assurance Analyst

Competitive advantage & future plans

Expand the unified QA view.

Recology reports streamlined QA management, increased efficiency in bug tracking and resolution, and improved risk management and compliance.

Incident Reporting Integration: import data from third-party tools to create a unified dashboard
Optimizing Test Cases & Test Sets: enhance reusability for better collaboration with system integrators

Inflectra + AWS

Hosted for reliability, privacy, and fault tolerance.

Recology adopted SpiraTest as an Inflectra-hosted SaaS solution on AWS. The deployment used EC2 for Windows Server and SQL Server, backed by EBS and AWS Lifecycle Manager, with separate U.S. regions in Northern Virginia and Ohio for performance and fault tolerance.

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