16 Hours Was the Problem. One Hour Is the Proof.
A community bank serving millions of customers across the eastern U.S. was losing the race against its own release calendar. QA tests took 16 hours to run. Release windows were missed. Failures were frequent. And confidence in product quality was eroding with every cycle.
In a heavily regulated, fast-moving market, that's not just a testing problem. It's a growth problem.
A Scalable QA Automation Framework Built to Last
We started with a diagnostic — identifying exactly what was broken in the existing framework before writing a single line of code. From there we designed a solution grounded in Agile principles and journey mapping, aligned to the bank's transformation roadmap.
We built a scalable automated testing framework on Selenium with Java, enhanced by Screenplay, Cucumber, and Serenity. Modular, maintainable components that expanded coverage across critical workflows. Automated service and performance testing to validate both functional and non-functional requirements.
Then we did something most partners skip: we coached the bank's internal QA teams to own and evolve the framework independently. The solution was built to last beyond our engagement.
89% Test Coverage. 94% Faster Releases. Fewer Defects Reaching Production.
The numbers tell the story. Regression test coverage reached 88.6%. Execution time dropped from 16 hours to one, a 93.75% reduction that brought testing back inside release windows. The defect escape rate fell to 20%, catching issues before they reached production.
But the bigger win is what the bank can do now. Faster release cycles. Stronger quality control. A QA foundation built to support growth, respond to market shifts, and meet evolving regulatory demands, without innovation waiting on a 16-hour test cycle.
That's the difference between fixing what's broken and removing what's blocking.