Fixture in the Agile Development Process

See CAE Integration's Agile Development Process for creating your unique fixture.

Fixture in the Agile Development Process

Fixture development has the potential to be a frustrating and limiting experience. Here at CAE Integration we want to make sure that if a product is being tested, it can be tested to its' full potential. Above is an example of a fixture in the Agile Development stage before its recent completion. As can be seen, there are wires, boards, loads, and gizmos everywhere. Part of our Agile process is to work with your team to ensure all the features necessary for the full test are identified and working before putting the fixture in a box for ease of use.

Let's see what the benefits of flexible development are below:

Benefit #1 - Adaptability to Changing Requirements:

Agile Test Development allows teams to adjust test cases and strategies quickly as project requirements evolve, ensuring testing remains aligned with the latest features and functionalities.

Better still, this approach allows us to deliver a validated manufacturing test fixture in conjunction with your pilot build for New Product Introduction.

Benefit #2 - Enhanced Test Coverage

Flexible approaches, like exploratory testing or risk-based testing, allow testers to focus on critical areas. Coverage can be added and removed as needs change without rigid, predefined contracts. Here at CAE Integration, if a test reveals an issues your team had previously planned not to cover, or an unplanned product revision adds complexity you need tested we can revisit and add or remove test coverage as needed.

"I highly recommend CAE Integration for any manufacturing, test, fixture development or quality engineering needs. Their broad background and strong technical abilities were a perfect fit for what we needed." – Matt Harris, GSSI

Benefit #3 - Reduced Test Maintenance

Flexible test development prioritizes modular and reusable test cases, making it easier to maintain tests when you update your product's hardware and software. Further, when you introduce product variants, you don't have to buy more fixtures or development time. Our customers are able to add test cases for product variants to existing test deployments with only modest support from CAE Integration.

Benefit #4 - Customer-Centric Outcomes

In some markets, product performance requirements are predefined in public standards for inter-compatibility or compliance. In many applications, no such standards exist making pass/fail criteria somewhat objective. By focusing on user needs and adapting tests to real-world scenarios, we provide flexible testing that enables you to ensures the product meets your unique customer expectations and usability standards.

Benefit #5 - Support for Diverse Testing Types

Our test approach accommodates various testing methods (e.g., manual, automated, functional, structural) based on project needs, allowing teams to pivot as necessary.

Final Test Fixture

Above is the final outcome of the test fixture featured in the beginning of the newsletter. When all the tests have come together, CAE Integration then designs a custom box to mount all the components into for a seamless, portable solution. If you are interested in working with us, please click the button below. We are happy to help with any test fixturing needs.

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