Contest Note

TESTimony 2015- The TCS Flagship Assurance Contest for Campus

Introduction
Technological advancements and the Digital revolution has changed the way businesses think today, resulting in a
need for continuous learning and innovation. Markets demand agility, flexibility and improved customer experience,
creating a need for optimum quality and 24*7 services. Assurance (Software Testing) provides process and product
quality across the test value cycle and is a specialized function in itself. Growing complexity of current applications,
modifications in technologies, birth of new frameworks, combined increase in competitive pressure, sky rocketing
costs of application failure and downtime have captured the need for software testing to newer heights. Thus quality
processes and products reinforce confidence and acceptance by customers.
In a pursuit to bring out the best from students and institutes in this growing field, TCS Talent Acquisition Team (TAG)
in association with Assurance Services Unit (ASU) introduced TESTimony a TCS Software Assurance Contest across
TCS accredited institutes in India.

Purpose of the Contest

Today, very few colleges provide courses in Software testing. As a result Software testing gains importance only when
students enter the corporate world. TESTimony is an attempt to nurture and lay a strong foundation for students in
this space, helping them jumpstart their career in Software testing.
TESTimony is a platform that encourages students to enhance their knowledge in software testing as well as reward
them for exhibiting exemplary talent and knowledge in Automated testing, Performance testing, Test Management
and other Software Quality related topics.
It is more than a contest. It is a unique opportunity to learn, explore the world of Testing as well as showcase ones
talent and earn peer recognition and honor.
It also provides an opportunity to showcase TCS Assurance offerings to the academic world.

Participation
Nominations are invited from FY 2016 and 2017 batches under graduate/post graduate students studying engineering
with any specialization.
Registrations for the contest will be open from 9 April 2015 -17 July 2015.

Participation and Eligibility Guidelines

Any number of teams can register for the contest with participants above 18 years of age and from the FY 2016
and 2017 batches only.
A team shall comprise of two members who are from the same college/institute. The team members should have
a valid CT Reference Number, and a member can only be a part of one team.

 Students should register online on TCSLs NextStep portal- https://nextstep.tcs.com. A Campus Trainee (CT)/
Direct Trainee (DT) Reference Number is mandatory for participating in the contest.
Each team should choose a name and leader. When registering the team online, the leader will have to nominate
the team member. All communication with respect to the contest will be provided to the teams through the
team leaders, who are responsible to update their teams about the same.
The team can be from the same discipline or multiple disciplinary.
Team members are required to remain constant throughout the contest. Movement within teams is not
permitted and doing so will lead to disqualification from the contest.
The infrastructure/software/s required for testing shall be borne by the team or the institution they represent.
TCS will not be liable for any damage to the infrastructure of the institute which may be caused by participants
from the institute during the contest.
Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Online search engines may be used for reference, but copying directly from the
internet is forbidden.
All contestants must have access to the Internet, a valid postal address, and a valid email address in order to
enter the contest.

Contest Structure
The contest will comprise of three rounds of software testing.

Round 1:
This will be an online quiz. The top 300 teams that submit the correct answers within the shortest possible time along
with other evaluation parameters will move on to the next round. The discretion of the TESTimony evaluation team and
their adjudication of winners will be binding on all participants.

Round 2:
Teams selected from Round 1 will undergo two tests in this round.

Section1 - Objective type, multiple choice questions on software testing and tools with higher difficulty level.
Section2 - Subjective type multiple Choice Questions using Selenium/Jmeter/ Appium mobile testing tools
Section 2 questions will require more practical knowledge on the syllabus provided, which will judge the programming
and testing skills of the participants. For e.g. interpreting outputs from a given piece of code or detecting errors in a
script.
The top 10 teams that present the correct answers in both the sections will qualify for the finale.

Round 3:
The grand Finale will be held at a TCS Campus. The 3 hour round will include the following:

A case study based on the tools Selenium, Jmeter and Appium mobile testing which will be adjudged on accuracy, speed,
efficiency and communication.

The teams will need to submit three major deliverables a Bug report, Test report and a PowerPoint presentation. The
participants are to thoroughly research and learn well in advance how to file bugs and prepare straightforward reports.

The team will have to provide the content in a report that is a format of their own. It should clearly outline how the
team decided what to test and how the time was allotted/ utilized.

The team that scores the maximum on the parameters mentioned above will be adjudged as the winner of TESTIMONY.
Please note that penalties will also be imposed for incorrect submissions. For e.g., a team would be penalized for
additional time taken to solve the problem or deliver the reports/presentation. Weightages will be assigned according
to the severity of the test cases, and judged accordingly.

References for tools:

http://seleniumhq.org
http://jmeter.apache.org/
http://appium.io/

Download Sites:
http://seleniumhq.org/download/
http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi
https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/downloads/AppiumForWindows-1.3.4.1.zip

Click here to view Syllabus for TESTIMONY

The team and its members thereof have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the solution that
would
with
any ofReferences
TCS use (if any).
Click conflict
here to
view
for TESTIMONY

Terms and Conditions

By entering the contest, each team and its members thereof confirms and agrees to the following terms and conditions:

The team and its members thereof have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the solution that would conflict
with any of TCS use (if any).

Participants who have submitted their solution are either the copyright owners of the component parts of that
work or are posting the work under license from a copyright owner or otherwise as permitted by law. TCS does
not claim ownership rights in your works or other materials posted by you.

For the sole purpose of enabling TCS to make your solution available through its portal you are required to grant
TCS a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, re-format, store, prepare derivative works
based on, and publicly display your content. You are required to refrain from distributing any part of the content
on the portal in any medium other than as permitted in these Terms and Conditions.

Display or publication of any entry on a TCS website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner.
TCS will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with
such use.

By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and refrain from holding TCS accountable from
any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities.
TCS assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or
transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or
entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. TCS is not responsible for any problems with or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer
equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including
any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation,
uploading or downloading of any materials related to in this Contest.

TCS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel or terminate the Contest, at any time it deems fit and
proper. No claims or representations shall be entertained in this regard.

TCS reserves the right to relax any of these restrictions if permitted by law before the start of the Qualification
Round.

TCS reserves the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. TCS will be the sole
authority to decide the winners of the contest and decision of TCS will be final and binding on all the contestants.

Indemnifications
You fully indemnify and hold us (Tata Consultancy Services Limited) unaccountable for any and against all damages,
losses, and costs that might be caused by:
Your failure to comply with the terms of the above agreement
Third party claim(s) of their rights and IPR being violated/ effected by your article(s) submitted to us.