Software test solutions for utility companies: TOSCA@energy
Currently, the greatest challenge for Europe’s energy suppliers is to establish IT infrastructures conforming to the regulations of the EU. Standardized processes and data formats are required to be implemented within specified time periods. With TOSCA@energy, TRICENTIS eliminates the project risks.
With the unbundling on the gas and electricity market required by the EU, energy suppliers face considerable challenges.
- As part of the unbundling, energy suppliers are required to establish separate operational units for network, supply and consumption measurement (measurement operations and services).
- The communication between the individual systems in Germany must comply with the Edifact standards (edi@energy) of the Federal Network Agency (“Bundesnetzagentur”). It’s the energy suppliers’ responsibility to verify and to prove the compliance with the regulations.
- In Germany, the unbundling of the information systems must be completed by October 1, 2010.
The project risks are twofold. On one hand, standardized processes (change of supplier, network access charges, etc.) and system communication formats (UTILMD, MSCONS, INVOIC, etc.) are required to be implemented.
On the other hand, strongly increasing volumes of data traffic will have to be exchanged via the interfaces.
With TOSCA@energy, TRICENTIS offers a tailored solution for unbundling projects.
- TOSCA Testsuite™ fully automates the generation of the required messages to be transmitted to the target systems, as well as the analysis of the responses.
- By doing so, the test of the systems is unbundled completely. TOSCA takes on the role of a “virtual energy supplier”!
- The messages and the verification points are administrated exclusively on the functional level – technical know-how is not required.
- Test cases – deployable across the industry – are readily available and only need to be linked to customer-specific data.
- The generated messages can then be used to simulate the processing of high data traffic.
- Consultants with great experience in the industry support the implementation and the operation.
To find out more on how TRICENTIS and TOSCA Testsuite™ guarantee successful quality assurance in unbundling projects, download our TOSCA@energy Data Sheet or contact us by email.
