A leading French bank partnered with RightClick and Teciem to deliver a Summit v6.4 upgrade through their Summit Evergreening program.

The project covered a like-for-like upgrade of the bank’s core securities platform, including environment setup, database upgrades, validation of global customizations, while ensuring seamless integration with upstream and downstream systems.

Client Drivers

• Reducing delivery risk across a business-critical platform with multiple upstream and downstream system dependencies

• Minimizing the testing burden on business users and internal IT teams during SIT, UAT, and go-live preparation

• Maintaining confidence in end-to-end processing across functional, batch, STP, and interface workflows

• Establishing repeatable testing and automation framework to support future Summit upgrades efficiently

Project Highlights

Delivered through a Testing as a Service / Evergreening program, the project brought together structured test governance, automation, and specialist Summit testing expertise to support a controlled and efficient Summit v6.4 upgrade.

Key delivery achievements included:

• Strong testing governance established through a defined PMP and Test Strategy

• Upgrade environments built and validated across DEV, TEST, and Pre-Production

• End-to-end testing executed across functional, batch, STP, performance, and interface workflows

• Critical regression coverage automated, including:

o   220 functional automated test cases

o   40 automated SQL validation checks

o   400+ automated batch comparison tests

• Three successful migration dry runs completed, supported by a detailed rollback approach

• Full UAT support delivered, with business sign-off secured across multiple regions and business functions.

Key Outcomes

Controlled Delivery

• Delivered on time, with production go-live achieved as scheduled

• Strong governance and disciplined execution kept the program on track

• Close coordination across RightClick Solutions, Teciem, and client teams supported a controlled path to go-live

Protected Business Capacity

• Early business engagement supported smooth UAT, validation, and readiness

• Structured testing support helped protect internal capacity during the upgrade

Scalable Upgrade Readiness

• Automation improved testing efficiency while creating reusable assets for future upgrades

• The program established a more scalable model for future Summit releases

Conclusion

Beyond the immediate upgrade, the project established a more sustainable testing and delivery model for the bank’s Summit platform. By combining automation with a structured evergreen framework, the bank gained a repeatable approach to validating future releases, reducing delivery risk, and improving operational resilience over time.