History, as we know it, is riddled with myths and legends. Over the years, many of them were debunked by science or for the lack of substantial evidence.
In a similar fashion software testing has evolved over decades. Every new change heralded a new era, with new promises to bring a better testing process to the table. But, not all is perfect. During the course, few urban legends got attached to certain testing processes, including test automation.
Over the years, test automation has proved beneficial to all involved stakeholders – business or technical. But at the same time the myths surrounding it makes it difficult to make a business critical decision: To automate or not to automate. Let us explore those myths in this article and bust them by talking about facts and realities.
Myths | Reality Check |
Every manual test can be automated |
Webomates provides services that can help you in generating and automating the right test cases using AI Modeler engine.
Webomates can help you in achieving this by partially automating the manual test cases, thus aiding in reducing human intervention for the cases cannot be fully automated. |
Automation leads to QA downsizing |
While automation reduces the degree of manual intervention by a certain amount, people are still very much part of the whole testing process.A well rounded testing process involves a fine balance between manual and automated testing. Exploratory testing and Visual testing require human involvement to take care of hidden and not-so-obvious bugs. Our patented AI Test Strategy and creator helps in devising a well-rounded test strategy for your application. Thus, helping in automating the right test cases and at the same time leveraging the competency of our experienced and efficient QA team to work on tests that need manual intervention. |
Test script once created can run for all versions of builds |
Test script once generated is not carved in a stone. Modifications are required as per the changes in the build. Builds can modify either due to change in functionality, or to reflect changes in the test environment or third party tools, or due to bug fixing. In either case, the test cases have to be up to date. Webomates CQ uses normalized test case modal approach and guarantees that the test cases are self-healed and retested to reflect any changes within the same regression, typically within 24 hours. |
Automation is more expensive than manual testing |
Automation does require initial investment to set up. But, the overall ROI and benefits are evident in long term. Understandably, the buy-in of decision makers is important.
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Automation is answer to all prayers |
Automation is flaky and can fail in certain cases. A common instance being reporting false failures. Failure analysis and maintenance is costly.
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Webomates provides services that can help you in generating and automating the right test cases using AI Modeler engine.
Automation is not a miracle cure, but as you can see that Webomates has answers to the predicaments that organizations may face.
Webomates CQ can make life easier for organizations looking for comprehensive TaaS tools. If this has piqued your interest and you want to know more, then please click here and schedule a demo, or reach out to us at info@webomates.com.
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