How test automation can benefit your business?
by Piyush Rakhecha in General
Software testing is unarguably an arduous process but it still remains the most important aspect of software development. Software testing is often seen as a bottleneck, delaying product release, while the testing team ensures that no compromise has been made on the product quality. Some companies, to avoid delayed release, neglect software testing for their products and we know how disastrous it can be; no client is ever pleased to discover that their product doesn’t work as promised. Sometimes even after testing, products end up having defects. This happens due to lack of rigorous testing and using the wrong tools.
Manual software testing can be a solution for finding bugs and errors in a software framework through application screening done by an individual. But manual testing for multi-iteration development projects does not guarantee a defect-free product as human error can happen anytime. Automated testing is a preferred solution to overcome these challenges.
Test automation offers to replace the routine processes with programmatically executable procedures. Though automated testing is often thought to be time consuming initially, it is still beneficial, once the tests are created, they can be repeated (regression testing) and can even manage tasks that are impossible to carry out with manual testing. I have listed a couple of benefits on how advantageous automated testing can be for an organization:
- Test automation saves money and time: A good error and bug free software requires repetitive testing procedures. Manually repeating these test procedures is time consuming and expensive. Therefore, automated test procedures can be run over and over again without any additional costs. Test results are also obtained in hours compared to manual testing where you have to wait days to get results.
- Higher test coverage: Test automation can vastly improve the depth of tests and also the scope of tests. This enables you to scan all memory contents, data tables, internal codes and check the behavior of application with execution of complex test cases.
- Improved test accuracy: Even a good tester makes mistakes during monotonous testing. To avoid this, test automation is used to execute recurring steps precisely every time and provides detailed results. This helps enhance accuracy and reduces time required to deal with complex features.
- Reusable test algorithms: With well defined objects and subprograms, creating new test frameworks becomes easy. One can use the libraries of older test algorithms along with data driven test structure to help save ample time for developers allowing them to work on other features.
- Better developer team culture: Test automation with its rigorous testing pushes developers to create better products using high quality libraries and codes. This helps the company and the team to focus on innovation more instead of lagging behind due to manual processes of detection and fixing errors.
You may be still reluctant in moving forward with automation because of the difficulty in finding the right test automation solution. If the chosen solution doesn’t suit your organization’s demands, then you may be at risk of losing product integrity resulting in poor quality product. Nuage can guide you in selecting the right tools and develop an organization requirement specific or project specific test automation model. Our experts will work with your teams to understand your requirements and develop an efficient test automation model. This will allow you to rapidly develop and release high quality products by saving both time and money on testing.
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