Possibly. For small projects, the time needed to
learn and implement them may not be worth it. For larger projects, or
on-going long-term projects they can be valuable.
· Test automation can add a lot of complexity and cost to a test
team’s effort. In addition problems like including unrealistic
expectations, poor testing practices, a false sense of security,
maintenance costs, and other technical and organizational problems
might arise. But it can also provide some valuable assistance if its
done by the right people, in the right environment and done where it
makes sense to do so.
· Automated testing is an expensive process.
Studies show that it can take between 3 to 10 times longer to develop
automated Test Suite than to create and execute manual test cases.
Costs of test automation include personnel to support test automation
for the long term, dedicated test environment as well as the costs for
the purchase, development and maintenance of tools.
· A common type of automated tool is the ‘record/playback’ type.
For example, a tester could click through all combinations of menu
choices, dialog box choices, buttons, etc. in an application GUI and
have them ‘recorded’ and the results logged by a tool. The ‘recording’
is typically in the form of text based on a scripting language that is
interpretable by the testing tool. If new buttons are added, or some
underlying code in the application is changed, etc. the application can
then be retested by just ‘playing back’ the ‘recorded’ actions, and
comparing the logging results to check effects of the changes. The
problem with such tools is that if there are continual changes to the
system being tested, the ‘recordings’ may have to be changed so much
that it becomes very time-consuming to continuously update the scripts.
Additionally, interpretation of results (screens, data, logs, etc.) can
be a difficult task. Note that there are record/playback tools for
text-based interfaces also, and for all types of platforms.
Be sure to think these points before going for your project Automation. So after taking decision for Automation you will not be in trouble.
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