Is automation a risk in 2024? Discuss

Automation Testing

Hello Readers,

Today I am not going to discuss any topic in the blog but today I am starting a conversation on one thing, if you feel you should comment on this or you can add some value then you can share your thoughts.

Yesterday, I was added to a project by the organization as a Sr. SDET and then my manager and I were discussing automation with the client, in which 50% was allocated to manual testers as the client currently had a low budget. So the client wanted us to automate important cases from the healthsuite and he shared some tools with us but he also shared that automation is a risk becuase we always have to update the suite if anything major changes so he wanted our thoughts on the same.

I have always heard from many people that automation of test cases creates a relaxed environment in a project and sometimes creates big problems. Many businesses are holding back from automating testing, fearing it is a complex and murky process. Some business also wants that use ChatGPT for our projects but don't want use automation tools due to their process.

In some situations, manual testing can feel like navigating a maze — time-consuming, repetitive, and prone to human error. Familiar with this, 88% of businesses have already implemented automation in their departments or plan to invest in automation tools soon. Moreover, for 43% of companies, automation is a key part of their quality assurance process, and 24% of organizations had an instant ROI increase once they started automated testing activities.

Make sure to check out some related topics that have already been discussed before proceeding further.

When is testcase Automation required?

Information about Automation tools

Is your Automation on Track?

When should you automate your testing process?

To set up test automation correctly, it is necessary to determine if your project requires automation and why. It is a crucial step since knowing your goals will make achieving them much more manageable.

The checklist will help you to define your requirements and quickly comprehend if test automation is relevant to your business.

1. You have a long-term project. Such a project that lasts more than a year often needs enduring regression testing for particular components or functionalities. In this case, QA engineers should refrain from mightily re-testing every repetitive test by hand.
2. Single QA manual enginner fights with all. In such a situation, the responsibility for all testing activities lies in the hands of one or several QA employees, which overloads a team and increases the number of human errors. So that repetitive tests can be automated to release testers’ time for other critical tasks like new feature check-ups, re-tests, exploratory testing, etc.
3. Your product has a complex build with many components. Testing products with multileveled architectures manually can be challenging and error-prone, especially when dealing with many product components, integrations, APIs, libraries, databases, or microservices.
4. You have a limited time for testing before the release. 73% of IT leaders believe automation saves about 50% of the time. By automating time-consuming tests, you will accelerate your testing process and reallocate time reserved for manual testing to other crucial assignments.
5. You have a limited budget for testing. Only one AQA engineer might be enough to maintain a large amount of tests when all of them are already integrated. Automated repetitive tasks help businesses save money by evading repetitive manual activities and enduring maintenance.
6. You have to create testing scenarios that are hard or impossible to reproduce manually. Automation QA engineer is often the only solution. For example, during stress testing, it is necessary to create complex atypical scenarios, such as simulating the abnormal amount of users accessing software.

Final words

Test automation is not just a progressive method of solving critical problems; it is also a must-have in many cases. Of course, none of the products can be tested by performing only automation tests, as many QA activities must be conducted manually. Another critical issue is the quality of automation, as inaccurate tests can lead to security issues, erroneous results, and increased testing costs and time consumption.

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