One of the main concerns of companies is to guarantee maximum customer satisfaction, and the constant quest to speed up their testing procedures is one of their main focuses. Performing manual tests is often difficult and can result in poor quality products and user experiences; long release cycles and even lower return on investment.
Automated software testing allows testers to speed up release cycles, minimize human labor and increase the efficiency, accuracy and reliability of testing, while overcoming cost constraints by automating a series of repetitive and time-consuming testing activities.
How to Perform Automated Tests?
Choose the test tool carefully.
The industry offers a variety of platforms, technologies and development tools for automated software testing. Organizations should carefully select the test tool, taking into account the following important considerations:
- The software writing language;
- The operating system;
- Test script writing pattern;
- Testing Requirements;
- In some cases, testing experts recommend an Automation Proof of Concept (POC) to choose the right testing tool.
How to Define the Scope of Test Automation?
Test teams must have in-depth knowledge of the company's main components; of the scenarios involving the processing of large amounts of data; of the common characteristics found in all applications; of the complexity of the test cases and many other factors for this phase.
In this sense, it is extremely important to take into account the development of software testing skills proposed by the ISTQB® Certifications, which responds precisely to the increasingly common and complex software quality requirements.
Planning, Design and Development
In this phase, the team develops and executes an effective plan or strategy: so that production proceeds according to the goals and objectives set by the developers, the tools, test types and structures are effectively integrated into a calendar or schedule.
Test Execution
Immediately after planning, according to the established automation plan, the tests are run - thus helping to generate data for subsequent analysis as feedback.
Maintenance
Regardless of the efficiency of the testing process, it is crucial to keep the current system and the next one up and running. To help improve the results of each subsequent version, new tests are created, executed and maintained.
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