Software Testing: When, How and How-Much to Automate

  Priyanka Rani,  Devendra Nagal

People in software industry have always considered Test Automation as a magic formula which helps in improving quality of the application/product. It has always been considered that automating the software tests is the best way to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and coverage of your software testing. But when one actually starts automating the test scenarios, he/she starts realizing the ground realties. The general problems of actually deciding the right time of starting test automation (When), deciding on the tools or frameworks (How) and finalizing on the actual scope of automation (How Much) starts arising. And when these factors has been considered, there will be multiple factors that are generally over-looked during these phase and leads to some in-efficient results or multiple iterations of When, How and How Much phases.This paper focuses to suggest some of the best practices that can be followed during Test Automation and will result in more accuracy in defining the When, How and How-Much phases for a Test Automation. Following these practices will ensure maximum efficiency and minimal re-work iterations during any Test Automation cycle.

Keywords- STLC, Software Test Automation, Requirements impact on testing

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1703102
Page Number(s) - 716-720
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 3 | August 2017
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Priyanka Rani,  Devendra Nagal,   "Software Testing: When, How and How-Much to Automate", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 3, pp.716-720, August 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1703102.pdf