Test Automation increases the efficiency and quality of the testing. Manual Testing takes a long time to finish the project. It is time taking, painful, and tedious. In manual testing, there is not a full guarantee of the accuracy of the project. There is always time constraint which makes it difficult to test the results accurately manually. There are several benefits of Test Automation. Test Automation is fast, repeatable, reusable and reliable.
Having a Dedicated Team
The success of any organization depends upon the teamwork. Similarly, the success of the project depends on how an individual contributes to the team. You must have a dedicated team member for automated testing. You cannot expect them to multi-task. It requires skill oriented and dedicated team member. You need specialized machines, resources, and expertise.
You can have one automation(Selenium Testing) team having at least one automation architect. The number of automation team you make also depends on the number of projects you are getting. More project you are getting, you should have more members in automation team. You should have a temporary team for significant and big projects.
The most crucial thing in any project is the coordination and proper functioning of the team. There is five stage of team building. These stages are forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. The faster the individual team member of the group goes through these stages, better the team performs. Better collaboration among the team member, better the team performs.
You need to understand the capabilities of your team members. In teamwork, there are two essential things. Every individual should contribute towards the common goal. Individual performance cannot supersede the team performance. The success belongs to the entire team. So, before you make your team, thinks about these soft skills.
Understand Client need
One of the most important criteria before signing any project is to understand client need. Many of us first take the project then try to understand the client need. Many even do not bother to understand the client need. They initially finish the project as per their understanding and then submit it.
If the client rejects their project, they say the client is not good. In this kind of situation, it is the loss of both the parties. However, the loss of the client is only one time. They have not got their project as per their specification. But, loss of the project taker is more. They will not get another opportunity to work with the client.
So, whenever you bid for any project, understand the client need. You need to go through guidelines, understand their work requirement. Try to ponder over questions why they wanted the specific automation test. Think the work from their respective. You need to cross-talk with your management whether they have enough resources to do the work self.
The most important thing whether the client expectation can be met within budget while meeting own operating profit. These are small things but worth understanding.
Proper tool selection:
Will you take scissors to cut the bread? Of course, not. Everyone uses the knife to cut the bread. The same is the case in the test automation. Suppose one of the client testing requirements needs the use of python language. Can you use the automated testing tool which runs on C#? Similarly, you will like to have a team who are experts in Python and have experience working on Python automated testing tools.
You need to have perfect automation tool depending upon the requirement of the project. There are many software testing tools available in the market. But depending upon your project requires you choose the appropriate tools. The selection of automated testing tool depends upon two criteria. The first one is that the project manager has the necessary tools and requirements. The second one is the budget allocated for the project. You cannot spend millions of dollars on getting sophisticated tools for testing.
Some of the other things to consider while selecting the proper tools include?
You should look into the learning curve of shifting to new tools. You have bought the new tool. However, if your team is not able to understand the working of the new automated testing tool, then your investment is futile. You will not be able to complete the project on time.
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