How to Choose The Right Test Automation Tool - accelQ®
Yes, this space is more crowded than ever before. It’s easy to get lost with most tools talking about “fancy” capabilities but failing to get the basics right. Success rate from test automation still remains way below expectations. It is important that a tool is capable of handling the complexities of a modern application landscape and at the same time, help you build sustainable and low maintenance automation.
Here is a simple framework you can use to help you maximize the value of your time and focus on critical aspects you expect from the tool.
Sometimes when doing comparisons, it’s easier to strike out some options based on obvious factors and work with a shorter list. It helps maximize your time on trial and evaluation and really ensure it works for your business and app landscape.
This framework will help you score on capabilities that are critical to making automation fast and sustainable. To start with just a simple Yes/No checklist could go a long way to ensure a 360° evaluation. The capabilities are divided into technical-functional, accessibility, adoption and the ROI to do benefit analysis.
Technical & Functional
Accessibility
Adoption
ROI
What are the key components to analyze ROI? There are many things here, but I am only listing the ones that are the usual suspects. They are very basic, but these are critical to automation that can give you returns on your investment.
It’s tough with our day jobs to give time and energy to evaluating a new tool. Here are some quick tips to help you thru the process:
If I had to really pick the Top-5 things, here are critical ones that you shouldn’t compromise on:
If you are thinking about going with or sticking to selenium, this is a comprehensive summary of how you can potentially leverage all the power of selenium without any of its framework and programming overheads
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