Role of Test Automation in Agile and DevOps
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During the Waterfall Model of software development, software testing was taken up at the end of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and it resulted in many bugs, thus delaying the release time. Such method of software testing at the end of the SDLC does not hold good anymore and with Agile and DevOps methodologies on the go. When the testing process actually starts at the beginning of the code development stage, it is specifically referred to as Shift-left approach wherein testing goes hand in hand with development, in an order of Continuous Integration (CI) /Continuous Delivery (CD) method.
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During the Waterfall Model of software development, software testing was taken up at the end of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and it resulted in many bugs, thus delaying the release time. Such method of software testing at the end of the SDLC does not hold good anymore and with Agile and DevOps methodologies on the go, the testing process actually starts from the beginning of the code development stage. This is specifically referred to as Shift left approach wherein testing goes hand in hand with
development, in an order of Continuous Integration (CI) /Continuous Development (CD) method.
Under an agile environment with iterative & an incremental model in place, Test automation delivers quality at speed within sprints, as functionality can be developed and tested rapidly.
It is common that agile teams are spread across geographies and setting of infrastructure across becomes a costly deal. But, cloud based test automation tools allow the teams to access the tool from any device and collaborate towards achieving the end goal for delivering a quality product.
It has also been observed that under agile scenarios, the number of tests continue to increase exponentially across each iteration and an automation tool would efficiently handle it and ensures early to the market. Moreover, under Agile, you can automate your functional and regression tests to ensure the product performs quickly and exactly as it should be as per the requirements.
Role of Test Automation in Agile and Devops
Agile Environment
To achieve speed and agility in DevOps, it is important to automate all the testing processes and configure them to run automatically when the deployment is completed in the QA Environment.
As DevOps embraces a culture shift, it breaks silos to build, test and deploy applications in order to achieve quality with reduced deployment times and automation tools play an important role to achieve the implementation of CI/CD/CT. Thus, Test automation is undoubtedly the secret to the success of DevOps.
The software testing process has been taking a shift left approach wherein testing is done along with the development with a CI/CD approach. With the agile and DevOps on the go, test automation needs to be adopted
by enterprises to achieve quality at speed.
TestingXperts’ has profound knowledge and ability to perform test automation and delivered significant cost savings for our clients. Our Test Automation Framework (Tx-Automate) helps in drastically reducing the effort to
kick-start automation and offers an ability to have a fully operational test automation solution implemented.
DevOps Environment
Benefits of Test Automation for bothAgile & DevOps Methodologies
10 Striking Steps for a BasicTest Automation Approach
Business Benefits Organizations Get witha well-defined Test Automation Approach
Conclusion
Maximizes ROI
Delivers quality software products
Reduces human errors asmundane tasks are automated
Ensures faster time to market
Ensures cost optimization
Increases release velocitythrough CI/CD model
Delivers accurate test results and ensures quality deliverables
Facilitates automating maximum steps that can be automated
Increases the speed of test execution
Provides rapid feedback to reduce cost of fixing defects quickly and efficiently
Saves time enormously due to shorter test cycle times
Removes drudgery mundane tasks with automation of tasks
Frees up manual testers who can be used for other more efficient tasks
Ensures all measures to maximize benefits while minimizing costs
Parallel execution of tests helps in reducing time-to-live, which in turn is the crux of a successful DevOps implementation
Test automation also plays an important role in Shift Left approach as it unlocks continuous testing throughout the SDLC reducing the feedback loop and costs associated with testing
Evaluate to understand the real need for automation
based on project type
Define automationgoals and priorities
Plan automatedtesting strategy
Select the right automationtool & framework based
upon the project requirements
Decide on what testcases to automate
Develop good qualitytest data
Create automated testsmore resistant to UI changes
Execute the tests forthe test scripts developed
Test early and oftenwith CI/CD pattern
Maintain the testscripts easily
