Automation isn’t just a buzzword anymore. Today, businesses rely on automation to support core operations, from inventory and supply chain management to sales, financial reporting, and beyond.
Despite automation’s proven benefits for productivity, accuracy, and efficiency, some companies don’t seem to be leveraging automation in one key area: software application testing and QA. In the US, an estimated 44% of IT organizations have automated only half of their testing processes, with only about 5% of companies using automated testing for all their testing needs.
In today’s highly competitive technology sector, the rapid release of high-quality software is non-negotiable. So, it’s no surprise that businesses allocate, on average, 23% of their annual IT budget to testing. In the current economic environment, businesses should seek a testing strategy that improves system performance without requiring the expansion of the testing team.
Despite the speed of innovation, many testing and QA teams still rely on archaic practices. Some continue to spend hours writing out test flows on Word documents and stepping through the application. After transitioning from manual testing to automated testing, hundreds of working hours can be saved each month. Plus, the cost of implementing automated testing isn’t prohibitive, with the quick turnaround in ROI far outweighing the initial investment.
Automated testing platforms enable multiple teams to simultaneously run tests (i.e., load, functional, regression, or sanity), create comprehensive testing groups, and validate results via a single interface – without friction or disruption. A low/no code platform, such as AuraTester, or coding is used to create a script of a business process that includes input and output parameters. The scripts are played back as a functional test, or they can be used to determine the scalability of the application by simulating multiple users in load testing. To achieve maximum efficiency with testing, functional tests can be played back using a CI/CD tool or an external automation or testing tool, such as JUnit or JMeter. Results are returned, reporting wait and performance times as well as success or failure rates.
Automated QA is a great way to safeguard the application from any bugs or a degradation in system performance while moving to production without the need for a large QA team. Teams working with complex, customized applications such as Oracle EBS can especially benefit from automated testing.
We would be happy to help you learn more about automated testing and how to set your organization up for success. If you’d like to speak to an AuraPlayer expert, feel free to reach out to schedule a free consultation.
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