About automation and mismeasurements
Testing Newsletter - 1 Headlines 100/100 test cases automated - t esting team awarded. Management says 12.73 failure rate is a must for every testing cycle. Testers denied from attending training's on analytical and critical thinking skills. If such is the criteria for accolade and criticism we as professionals, leaders have failed ourselves. Are these people who make such suggestions / decisions educated in software testing? The testing team must seek answers and challenge such decisions made. To people, who think automation is the solution to any testing problem. Read, read often and enough to know the origin, history and usage of automation. Then apply this knowledge to learn: if automation is the solution to the problem at hand. Read enough to know the pros and cons of test automation. Then use it wisely. About automation and mis-measurements Consider this example below to understand what we can do to educate ourselves and those around...