Benefits of E2E Test Automation & Continuous Testing (Part 5: to Wise Testers)

With real Test Automation and CT, manual testers will be more productive and have more fun at work; Motivated ones may become automated testers.

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Continuous Testing (enables software teams to release to production daily, unlike fake CI/CD talks. Check out “Continuous Integration at Facebook” and AgileWay Continuous Testing Grading) is the heart of the software development process. It benefits all stakeholders of a software project:

• Executives
• Managers
• Business Analysts
• Developers
• Testers
• Customers

I have full respect for manual testers as I have gained a lot of insight into good automated test design by working closely with these testers as a consultant, programmer or mentor. I have to say, the bad manual testing processes that some organisations forced on the poor manual testers are just cruel.

The Reality

A typical test case design/execution spreadsheet looks like below.