My Innovative Solution to Continuous Testing: Let Business Analysts Self-help Create Data in a BuildWise CT Server

A practical and innovative way of using End-to-End automation scripts with a Continuous Testing Server.

This is included in the “My Innovative Solution to Test Automation and Continuous Testing” series.

In the article, Benefits of E2E Test Automation and Continuous Testing (Part 3: to Business Analysts), I wrote, “Business Analysts (BA) are often among the first ones to realize the great benefits of E2E test automation and CT.” Why? Automation Scripts help create data scenarios for them.

Business analysts frequently want to get a particular data scenario in the application. To achieve that, they spend a lot of time using the application. It is very inefficient: slow, and error-prone. This is not obvious in the initial phase, as the app is relatively simple with limited functionality implemented. Along with the development, these data-creation activities will consume more and more time, not just for business analysts but also for manual testers and developers.

I once worked on an insurance claim application. Lodging a proper claim (with many different categories) could easily take 4 minutes even if every step…