Test Automation Coexists Well with Manual Testing

Test Automation can help manual testers conduct better manual testing; Ambitious manual testers can learn and grow to be automated test engineers.

In the previous article, I explained how developers and testers could collaborate with automated testing. This article will focus on the collaboration between test automation engineers and manual testers.

Table of Contents:
· Test Automation is not a total replacement for Manual Testing
· Automation Helps Manual Testers greatly
· Make Data-Preparation Automation a Self-Help Utility on the BuildWise CT server 
· Manual Testers help make automated test scripts better
· Manual Testers’ Proactive Involvement 
  ∘ Some Manual Testers Want to Run Automation Scripts themselves
  ∘ Some Manual Testers Want to Learn Test Automation

Test Automation is not a total replacement for Manual Testing

People tend to think that “Test Automation Coach” (my job title) is here to

1. Get rid of manual testing, and/or
2. Train all manual testers to become automated testers.

That is not true. Manual Testing is always required, even in real Agile/DevOps…