tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378239747319086089.post2597008329367991559..comments2024-03-14T07:42:11.367-07:00Comments on Dorothy Graham Blog: Don't blame the bread-making machine - thoughts on test automationDot Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07991717205107510005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378239747319086089.post-41879562295650591942010-01-02T02:25:06.503-08:002010-01-02T02:25:06.503-08:00Hi Bo,
I completely agree - thanks for making tha...Hi Bo,<br /><br />I completely agree - thanks for making that point! Automation affects only the efficiency of test execution, i.e. how fast a test is run. The effectiveness of a test is related to the objectives for the test, but it is the content of the test that determines how good it is, not how quickly it is executed.<br /><br />So I agree that automating poor quality tests is not a good idea. As I have been quoted, Automating chaos is just faster choas.Dot Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991717205107510005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378239747319086089.post-77896436573103081132009-11-23T05:59:06.365-08:002009-11-23T05:59:06.365-08:00"The effectiveness of the tests is the same w..."The effectiveness of the tests is the same whether those tests are run manually or using an automation tool."<br /><br />Unless you're automating the wrong things.<br /><br />If you don't validate your manual testing findings prior to automating, you could be automating to the wrong results.<br /><br />If you automate good tests, your results will be the same. But if you mistakenly automate the bad results... it <b>will</b> be worse!Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371181621382072954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378239747319086089.post-30078808960263603132009-03-05T05:04:00.000-08:002009-03-05T05:04:00.000-08:00Hi Anonymous,Not even a breadmaker? Please expand ...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Not even a breadmaker? Please expand that thought!<BR/><BR/>Actually the quality of the bread making machine does have an effect on the bread, as several people have now told me!<BR/><BR/>But then, the quality of the automation also has an effect on the testing, for example how many tests can be run, the cost of maintenance etc.Dot Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991717205107510005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378239747319086089.post-81481997470300106812009-03-02T10:16:00.000-08:002009-03-02T10:16:00.000-08:00Good Test Automation is where the system under tes...Good Test Automation is where the system under test does not know that it is not a fast, persistant, criminally accurate and never tiring manual executor of tests from a formal test-plan, keeping it busy!<BR/>Anything less and you have missed out a step.<BR/>Sometimes, it is not even a breadmaker that you need. . . . . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com