Do you really need test automation?

When you are on the threshold of lauching automated tests, stop for a moment, and give it a thought: though test automation represents a valuable tool in delivering quality software, when deployed in improper time for improper tasks its value can be ruined.

To protect you from a lot of wasted effort, time and money A1QA offers to take advantage of our consulting services aimed to help you make an informed decision about introducing automated tests.

How to derive maximum value from test automation?

We evaluate test automation expediency.

A1QA performs an independent risk assessment based on an individual testing project to help you avoid common pitfalls that might undermine the success of your test automation initiative.

• We verify if your software/project sage is ready for automated tests. Testing of unstable functionality or non-fixed UI invalidates all the performed automated tests, which results in zero value of test automation effort. A1QA checks your software release for stability, and makes sure it responds to the core requirements of automated tests.
• We elaborate a policy for functionality and UI stabilization to ensure applicability of automated tests. Should your project specifics and processes contradict and exclude the policy implementation, it might be reasonable to postpone automated testing. In this case A1QA will provide recommendations for a reasonable cost-effective QA scheme suitable in your situation.

We audit your current test automation system.

If you already have a test automation system but the results you get are not as good as you expected, A1QA helps adjust your current system suggesting an efficient mix of manual and automated tests to save your previous QA investiments.

We re-assign automated tests for a large-scale result verification, replication of routine tasks, regression tests, or finding uknown bugs, while point at the necessity of employing manual tests for “bottlenecks” which definetely require human intervention.

We develop test automation strategy.

To increase the efficiency of your test automation initiatives now and in the future our independent consultants elaborate a pragmatic strategy for your test automation project linking you to a testing solution that will be able to solve your current and expected business needs.