You have automation, but is it delivering value? Maybe your tests are slow, flaky, or hard to maintain. Perhaps you're spending more time fixing them than they save. Maybe automation feels like a checkbox exercise rather than a critical part of your testing strategy. Worse, your team may be drowning in tests yet still missing critical defects. Automation should accelerate teams, provide rapid feedback, and speed up decision-making, not become a burden.
Many teams struggle with ineffective automation due to a lack of strategy. Tools are often chosen without considering context, leading to over-reliance on the UI layer. Teams try to automate applications that aren’t built for automation while facing pressure to 'automate everything,' even when leadership lacks a clear vision. This turns automation into a liability instead of an asset.
In this tutorial, we'll design an actionable, value-driven automation strategy rooted in context. We’ll challenge lift-and-shift approaches, distinguish between test automation and tool-assisted testing, and focus on achievable automation. We'll explore targeted test design, the insights automation provides, and how to integrate them into decision-making.
Whether you're starting fresh or refining an existing approach, you'll leave with a clear blueprint to make automation a valuable part of your team’s quality success.
