{"title":"A survey on software test automation return on investment, in organizations predominantly from Bengaluru, India","authors":"S. Reine De Reanzi, P. Ranjit Jeba Thangaiah","doi":"10.1177/18479790211062044","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Software industry has adopted automated testing widely. The most common method adopted is graphical user interface test automation for the functional scenarios to reduce manual testing and increase the repeatability. Reducing execution time and redundancy to achieve quality “go/no go decisions” provides rational for the executive management to allocate funds to adopt automation and invest in the setup including people, process, and tools to achieve faster time to market. There are a variety of practices engaged by testers, like frameworks, tools, methods, procedures, models, and technologies to achieve automation. Nonetheless, the actual effectiveness in terms of return on investment (ROI) is not known, though there are various formulas to calculate ROI of test automation. The factors that determine the ROI are maturity of test automation, purpose, or intent, picking right tests for automation, knowledge of the tester to derive test coverage, domain expertise, defining right metrics like defects found by automation runs, cost versus reduction of time, labor versus quality of scripts, repeatability, and results. These factors form the base of the questions designed for the survey. The paper presents a survey and analysis to understand the ROI of test automation from industry test professionals from both product and services organizations.","PeriodicalId":45882,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Business Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Engineering Business Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/18479790211062044","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Software industry has adopted automated testing widely. The most common method adopted is graphical user interface test automation for the functional scenarios to reduce manual testing and increase the repeatability. Reducing execution time and redundancy to achieve quality “go/no go decisions” provides rational for the executive management to allocate funds to adopt automation and invest in the setup including people, process, and tools to achieve faster time to market. There are a variety of practices engaged by testers, like frameworks, tools, methods, procedures, models, and technologies to achieve automation. Nonetheless, the actual effectiveness in terms of return on investment (ROI) is not known, though there are various formulas to calculate ROI of test automation. The factors that determine the ROI are maturity of test automation, purpose, or intent, picking right tests for automation, knowledge of the tester to derive test coverage, domain expertise, defining right metrics like defects found by automation runs, cost versus reduction of time, labor versus quality of scripts, repeatability, and results. These factors form the base of the questions designed for the survey. The paper presents a survey and analysis to understand the ROI of test automation from industry test professionals from both product and services organizations.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Engineering Business Management (IJEBM) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal that aims to promote an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to engineering, business and management. The journal focuses on issues related to the design, development and implementation of new methodologies and technologies that contribute to strategic and operational improvements of organizations within the contemporary global business environment. IJEBM encourages a systematic and holistic view in order to ensure an integrated and economically, socially and environmentally friendly approach to management of new technologies in business. It aims to be a world-class research platform for academics, managers, and professionals to publish scholarly research in the global arena. All submitted articles considered suitable for the International Journal of Engineering Business Management are subjected to rigorous peer review to ensure the highest levels of quality. The review process is carried out as quickly as possible to minimize any delays in the online publication of articles. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -Competitive product design and innovation -Operations and manufacturing strategy -Knowledge management and knowledge innovation -Information and decision support systems -Radio Frequency Identification -Wireless Sensor Networks -Industrial engineering for business improvement -Logistics engineering and transportation -Modeling and simulation of industrial and business systems -Quality management and Six Sigma -Automation of industrial processes and systems -Manufacturing performance and productivity measurement -Supply Chain Management and the virtual enterprise network -Environmental, legal and social aspects -Technology Capital and Financial Modelling -Engineering Economics and Investment Theory -Behavioural, Social and Political factors in Engineering