Your organization has just hired a test automation architect who has previously worked on medical software with strict regulatory requirements. His test automation framework is very solid and will allow the staff to build maintainable data-driven test cases. His tool choice is the top of the line tool that has been used for many years for traditional test automation. You are concerned that this is a very expensive tool and may not have the flexibility needed in your environment, particularly since the mobile applications your company develops are intended to exist in the market for only six months before being re-worked to add new features and change the user interface. The software development life cycle is iterative and the team uses continuous integration to provide testable software faster.
Given this information, what should you recommended for the test approach?

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Your organization has just hired a test automation architect who has previously worked on medical software with strict regulatory requirements. His test automation framework is very solid and will allow the staff to build maintainable data-driven test cases. His tool choice is the top of the line tool that has been used for many years for traditional test automation. You are concerned that this is a very expensive tool and may not have the flexibility needed in your environment, particularly since the mobile applications your company develops are intended to exist in the market for only six months before being re-worked to add new features and change the user interface. The software development life cycle is iterative and the team uses continuous integration to provide testable software faster.

Given this information, what should you recommended for the test approach?

Jeffrey Sammaritano · Accepted Answer

Search for other tools that are more suited for the mobile environment and consider creating test automation with keyword-driven tests rather than data-driven.

Jeffrey Sammaritano · Answer

Go with the proven framework and seek high coverage in the test automation software to ensure good reuse.

Jeffrey Sammaritano · Answer

Bypass test automation and go with crowd-sourcing to get a high amount of testing done in a short period of time. test repeatability is not an issue with this software.

Jeffrey Sammaritano · Answer

Use test automation for performance testing and conduct the functional testing manually since the product has a short life expectancy.

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