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Is QA manual testing dead? [closed]

Can I automate all type of tests (unit test, ... etc) so that I don't need QA team to do manual tesing? And if no, Why?

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Ahmed Avatar asked Feb 09 '10 19:02

Ahmed


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I would sum it up thusly:

  • Automated tests are for finding the problems that you know about (incorrect code).

  • Manual tests are for finding the problems that you don't know about (incorrect design/specs).

If you use manual tests to find problems with the code, that is inefficient. If you use automated tests to find problems with the design, that is inexcusable.

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Aaronaught Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 14:09

Aaronaught


No.

Your QA can be a smaller team, and their purpose becomes finding unexpected things. They get to play with the system in ways that a user might. In ways that programmers didn't expect.

Once they find something, you write an automated test so they don't need to repeat it. But you still need them to find those cases.

Not to mention, they'll find things like typos, usability issues with the UI, hard to read colour combinations, etc

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CaffGeek Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 14:09

CaffGeek