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In-Sprint Automation &Test Accelerators


Ever since Scrum Methodology was introduced, it has been adopted by majority of development teams there by emphasizing on in-sprint deliverables decreasing the time lag between Dev & QA. While it is important to deliver the working components at speed, it is equally important to maintain quality.   This is where Test automation is crucial decreasing the time of execution and capturing defects while performing a regression check. Since agile has shorter life cycles and the agility it carries while building, it is super important to build sustainable and reliable regression suits with the same pace. The user stories must be automated by testers within the sprint covering all the layers like Unit testing, API and UI. But this can be achieved if the teams are able to build matured frameworks with in-built test accelerators that can reduce the script development life cycle across multiple browsers and platforms. This also requires a continuous collaboration between all the stakeholders there by converting Automation as a Team goal rather than a QA goal.


Test accelerators:  It is indeed essential to have Test accelerators which helps in reducing the Script development efforts with minimal cost as most of the companies/clients face investment challenges in the process of adopting new tools. Test Accelerators provided an edge to kick start your Test automation projects /Business requirements almost in no time ensuring quality with In-sprint automation. Accelerators carry all the required and re suable test components and assets supporting automation at a faster pace, covering continuous integration /deployment with cross platform and device compatibilities which are scalable. It is also important to design your test accelerators as loosely coupled with open for customizations and third-party integrations wherever required.

Best Practices:

1. Ensure to have a proper Test design & Automation plan

2. Have a clear Business goal of automation Test coverage while automating

3. Design Test accelerators which speed up the development process of Automation scripts

4. Make all the scrum team members as responsible for Product quality

5.  Be open for design changes and utilize test accelerators for quick building of business cases with respect to test scripts

6.  Keep Acceptance criteria for the User stories simple and straight ensuring proper coverage of Business goals

7.  Target to automate the requirements not Test cases

Challenges:

1.       Often collaboration within team is a major challenge keeping in view of sprint timelines, where in which teams are distributed across multiple geographic locations

2.       Requirement volatility is a major challenge with respect to shorter life cycles

3.       Although it is agreed that Framework or accelerators reduce the script development time box, it is equally important to decide most suitable tool and framework applicable

4.       Often there is a challenge with the team if not trained enough or skilful to work with the tool or technology opted

5.       Since Automation maturity is a time taking Process and the scrum team should be matured enough to accept the challenges

 

“In sprint automation may be challenging to an extent while implementing but it is definitely possible with defined sprint framework and Test accelerators”


Comments

  1. Waheed ShaikAugust 13, 2022 at 8:38 PM

    Great Post Kalyan... Thanks for sharing....

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  2. PhaniAugust 13, 2022 at 8:53 PM

    Good information 👍

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  3. ManojAugust 13, 2022 at 11:49 PM

    Great information

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  4. sai kalyanAugust 13, 2022 at 11:58 PM

    Thx Manoj

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  5. Venkateswarlu ChayaAugust 14, 2022 at 12:50 AM

    It is excellent and one can easily understand. Thanks Kalyan garu.

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  6. sai kalyanAugust 14, 2022 at 12:56 AM

    Thx chaya

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  7. Praveen RamachandruniAugust 14, 2022 at 8:02 AM

    Great article detailing all the processes

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  8. Thanks kalyan, very useful stuff for revise as well. keep share your knowledge...August 15, 2022 at 10:14 AM

    Thanks kalyan, very useful stuff for revise as well. keep share your knowledge...

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  9. Rajesh N PhadnisAugust 16, 2022 at 12:01 AM

    Thanks for sharing. It is very informative and useful article.

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  10. Mr. Hari KiranAugust 16, 2022 at 4:54 AM

    Informative post

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  11. s@iprasadJanuary 7, 2024 at 4:20 AM

    Awesome post !! It breaks down the test automation in Agile methodology helpful way. Talking about accelerators and best practices makes it a must read for anyone in Agile. Thanks for sharing practical insights.

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