90% Automation Projects Fail to Give Promised Value

They keep getting trapped in the same old mistakes.

Here are common traps to avoid if you want to succeed in automation: 1. Don't underestimate the cost of automation.

~ Underestimating the true time needed to do automation will eventually give a sense of automation taking too much time to your stakeholders.

~ Setting correct estimates and processes is important.

Goodbye, Test Cases!

Generate awesome test ideas without hassle using checklists.

Here's how to use checklists and create workable test ideas that actually work: 1. Usability Heuristic Checklist

Created to check the foundational pillars of Usability such as:
🔸 Utility
🔸 Learnability
🔸 Error Proofing
🔸 Efficiency
🔸 Satisfaction
🔸 Memorability

Available on Testing Titbits: testingtitbits.com/usabilitycheck…

2. Web Testing Heuristic Checklist

Created to check the foundational components of web apps such as:
🔸 Text Fields
🔸 Numeric Fields
🔸 Date Time Fields
🔸 Navigation & Lists
🔸 Usability
🔸 Para-Functional Topics

Available on Testing Titbits: testingtitbits.com/webchecklist/ 3. UX Heuristic Checklist

Created based on the "Fundamental Laws of UX" such as:
🔸 Fitt's Law
🔸 Goal-Gradient Effect
🔸 Hick's Law
🔸 Jakob's Law
🔸 Law of Proximity
🔸 Law of Similarity

Available on Testing Titbits: testingtitbits.com/uxchecklist/

What will happen if we replace all the exploratory testing work with automation scripts by shifting left?

I can bet that after you read this thread, you will never think of replacing all exploratory work with shift left automation or unit level scripts:

Thread 🧵 1. There will be shocking revealations in the production as you are not exploring the unknowns.

2. You will have to face heavy loss creating bugs like google faced with bard ai

Are you tired of the #testing industry being reduced to just “manual” and “automation” modes? 😩 Well, you're not alone!

I will try to explain my problem with these words in this THREAD. 🤔 Did you know that this distinction is actually distracting us from the true essence of #testing? It reduces it to just a process of executing tests, when in reality, testing is a craft that involves investigation, analysis, and beyond!

A great way to learn testing is to study the pros.

So I listened to 100+ online talks in the past 1 year.

Here're 10 of my favorites 👇🏼 1. Heuristics and why testers should care about them by @jamesmarcusbach

This was a webinar – #TTTribeCast by @the_test_tribe

I was thinking about Fake Testing Industry and could see a pattern in fake testing world.

Here are some things that I have found handy to identify fake testing industry:

1. They will talk about all the buzzwords and tech hype but not about #testing.

🧵🧵👇 2. They will hesitate to call themselves testers.

I have seen "experiential" testers calling themselves SDET or Automation Engineer after learning 2 months of Selenium Java.

Maybe the word "tester" sounds bad to them.

99% of Beginners in Tech don't know this:

Your Job is not your Career.

It's just one part of your Career.

Let's understand it here in quick 🧵🧵👇🏼 Many people make the mistake of thinking that their job is their career, but it's important to remember that a job is just one aspect of your career.

Your career is the culmination of all of your experiences, skills, and accomplishments.

9/10 folks I mentor struggle with productivity 🤯

Being productive is simple & fun 🚀🚀

If you know the right hacks, of course 😅

Here are ten personal hacks 🧵🧵👇🏼 1. Invest in Productivity

🔸Be it Tools, Processes, or Methods, there is always a way to improve it by investing your time in productivity.
🔸Ex: I know and practice touch typing. It saves me a lot of time every day.

99% of Testers want to use Open Source Tools.

99% of Testers don't contribute to Open Source Tools.

Contributing to it is damn easy.

If you are ready to leave excuses, Here are 10 ways to take yourself to the next level 👇🏼🧵 1. Documentation Fix

🔸Every documentation has some gaps.
🔸Find those; Fill those.
🔸Raise a Doc Bug | Suggest a Doc Enhancement

There is nothing easier than this. Get started 🚀

This is the secret to success.

Most people don't practice testing outside their job.

Here are 7 things that'll help you take your testing game to next level:

👇🧵 1. Open Source Projects.

🔸Pick any tool.
🔸Test It
🔸Report bugs | change requests

Will help build credibility + real time feedback.

One such project: @testsigmainc

GitHub is a Goldmine but 95% of testers don't use it enough.

These 10 GitHub repositories will help you become a better tester:

🧵🧵👇 1. How They Test

🔸Curated collection of publicly available resources on how software companies test their software systems.
🔸All the resources mentioned here are publicly available resources.

Here is the link:

bit.ly/howtheytest

8 testers I follow to upskill my testing game. 🚀🚀

1. Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton)



Love his observations as well as detailing on various topics.

2. James Bach (@jamesmarcusbach)



Only for serious testers.developsense.com
satisfice.com 3. Vernon Richards (@TesterFromLeic)

Shares awesome content on Quality & Testing / Testers.

4. Nicola Lindgren (@NicolaLindgren)

Good content; The kind of content that I would like to see more and more.

5. Ajay Balamurugadas (@ajay184f)

Practical Insights; Context Driven

My real problem with "manual/automation testing" is not from the use of the word "manual" or "automation" but the confusion and noise that it introduces around testing to be some kind of test execution process, which it is not.

1/ 2/

It's kind of a defocusing term that very swiftly shifts the focus from testing craft to test execution mode.

Of course, I (we?) want to use tools to execute or design or assist us with the testing but that's not everything in testing.

Are we looking for a vaccine in Software Development?

Yesterday, I was talking to one of my cousins who just became a doctor and said that unfortunately, the majority of doctors have reduced the concept of healthcare to "medicines" and "quick fix" drugs. Got me thinking that: Health problem fix (bug fix) is at the prime attention of the healthcare industry right now, but I feel that it would have been a lot better if we would have thought about problem prevention (bug prevention) in the first place.

Heard about the Super Voice contest by @synapse_qa?

Super-Voice is an amazing platform to instill courage in speakers to share their knowledge confidently.

I had a nice discussion on this topic with @PricillaBelwin. We discussed Public Speaking, Super-Voice, and Synapse QA. We talked about:

- Tips for beginners who want to start with public speaking
- Tools, Tips, and Resources for Public Speaking
- How to balance the schedule for this activity?

My discussion with Pricilla:

Submission for auditions is open till 20th June!!

10 testing issues that concern me often

🧵🧵 "Requirements are NOT Clear".

Yes, we need better-drafted requirements!

But, at the same time, we need to stop expecting stakeholders to write down all tacit knowledge (understanding) as an explicit requirement.

Requirements & Desirements are both important :)

10 lessons from my software career.

🧵👇 1. Quality >>> Quantity

Quality matters in long run. No matter how much you do, you will only be recognised by the quality work that you do :)

Quantity without Quality is like a coal mine.

Quantity with Quality is like a diamond mine.

10 Project Haikus by @rickbrenner

From the book, Amplifying your Effectiveness.

This book was published in the year 2000.

22 years gone & the story is still the same :) 1) Our project was late,
so we added more people.
The problem got worse.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Here are 10 Habits that have helped me to learn and grow better.

🧵🧵👇👇 1. Taking Notes

- Helps me to reflect on my learnings.
- Helps me stay active & live in the discussion.
- Helps me with a quick recollection of thoughts/preparing minutes.

Automation != Test Execution

Automation is a wide spectrum of possibilities :)

#automation #execution Testing != Test Cases

Testing is a much wider concept than just creating Test Cases.