May 15, 2025

When building out automation frameworks, keep the stakeholders in mind

When building out an automation framework, I always try to keep the wants and needs of the stakeholders in mind.

Business analysts want to know if we have tested the product against the business requirements.

QA Managers want easy-to-read reports that spell out what is passing and what is failing at a glance.

Developers may want to check for sporadic errors that randomly pop up.

Testers want to have regression tests automated so they can focus on testing the new features... and may want a library of building blocks so they can put together their own tests.

A prioritized backlog of automation JIRA tasks keeps everything on track, and end-of-sprint demos gives the dev team a chance to chart the progress and tweak what they see.

Being embedded in a development team, I can build and customize an automation framework, one two-week Agile sprint at a time.

Happy Testing!

-T.J. Maher
Software Engineer in Test

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2 comments:

aminaraifi said...

I completely agree that when creating automation frameworks, stakeholder input is essential. We made sure that everyone involved in a recent project involving resume writing services in the UAE received regular feedback loops. This simplified the procedure and produced results that were closely in line with user expectations and corporate requirements.

Trixci said...

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