For many companies, production issues bring more than frustration – they result in costly reworks, bug corrections, and retesting, disruptions to user experience, and damage to customer trust. Often, these issues stem from the limitations of manual testing and the pressure on development teams to keep up with release deadlines. Here, we explore how automated testing, further enhanced by AI, allows teams to feel more secure in their deliveries, and can thus keep a higher pace.
Key take aways
- Production Issues Are Expensive: Every bug that reaches production means time and money spent on emergency fixes, patches, and potentially rolled-back releases. These events are costly, not only in terms of resources but also in reputation. Customers often notice disruptions and may lose trust in a product that does not deliver on its promises.
- Manual Testing Cannot Keep Up: Manual testing becomes increasingly time-consuming and inconsistent as software complexity, volume and speed increases, making it difficult for teams to maintain quality standards. Human testers can only cover so much ground, and repetitive tests, prone to errors, often lack the consistency required to guarantee that issues are caught early.
- Automated Testing Detects issues Earlier: Automated testing allows for continuous checks across the development pipeline, spotting potential issues at every stage. By implementing regression and functionality tests with each code change, teams can reduce the risk of critical issues making it to production, saving time on costly fixes after launch.
- Consistency and Reliability for Peace of Mind: Automated testing does not get tired or lose focus. By setting up tests that run consistently, automated testing maintains a high standard of quality and reduces the chance of human error. This helps to ensure that core functions work as expected, even after updates or new feature integrations.
- A Long-Term Investment in Quality and Efficiency: With automated testing in place, companies can ensure a reliable product that reduces long-term costs and builds a reputation for quality. Automated testing is more than just a short-term solution – it is an investment in a streamlined process that prioritizes both the product and user satisfaction.
Investing in automated testing is more than just preventing issues. It is a long-term strategy to safeguard your team from unnecessary stress and your customers from potential disappointment. Our experience shows that with automated testing, costly rollbacks become rare events, and customer confidence in your product grows.
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