Role of Test Automation in Agile and DevOps
                     Role of 
Test Automation in 
Agile and Devops
During the Waterfall Model of software development, software testing was taken up at the end of the 
software development life cycle (SDLC) and it resulted in many bugs, thus delaying the release time. Such 
method of software testing at the end of the SDLC does not hold good anymore and with Agile and DevOps 
methodologies on the go, the testing process actually starts from the beginning of the code development 
stage. This is specifically referred to as Shift left approach wherein testing goes hand in hand with 
development, in an order of Continuous Integration (CI) /Continuous Development (CD) method.
Agile Environment
 Under an agile environment with iterative & an incremental model in place, Test automation delivers 
       quality at speed within sprints, as functionality can be developed and tested rapidly.
 It is common that agile teams are spread across geographies and setting of infrastructure across 
       becomes a costly deal. But, cloud based test automation tools allow the teams to access the tool 
       from any device and collaborate towards achieving the end goal for delivering a quality product. 
 It has also been observed that under agile scenarios, the number of tests continue to increase 
       exponentially across each iteration and an automation tool would efficiently handle it and ensures 
       early to the market. Moreover, under Agile, you can automate your functional and regression tests 
       to ensure the product performs quickly and exactly as it should be as per the requirements. 
DevOps Environment
 To achieve speed and agility in DevOps, it is important to automate all the testing processes and 
        configure them to run automatically when the deployment is completed in the QA Environment. 
 As DevOps embraces a culture shift, it breaks silos to build, test and deploy applications in order to  
         achieve quality with reduced deployment times and automation tools play an important role to 
       achieve the implementation of CI/CD/CT. Thus, Test automation is undoubtedly the secret to the 
       success of DevOps.
Benefits of Test Automation for both
Agile & DevOps Methodologies
Delivers accurate test results and ensures quality deliverables
Facilitates automating maximum steps that can be automated
Increases the speed of test execution
Provides rapid feedback to reduce cost of fixing defects quickly and efficiently
Saves time enormously due to shorter test cycle times
Removes drudgery mundane tasks with automation of tasks
Frees up manual testers who can be used for other more efficient tasks
Ensures all measures to maximize benefits while minimizing costs
Parallel execution of tests helps in reducing time-to-live, which in turn is the 
crux of a successful DevOps implementation
Test automation also plays an important role in Shift Left approach as it unlocks 
continuous testing throughout the SDLC reducing the feedback loop and costs 
associated with testing
10 Striking Steps for a Basic
Test Automation Approach
Evaluate to understand the Define automation Plan automated
real need for automation goals and priorities testing strategy
based on project type 
Select the right automation Decide on what test Develop good quality
tool & framework based cases to automate test data
upon the project requirements
Create automated tests Execute the tests for Test early and often
more resistant to UI changes the test scripts developed with CI/CD pattern
Maintain the test
scripts easily
Business Benefits Organizations Get with
a well-defined Test Automation Approach
Maximizes ROI
Ensures faster time to market
Delivers quality software products
Increases release velocity
through CI/CD model
Reduces human errors as
mundane tasks are automated
Ensures cost optimization  
Conclusion
The software testing process has been taking a shift left approach wherein testing is done along with the 
development with a CI/CD approach. With the agile and DevOps on the go, test automation needs to be adopted 
by enterprises to achieve quality at speed. 
TestingXperts’ has profound knowledge and ability to perform test automation and delivered significant cost 
savings for our clients. Our Test Automation Framework (Tx-Automate) helps in drastically reducing the effort to 
kick-start automation and offers an ability to have a fully operational test automation solution implemented. 
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