Everyone can cook(automate)! [1]

As you may already know  am not a big fan of 100% test automation. However I need to make clear that I found test automation important and very helpful if applied in the right way. Currently I have hundreds of UI automated tests that saves me a lot of troubles during last pre-release weeks. And yes they do not cover 100% of the AUT.

Recently I have seen few cases where testers cant start test automation in their project for months or even years. So where is the problem? Are those testers stupid or what? I decided to share my view on this topic.

I believe everyone can automate :-)

So where the problem might be:

• You do not have testing environment at all. It is a common case testers to test in very bad conditions: Lack of CI builds, Lack of machines
• You think you do not have skillset.
• You do not have right tool
• You do not have time
• The management support automation only "on paper", but doesn't actually care about it. They have expectation about 100% automation, but seems you are not capable to do it.

Sounds familiar :-)

To be continued...