A Review to Reality of Software Test Automation

Authors

  • Edgar Serna M. Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana
  • Raquel Martínez M. Institución Universitaria de Envigado
  • Paula Tamayo O. Institución Universitaria de Envigado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-23-1-2782

Keywords:

Software reliability, software quality, test cases, manual testing

Abstract

Testing the software is one of the most important activities in the development life cycle, but has traditionally been carried out at the end of the process, when the product is completed and is about to be released. The complexity of today's software requires the test to run in parallel with the development, so that problems are found early and can be corrected at low cost. The test automation emerged as an alternative to speed up its implementation, as well as to improve product reliability and quality. But, although his study and research began almost 50 years ago, progress still does not meet demand for quality improvement. In this article are presented the results of an integrative literature review, conducted with the aim of establishing an overview of the experiences reported on test automation. It was found that there is still no agreement on its definition and the advantages and limitations are almost personal opinions. In addition, many companies assume automation as a total replacement for manual testing, although their level of maturity still not allowed.

Author Biography

Edgar Serna M., Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana

Científico computacional teórico, líder de proyectos en Sistemas de Información y como Arquitecto de Software, y profesor universitario e investigador con amplia trayectoria. Las áreas de investigación son la Lógica, las Ciencias Computacionales, y la Gestión del Conocimiento, alrededor de las cuales ha publicado libros y artículos, y participado con ponencias y conferencias en eventos nacionales e internacionales.

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Published

2019-03-24

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2019): Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics (Guest Editors: J. J. Sánchez Mondragón, M. Torres Cisneros, R. Guzmán Cabrera)

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