How to Select Best Automation Testing Tool

In the article Test Process Improvement, you learned the improvement points from the project Guru99 Bank. It is using automated Testing instead of Manual Testing. But team members may ask you -

Answer to this question is challenging because there are many factors to consider

• You want to support your test activities by means of a software tool, but you don't know tools currently available in market
• Which type of tool will best fit the requirement and the project budget?
• Who on the team has the skills to use the tool once you have purchased it

The importance of the software testing tool selection

Success in any test automation depends on identifying the right tool for automation. Selecting the “correct” Testing Tool for your project is one of the best ways to achieve the project target. The following example will show you the benefit of the testing tool selection

Bank, to save the effort of testing, the project team decided to use an automated testing tool for the test execution. After many meetings, your team selected a suitable tool for the project.

One month later, you got the report from the project team about this tool

The results are great. The new automated tool doubled the testing productivity. It means we saved 50% cost of test execution

This is an example of the benefit of using the testing tool in the project.  Selecting the right testing tool help you to improve the project productivity and save project cost.

Type of test tools

There’re many types of test tool, which Test Manager can consider when selecting the test tools.

Open-Source Tools

Open source tools are the program wherein the source code is openly published for use and/or modification from its original design, free of charge. Open-source tools are available for almost any phase of the testing process, from Test Case management to Defect tracking. Compared to commercial tools Open source tools may have fewer features.

Commercial Tools

Commercial tools are the software which are produced for sale or to serve commercial purposes.

Commercial tools have more support and more features from a vendor than open-source tools.

Custom Tools

In some Testing project, the testing environment, and the testing process has special characteristics. No open-source or commercial tool can meet the requirement. Therefore, the Test Manager has to consider the development of the custom tool.

Example: You want to find a Testing tool for the project Guru99 Bank. You want this tool to meet some specific requirement of the project.