Can automation testing help improve a tools automation software?
Yes. The best time to find any software problem is before that software is deployed. Testing avoids warranty or maintenance problems. No matter how good or diligent your software engineering staff is, evaluation of your tools automation software by another set of critically trained eyes will reap benefits far in excess of the cost of testing. FACTS strongly recommends that an independent test evaluation and analysis be undertaken before the release of each major automation software revision to a production-ready status. Data compiled by International SEMATECH during their Software Conformance Testing Project in 2002 indicates that when automation issues found during third party testing were given critical analysis and prioritized for maximum gain and effect of improvement, an aggregate average growth rate in supplier automation implementation improvement of 7.2% per month was achieved.
