Manual Testing Is Here To Stay!

There is no complete substitute for manual testing. Manual testing is crucial for the thorough testing of software applications. Although ways of automating this process have been available for over 20 years it is often not appropriate or convenient to automate.

Automation can only be justified where repeatable consistent tests can be run over a stable environment. When this isn't the case (for example during the early stages of the test cycle or when the application is complicated and the business risk is large) then testing teams almost always revert back to manual testing.

Here are some examples of when manual testing is needed:
If your application is business critical or on heavily tested software.
If your are new to testing.
If you do not believe in full automation.
Or if full automation has not been appropriate to the project.

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