{"id":14159,"date":"2018-11-16T17:59:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=14159"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:56:27","slug":"14159-2-ai-and-automation-vs-human-testers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/14159-2-ai-and-automation-vs-human-testers\/","title":{"rendered":"AI & automation vs humans: the future of software testing?"},"content":{"rendered":"
AI & automation vs humans: the future of software testing?<\/em><\/p>\n AI and automation testing are poised to eventually become a valuable asset for quality assurance (QA) testers and change the way testing enterprises operate.<\/p>\n The reality today is that AI and automation are taking over a large part of businesses practices which are usually conducted manually<\/a>.<\/p>\n But, if AI and automation are going to lead to new ways in how QA experts operate or how software testing and technology are tested, it might take a while before AI or automation effectively replaces traditional testing procedures led by humans, according to new research from Panaya.<\/a><\/p>\n The survey, which was conducted by Vanson Bourne in August 2018 involved 300 professionals from the US and the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n Based on the survey, Panaya\u00a0suggests that the quality assurance is \u201cevolving\u201d, but companies are finding that their efforts to implement change and rapidly speed up the process of testing, benefit more from \u201chumans rather then automating processes,\u201d Rafi Kretchmer, chief marketing officer at Panaya said.<\/p>\n Using Agile methods and DevOps is often viewed as one of the best methods for inspiring change within a team, department, or an entire organisation, but the report states that \u201cAgile methodologies and DevOps has shifted development away from traditional silos, but as the role of QA moves closer to the end user, the definition of testers has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n Their findings suggest that 90% of the companies they asked in their poll said that automation testing allows testers to perform their tests quicker, but achieving quality seems to be a problem among testers. According to their findings, as much as two-thirds (66%) struggle with \u201cmerely deciding what to test\u201d.<\/p>\n Survey participants were also asked about how DevOps will impact the process of testing over the next couple of years. According to the poll, 53% of respondents said that testers will take more strident steps to improve quality, which was a 13% increase compared to last year\u2019s survey results.<\/p>\n There has always been significant evidence that adopting Agile practices and values improves the speed of software experts, teams and businesses. Nowadays, many Agile teams are also cross-functional, which means, developers and testers can collaborate much more\u00a0closely than they previously did in the past.<\/p>\nResults from Panaya’s survey<\/h3>\n