QA usually owns the automated tests. When a company mandates a level of automation, QA spends a part of their time growing the number and scope of the automated tests. Over time, maintenance of these tests can become expensive, and most of a QA teams time can be spent maintaining the existing automation while adding all new tests into the automation. This becomes a perpetual treadmill of building test automation that can take time and energy away from other valuable QA tasks such as design and specification review, functional testing, exploratory testing, interactive testing, etc.Â
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place" - The Red Queen, Through the Looking Glass
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place" - The Red Queen, Through the Looking Glass
