When Test Automation Starts Creating More Work Than It Saves
05 Oct 2026
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Guljeet Nagpaul
ACCELQ
Test automation should make releases faster. But as applications change, brittle locators, oversized regression suites, and broken traceability can turn automation into a maintenance job.
This article looks at why maintenance effort grows and how impact analysis, self-healing, and business-process modelling can help teams maintain fewer tests while protecting meaningful coverage.
How much of your automation time is spent fixing tests instead of testing changes?
Read the full article here
This article looks at why maintenance effort grows and how impact analysis, self-healing, and business-process modelling can help teams maintain fewer tests while protecting meaningful coverage.
How much of your automation time is spent fixing tests instead of testing changes?
Read the full article here
Guljeet Nagpaul
Chief Product & Strategy
Guljeet Nagpaul is the Chief of Product and Strategy at ACCELQ, driving product vision and market strategy. With over two decades in enterprise software, he previously led the North American ALM practice at Mercury Interactive during its peak growth and acquisition by HP.
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