Good relationships will be stable whenever something goes wrong. But, if you dont invest in your relationships, they wont last long. Lets take, for example, a little crisis that could happen a bug is found in the field! by a customer!How did we miss it? will be the question asked all through the hallways. This is obviously a serious problem, but who do you think is usually held responsible for such a fault?

If you blame the other team (Development / Automation), it looks like youre in a bad relationship.

So, instead of looking at whos to blame, lets talk about:

Both sides should try hard to familiarise ourselves with the current relevant tests, and get the best out of the Dev-Automation relationship and of any other relationship.

First, Automation and Developers, as with any other couple, should live together under the same roof. Working together in the same team, such as R&D, for example, will lead to them sharing the same goals and interests.

Secondly, we should understand what the responsibilities of each team are regarding feature testing.

Next, lets focus on the collaboration between Development and Automation with regard to creating the best possible preventative measures. This will require a process that starts at the feature-design stage.

Whenever a new design is produced, a member of the Automation team should be invited to review it. Having reviewed the design, the Automation engineer will:

At this point, Automation and Development should sit together and go over the planned flows.

Collaboration process between the teams

If you ask managers from our Development team about their experience of working together with Automation, youll regularly hear the following main points:

Here at Imperva, weve productized our automation environment so Dev teams have another option to build, test, and run their components.

I learned the hard way, and am here to tell the story, that its all about transparency. This is the magic word that should always be guiding us both through Automation with Development and through Development with Automation. Either way, its a win-win relationship.

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