Software Testing has gained significant importance in the recent past and the industry expects a market of 13 Billion USD in 2006. In the age of accelerating product lifecycles and pressures on reducing the cost, the impact of traditional approach to testing has had a serious impact on IT organizations. The business climate of today is such that IT organizations are asked to do more with fewer resources and without any significant reduction in the quality of the product that is being delivered. When IT organizations make attempts to cut on the cost, Software testing is often the first item that would be cut.

So, how do organizations ensure that they cut down the Test window and still achieve a good quality product? How do they get to perform repeatable tests without extending the Test window? It is in this aspect that Test Automation plays a Pivotal Role in effective testing.

A strategic approach in developing a test automation framework using tools and methodologies will improve the test coverage in regression cycles and reduce the test effort in subsequent release cycles.

RelQ has over 2000 person-years of experience in Software Testing with 400 person-years of extensive experience in Test Automation using various tools and methodologies, on varied technologies. The presentation by Nadeem aims at sharing its wealth of knowledge in Test Automation using tools, frameworks and methodologies. It highlights the benefits of automation methodologies for effective software testing and improved testing productivity.