common problems with software automation

What are the common problems with software automation?

The biggest concern is the cost incurred for test automation. Also, often s/w test automation requires skilled personnel and authentic test automation tools. Purchasing license of such tools is a costly affair.
Also the time required for test automation is more. Automation often requires recording the sequence of operations you need to perform in order to execute a particular test case and comparing the final o/p with the expected o/p. Functions/macros need also be written sometimes for some test cases. All this could be a time consuming job.

What are the parameters of Quality cost?

The parameters of Quality Cost are:
Speed
Accuracy
Efficiency
Performance
Customer Satisfaction

What is the role of QA in a project development?

The word assurance means ‘guarantee’. So the Quality Assurance Group’s role is to guarantee that the product is of high quality. They examine the overall s/w development process and their responsibility is to create and enforce standards and methods to improve it with the goal of preventing bugs from ever occurring.

Benefits of Software Quality Assurance to the organization

The main task of Software Quality Assurance Group is to examine the overall s/w development process and to create and enforce standards and methods to improve it with the goal of preventing bugs from ever occurring. With this definition, it is imperative that the QA helps an organization in continuous performance improvement and strive for perfection.

What is the value of a testing group? How do you justify your work and budget?

Testing is a process used for revealing defects in s/w and for establishing that the s/w has attained a specific degree of quality.
The s/w testing group’s main objective is to ensure that the s/w is doing what it is supposed to do as well as the s/w is not doing what it is not supposed to do. With this objective, it is clear that it is necessary to have a separate group for testing the s/w other than the group which developed it.
Also, bugs in the s/w can cause severe monetary as well as other loss to the organization. So it is important to allocate some budget for the testing group.