Situation: Some teams have UI heavy regression tests that are not automated using visual tools. However, non-visual automation has started to help with reducing the amount of manual testing. Completed trial with two visual regression testing vendors. 3 teams participated. No other teams in the co…

Hi @stwoo2019 , Thanks for sharing. Good luck with your evaluation and putting forward a cost-benefit analysis. I remember during a 30 Days of Tools a mega thread appeared about how folks evaluate tools. It’s this one: [image] Share how you evaluate a new tool – 30 Days of…

Thanks for information. Yes, all the technical evaluation has been done and winning tool identified. I need switch to a different skillset to put data in the face of management and convince them to pay with money.

Hey @stwoo2019 ! I did this on a previous role and the key thing is to present them with a lot of data on how the current test setup doesn’t scale without a visual regression tool. In our case, teams were already using open source tools so visual testing was already part of the strategy. What I did…

Hi @stwoo2019 welcome to the MoT It seems to me there’s some gatekeeping to the architects’ requests - but I don’t know your org. I don’t understand the “proper use case” either - And I have been in many corporate procurement activities. Can you get any help to understand this “new tool evaluation …

I’d like to thank the members who responded with great advice. I’d like to inform you that I managed to secure funding and have bought the license. Now need to get the teams to integrate, identify the snapshots/scenarios that give the greatest value and identify metrics for gauging productivity etc…

Glad the community helped here. Had to laugh though “Solution architect wanted to know what it would cost for all IT projects.” Well handled on that, you are an asset to your team now. So good to hear how a QA has made a difference. Mainly I hope you had fun presenting and making the case. I also h…

[image] stwoo2019: I’d like to thank the members who responded with great advice. I’d like to inform you that I managed to secure funding and have bought the license. Congrats. @stwoo2019 . That’s great news. :tada: And thanks for sharing an update here. It’s lovely when someone comes back t…

How to create Business Case for expenditure toward Visual Regression Testing Tool?

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Plus, I’ve just found this thread (which wasn’t on my radar). Nice! 30 Days of Automation in Testing Day 7: How do you choose which tools to use in testing?

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