Test automation is an essential component of any agile development and continuous delivery strategy. CTOs leading the digital transformation of their organisations know that without an efficient and reliable CI/CD pipeline, any competitive advantage quickly fades away.

At SIPSA, we have accompanied large organisations such as Banco Santander Germany and BMW on their journey towards continuous quality. Our TAST (Test Automation System Tool) has become a key lever for automating testing across the board and ensuring complete traceability of the process.

Below, we share seven key practices that enable development and continuous integration teams to effectively incorporate automated testing:

  1. Automate the execution of E2E regression tests after each deployment:
    TAST allows you to schedule unattended automated E2E regression tests in certification, pre-production, or even production environments. This ensures that each released version meets the expected functional and technical criteria.
  1. Connect your testing system to your continuous integration pipeline:
    The first step is to integrate your automation tool (such as TAST) with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or whichever tool you use. This allows you to launch automatic test runs after each deployment.
  1. Synchronise results with management tools such as Jira/Xray:
    Traceability is key. With TAST, the results of each run are automatically uploaded to your project management tool.
  1. Reuse Postman and SOAP UI collections in your tests:
    Do not start from scratch. If your team already has Postman collections or test cases in SOAP UI, TAST allows you to integrate them directly into the automated testing flow.
  1. Take advantage of your testing framework’s multi-technology capabilities:
    Your environment is not homogeneous: web, mobile, legacy, APIs, MQ, desktop… Ensure that your tool can automate tests on any type of system. TAST offers specific adapters to cover all technologies.
  1. Automate the generation of evidence and logs:
    Each execution must leave a complete trail: detailed logs, screenshots, and automatic reports in PDF or Word. This reduces audit times and facilitates communication between QA, development, and business.
  1. Schedule deferred and on-demand executions:
    TAST allows you to configure periodic or on-demand executions, depending on the project’s needs. You can run test cases on a schedule overnight, or as part of an agile sprint after a critical commit.


Conclusion 

Automating testing in CI/CD environments is not just a technical issue, but a strategic decision aimed at consolidating a culture of continuous quality.

Organisations that integrate this practice into their pipeline not only increase their agility and capacity for innovation, but also minimise risks by detecting defects early on that could compromise the stability of the software.

In this context, automated regression testing plays an essential role, as it allows verification that the changes introduced do not negatively impact existing functionalities. By running automatically after each change, it eliminates bottlenecks and significantly reduces manual effort, increasing the efficiency of the delivery process.

TAST (Test Automation System Tool), the solution developed by SIPSA, allows this process to be orchestrated in a comprehensive manner, from the definition of test cases to their unattended execution and integration with CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins.

Thanks to its codeless approach, technological adaptability and scalable architecture, TAST has established itself as an effective and sustainable solution for robust test automation aligned with business objectives.

Discover how TAST can help you achieve these objectives.
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