Automation Frameworks: build or buy?

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• Ivanna Kyryk
• Program Manager, Automated and Technical Testing

Automation Frameworks build or buy?
Duncan Brigginshaw Co-Founder and Technical
Director at Odin Technology Ltd.
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Ivanna Kyryk
Program Manager, Automated and Technical Testing
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Duncan Brigginshaw
Co-Founder and Technical Director at Odin
Technology Ltd.
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Solution for automated testing
Should you BUILD or BUY a solution for automated
testing? The choice depends.
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How to choose a ready solution?

• To select a ready automation solution, consider
  the following aspects
• purpose
• resources
• perspectives
• expected profit

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Build vs buy
On one hand, why to reinvent a bicycle and build
a new solution the alternative of which is
already available? But on the other hand, why to
buy a ready solution and overpay the features you
do not actually need?
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Why ready solution?

• 100 working code )
• Less time and resources required
• Common tasks solved
• Support and documentation

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Drawbacks of ready solution

• Unknown mechanism of work
• Complex implementation to your project
• Unsatisfied specific needs
• Impossible adjustment
• Limitations in functionality

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Why build own solution?

• Independency and flexibility
• Controlled investments
• Fulfilled specific requirements
• Available adjustment

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Drawbacks of building own solution

• Long-term activity
• Required investments
• Specific development resource
• High competence of team
• Constant maintainability

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Build or buy?

• Build
• Compex project
• Specific tasks
• Project scalability
• Available budget
• Available resources

• Buy
• Typical tasks
• Tight time frames
• No scalability
• Limited budget
• Limited resources

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