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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 4, 2021 4:25AM

Although it's not strictly relevant to this discussion, I strongly recommend the exact opposite. In most contexts, I advocate conducting a full manual test first, and only then use an automated tool as a safety net.

The rationale, which I have observed in practice, is that the automated tool results adversely affect how people do the manual testing. They miss issues the tool didn't report, perhaps because there is a subliminal voice telling them there's nothing wrong there. They tend to report issues exactly as the tool reported them, even if the tool misdiagnosed them, which is not uncommon. This shouldn't happen, but it does.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd