Standardization in Test Automation: The Foundation of the Automatizi Approach
In many companies, test automation is seen as a miracle solution to speed up delivery cycles and improve software quality. Yet, in reality, many initiatives fail to scale. The reason is simple: automation without standardization.
At Automatizi, standardization is neither a constraint nor a loss of freedom for teams. On the contrary, it is the foundation of industrialized, sustainable, and scalable test automation.
Standardization According to Automatizi: Clarifying a Key Idea
Standardization in Automatizi does not mean imposing a single framework or locking teams into rigid technical choices. It means:
- Defining common rules
- Making practices reproducible
- Enabling controlled scaling
👉 Automatizi standardizes the « how, » not the « what. » Teams remain free to choose their tools, languages, and organization while relying on a common framework that ensures consistency and quality.
1. Standardization from the Source: Functional Specifications
Automatizi is based on a fundamental principle: an automated test must be a faithful, readable, and actionable translation of a business requirement. That is why standardization starts upstream, from the functional specifications.
Specifically:
- Tests are generated from business requirements
- The format is consistent, based on Gherkin / BDD
- Business vocabulary is coherent across all projects
Result
All tests speak the same language, regardless of team, project, or author. Functional understanding is shared among QA, Product Owners, and business teams.
2. Standardization of Automated Test Scenarios
With Automatizi, automated scenarios are no longer written in an ad hoc way. The platform automatically applies:
- Common naming rules
- Consistent scenario structure
- BDD best practices
This avoids:
- Scenarios written « each their own way »
- Inconsistent Given / When / Then steps
- Tests that are too technical or unreadable
👉 The scenarios become:
- Readable by QA, product, and business teams
- Comparable across projects
- Easily maintainable over time
3. Technical Standardization via a Unified Library
One of the pillars of the Automatizi approach is the centralized library of step definitions. It enables:
- Reusing the same actions across projects
- Sharing common behaviors
- Eliminating code duplication
Simple example: « Log in to the application » corresponds to a single standard step used across all scenarios.
📌 Direct Impact
- Drastic reduction in the number of scripts
- Significant decrease in maintenance costs
- Improved stability of automated tests
4. Standardize Without Restricting Teams
A key point of the Automatizi vision: standardization should never block existing processes. Automatizi works on top of the most widely used automation tools:
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Cypress
And integrates naturally with:
- Java
- Python
- JavaScript
- C#
👉 Teams retain:
- Their technical stack
- Their skills
- Freedom of execution
Automatizi provides:
- A common framework
- Intelligent orchestration
- Global consistency at enterprise scale
5. Standardization as a Lever for Scaling
This is the core of Automatizi’s value. Without standardization:
- Automation remains ad hoc
- It depends on a few key experts
- It becomes costly, fragile, and hard to maintain
With Automatizi:
- Automation is industrializable
- It can be handed over to new teams
- It can be exploited at enterprise scale
👉 Standardization transforms test automation into a strategic QA asset rather than technical debt.
Conclusion: Standardize to Succeed in Test Automation
Test automation is not a matter of tools. It is a matter of methodology, consistency, and industrialization. Automatizi provides a clear answer: standardize test automation to make it readable, reusable, and scalable, without restricting teams or their technical stack.
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