The effort doesn't only arise during development.
Every new software version creates recurring effort for testing, regression, release, customer acceptance, and, where necessary, root cause analysis.
The key point: This effort arises on both sides of the software supply chain – at the vendor and at the customer.
A defect doesn't only cause costs through its resolution. Reproduction alone, communication, follow-up questions, and repeated testing can already account for a significant part of the total effort.
This is especially visible in root cause analysis: a bug report usually describes only the outcome – not the path that led to it. Technical logs provide valuable information, but they don't automatically establish the connection to the specific user action.
Effort at the vendor
- Regression tests after changes
- Reproducing customer-reported defects
- Follow-up questions to customers to reconstruct the workflow
- Renewed regression tests after bug fixes
Effort at the customer
- Manually performing recurring workflows
- Reporting and describing defects
- Repeating tests after fixes
- Renewed testing after updates and hotfixes
User action and technical diagnostics become one reproducible process.
GUITestStudio combines the execution of a real user workflow with continuous technical observation of the running application.
User actions
The steps performed are recorded and can later be reproduced.
Technical information
During the session, information such as CPU usage, memory consumption, network activity, processes, exceptions, and stack traces can be captured.
Repeatability
A recorded workflow can be executed again and reused for root cause analysis and regression testing.
A bug report becomes a reproducible technical process.
The developer no longer has to reconstruct the original user workflow solely from a description. The actual workflow can be replayed and analyzed technically at the same time.
What's in it for me – and how much do I save?
The benefit doesn't come only from saved testing time. What matters is the possible reduction of total effort – from the software change to successful customer acceptance.
In recurring software testing, effort doesn't only arise at the software vendor. On the customer side too, workflows have to be re-checked after updates, defects reproduced, and results documented. When the same test workflows are automated, a test case created once can be reused on both sides.
Full-time employees
Example number of staff tied up on the vendor side who, in the scenario considered, are occupied with recurring testing, verification, and analysis tasks.
Per month at the customer
Five employees each spend five days per month on recurring tests and checks following software updates.
per year
Theoretical annual work volume from both sides, if the stated capacities are used entirely for these tasks.
From manual effort to automated test run
The following calculation is deliberately built as a model calculation. It shows the order of magnitude of the potential and does not represent a statement about the personnel costs actually incurred today.
What does this working time correspond to financially?
For an example view, fully loaded costs of €80 per working hour are assumed on the vendor side and €55 per working hour on the customer side. These values are used solely for the model calculation and can be replaced with actual internal fully loaded rates.
Vendor side
38,400 hours × €80 per hour result in a theoretical annual labor cost volume of around €3.07 million.
Customer side
2,400 hours × €55 per hour result in a theoretical annual labor cost volume of around €132,000.
Total volume
Together, this corresponds to a theoretical annual labor cost volume of around €3.20 million.
Not every test can be fully automated
What matters, therefore, is not the assumption that GUITestStudio replaces all employees. The more interesting question is what share of the recurring manual work can be automated.
* Model calculation based on €80/h on the vendor side and €55/h on the customer side. FTE equivalent based on 1,600 working hours per year. The values illustrate the possible potential and are not a forecast of actual savings.
A test case can replace work on both sides – without having to create the test case twice.
A workflow recorded once can be used by the software vendor for regression testing and subsequently reused by the customer for acceptance and update checks. If a defect occurs, screenshots, timeline, technical diagnostic data, and – depending on configuration – metrics are available in addition to the test result.
A real workflow is performed once.
The workflow is repeated as often as needed.
Test cases and sessions can be exchanged between the parties involved.
Defects are examined together with the actual workflow and technical information.
The potential shown deliberately focuses on recurring testing effort. Additional effects not yet monetized in the model calculation arise from faster defect reproduction, fewer follow-up questions between customer and vendor, and earlier detection of regressions.
A one-time license instead of a subscription.
GUITestStudio can be tried free of charge for 14 days with the full feature set. If it convinces you, you purchase a one-time, permanent license – no subscription, no recurring costs.
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From a manual cycle to a reusable process.
Today
With GUITestStudio
A workflow recorded once becomes a reusable regression test that is automatically executed again with every new version – for the vendor's standard tests as well as for the customer's individual workflows.
Regression testing
A workflow performed manually once becomes a reusable test case that can be re-run with every release.
Vendor & customer
Standardized vendor tests can be combined with the customer's individual test scenarios – in the event of a defect, a reproducible workflow is available instead of just a description.
Performance & resources
The same usage process can be executed on different versions and compared in terms of memory, CPU, and network activity.
Don't evaluate theoretically – try it and measure it.
The benefit of GUITestStudio should be assessed based on real processes. A limited pilot run is well suited for this, comparing the previous effort with the effort when using GUITestStudio.
01 · Root Cause Analysis
Selected real defects are recorded and reproduced with GUITestStudio.
- Time to reproduction
- Number of follow-up questions
- Time to root cause analysis
- Time to fix
02 · Regression
Existing manual tests are mapped as automated test cases.
- Number of automated tests
- Manual testing time before/after
- Execution time
- Detected regressions
03 · Release Comparison
Identical usage scenarios are executed on different versions.
- Memory consumption
- CPU usage
- Network activity
- Noticeable load peaks
04 · Customer System
A selected customer test system is included in the process.
- Effort for customer testing
- Reproducibility of defects
- Communication effort
- Effort for repeat acceptance
| Metric | Question |
|---|---|
| Time to reproduction | How quickly can a reported defect be made reproducible? |
| Time to root cause analysis | How quickly can the technical cause be narrowed down? |
| Manual testing effort | How much time is saved through automated repetition? |
| Automated test cases | How many real workflows can be permanently safeguarded through automation? |
| Customer effort | How much does the effort for recurring acceptance and regression testing decrease? |
GUITestStudio as a link between software vendor and customer.
The core idea is not to provide yet another testing mechanism.
GUITestStudio is meant to more closely connect the process – today partly separated – of testing, release, customer acceptance, defect communication, and root cause analysis.
A real user workflow can become a reproducible test. A reproducible test can generate technical comparison data. And a recorded defect can become a process that is traceable and repeatable on both sides.
The vendor and the customer therefore don't have to start from zero with every version: a test case created once, a workflow recorded once, and a defect reproduction documented once can be reused across future releases.
Test automation
Repeatable safeguarding of existing workflows across multiple releases.
Defect diagnostics
Connection between user action and technical system state.
Reproducibility
The same workflow can be re-run on different test systems and versions.