We often hear that ” teamwork is dreamwork”.When working on a project as a team, the task is done in the most possible efficient and effective way. If we shift towards the perspective of business, before launching a product, the product before launch has to be rigorously tested to eliminate the possibility of defects. In the field of software technology, most modern software package applications deliver complicated functionalities across multiple devices and platforms, and to evaluate every aspect of the software at a stipulated time becomes quite difficult. To help the testers, there are certain test automation tools that help these testers to perform a set of tests and to repeat the tests for accuracy of results in a specific timeframe.

 Carrying all the tests via automation seems impossible because every test performed cannot be liable due to its shortcomings. Hence testing the software by both automation tests and manual tests tends to be beneficial. It is essential if the software tester coordinates both automated and manual tests. What are these tests in general? If we talk about automated testing, these are the tests that are executed by the tester who has written codes/test samples to automate. Manual testing involves the testing of software manually by quality analysts. Manual testing is done worldwide to date even though the world is moving towards automation. Manual testing is considered a vital part of the software cycle.

According to testing professionals, automated testing is an alternative to manual testing but in reality, automated testing complements manual testing in many ways. It also enhances manual testing. When both the tests, automated and manual testing are being performed their primary objective is usually the same. Likewise, the testing pace and consistency expanded by the software testing tools and systems rely upon the nature of tests.

The testing manager needs to make testing professionals realize the importance of coordinating the manual and alternative tests and how they complement each other because these software testing tools cannot be used to assess the software from the perspective of the end-users. The manager can inspire the testing professionals to use test management tools to carry out the testing. Many software is designed to serve test case management. It can be arranged to reinforce test case administration in a few distinctive ways. You can either alter its local components (i.e. issue sort and workflow) to meet your test case needs, otherwise, you can utilize one of the handfuls of apps accessible. Jira is a software that is basically used for test case management purposes. 

There are test management tools for Jira. These tools provide a robust Rest API, and the ability to assimilate with CI tools, along with out of the box reports for testing progress and real-time insights. The test management tools for Jira are Zephyr for Jira, TestFLO, Xray. When testing professionals using Jira, the X-ray app provides both automated and manual testing for the QA teams. It allows the testing users to manage all the tests because Jira issues allowing the users to customize screens, workflows, and fields. Apart from these tools, when coordinating automated tests and manual tests, it may occur that the manual testers will start working when automation ends. In a similar way, the semiautomated tests will require the manual testers to intercede between two definite automated tests. This coordination allows both the automated testers and manual testers to coordinate with each other consistently resulting an efficiency of work performed. The coordination between the manual and automated testers facilitates the accomplishment of the common objective. This coordination also creates a unified and integrated test environment which boosts cooperation among individual professionals easing the test plan designed to be carried out efficiently in the most possible manner. 

Automating tests has a small disadvantage as the scripts need to be changed completely if there is a UI change. The alternative to this is manual testing as it can work fine with changes comparatively simple and quicker when compared. Where manual tests are needed to be performed, there is a chance of inaccuracy because it does involve human error and to overcome that automated tests can be performed due to their reliability. Both automated testing and manual testing have their own shortcomings, at a time one is being preferred over the other, due to this reason it essential to coordinate both the tests because no business can automate all its testing efforts and can perform a variety of tests in a stipulated timeframe.