The document provides an overview of manual and automated testing, defining each method and outlining their advantages. Manual testing is characterized by human testers providing immediate feedback and flexibility, while automated testing excels in speed, accuracy, and scalability. A comparison highlights differences in execution speed, cost, and accuracy between the two testing approaches.

1. Manual and Automated Testing
Overview, Characteristics, and
Comparison

2. Manual Testing
• Definition: Testing performed by human
testers without automation tools.
• Advantages:
• - Best for usability and exploratory testing.
• - Flexible and suitable for dynamic scenarios.
• - Immediate feedback on issues.
• - Low initial cost.

3. Automated Testing
• Definition: Testing performed using tools and
scripts to execute test cases.
• Advantages:
• - Fast and accurate for repetitive tasks.
• - Supports scalability and CI/CD.
• - Reusable test scripts for multiple cycles.
• - Handles large and complex projects
efficiently.

4. Comparison: Manual vs Automated
Testing
• | **Aspect** | **Manual Testing**
| **Automated Testing** |
• |-----------------------|-----------------------------------
--|-------------------------------------|
• | Execution Speed | Slower
| Faster |
• | Cost | Low initial, high long-term
| High initial, low long-term |
• | Accuracy | Prone to human error
| Highly accurate for repetitive tasks|