On-demand Webinar

Busting the Biggest Software Testing Myths

42 min Testing Myths 2 speakers
Webinar
CSChaitanya Sethi
Senior Salesforce Consultant – Automation Testing & Business Analysis
DBDeep Barot
Founder, ContextQA (host)

"Automation will replace manual testing." "More test cases means better quality." "You don't need testers in Agile." This session debunks the most common testing myths with logic and data — covering quality over quantity, the tester's true role, tool-adoption resistance, and ROI-driven automation.

What you'll learn

Walk away knowing how to apply it

Counter common testing myths with data and logic
Why coverage matters more than raw test-case count
Why automation can't replace manual — and how to build a hybrid skillset
Evaluate the real ROI of automating vs running a test manually
What leadership should check when choosing a testing tool
Inside this session

What the conversation covers

Four myths: automation replaces manual, 100% bug-free is achievable, testing is only bug-finding, no testers in Agile/DevOps

Educating leadership with the cost-of-a-bug curve (production vs early)

Why "more tests" can inflate counts while hurting real coverage

Tying coverage to user stories: sanity, smoke, end-to-end

Deciding automation scope by story points and complexity

Resistance to new tools: comfort zone, fear of change, capability myths

ROI math: don't automate a once-run scenario that's faster to run by hand

Key takeaways

The ideas worth remembering

A 100% bug-free system is never achievable

More test cases do not mean better quality — coverage tied to user stories does

Testers are quality torch-bearers who bridge tech and client teams

Tool decisions must be ROI-driven, not personal-preference-driven

A good software tester is always a good invigilator — careful right from requirement gathering until the project is delivered.
— Chaitanya Sethi
Speakers

Who you'll hear from

CS

Chaitanya Sethi

Senior Salesforce Consultant – Automation Testing & Business Analysis

DB

Deep Barot

Founder, ContextQA (host)

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