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Analyzing Results

Reporting Overview​

Once your test results are in, you’ll need to analyze them to determine the appropriate actions. Reporting can be divided into two main categories:

Tactical Reporting​

  • Focus:
    Fixing immediate problems with your tests.
  • Examples:
    • Test failures
    • Flaky tests
    • Long execution times
    • High resource consumption

Strategic Reporting​

  • Focus:
    Planning and optimizing your overall testing strategy.
  • Examples:
    • Identifying areas of your applications that need more testing.
    • Tracking trends such as increasing failure rates or prolonged test durations.
    • Adjusting focus based on which components or test types need more attention.

Note:
CI/CD tooling often supports tactical analysis, but it typically lacks robust features for strategic reporting, especially when multiple testing tools or non-traditional test triggers are involved. External tools can help if configured to ingest the outputs from your tests.

Importance of Analysis​

Effective analysis of test results is critical for:

  • DevOps Teams:
    For optimizing and analyzing test execution infrastructure.
  • QA Teams:
    For planning tactical and strategic testing activities.

Analyzing Test Results with Testkube​

Testkube includes a powerful Test Insights module that collects detailed metrics from each test execution, enabling both operational and strategic decision-making. With Test Insights you can answer questions such as:

  • Which tests are consuming the most time or resources?
  • How are overall testing efforts trending in terms of pass/fail ratios, test counts, or flakiness?
  • Which components or test types require increased focus?

Insights

Further Considerations​

Use the insights gathered to continuously improve your testing processes, ensuring that your teams remain agile and responsive to both immediate issues and long-term trends.