Is Hexawise a magical “silver bullet” for all our testing needs?
If only it were that simple. Hexawise will consistenly deliver dramatic benefits if used correctly in the vast majority of testing projects outside of Unit Testing, but there are a couple important caveats to keep in mind: • With or without Hexawise, to develop effective test plans, you need the input of Intelligent and thoughtful test designers. Using Hexawise will unfortunately not turn incompetent, dim-witted testers into geniuses overnight. • With or without Hexawise, testers can forget to include things. If a Hexawise user fails to include inputs that should be tested, Hexawise’s optimized Test Cases will also fail to include them. • You should not rely exclusively on Hexawise as single source for all of your test cases. • Hexawise may well generate the vast majority of tests that should be run on an application. • Even so, you should consult Subject Matter Experts to see if they would recommend supplementing the Hexawise-generated test cases with additional tests.
