http://blogs.msdn.com/dave_froslie/archive/2007/12/03/automated-testing-or-manual-testing.aspxOne of the great debates in the Software Test Engineering world involves the optimal mix of automated testing and manual testing. Like all good debates in software engineering, there are the religious fanatics that position themselves at either end ofen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/dave_froslie/archive/2007/12/03/automated-testing-or-manual-testing.aspx#6647143Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:25:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6647143TheCPUIWizard<p>An excellent article!!</p> <p>To summarize (in my own words). Use &quot;automation&quot;/&quot;tools&quot; to facilitate the development of tests which require &quot;human&quot; insight. Do not burden the human with doing the mechanical repetative portions.</p> <p>A philosophy that applies to MANY different disciplines, not just testing.</p>