Test automation entails a significant investment for any project. With mobile automation, this investment is even higher due to the various costs such as the device and additional tool plugin license costs involved. Hence, it is very important to be able to predict the economic viability of the venture to avoid losses later. This is the same as any investment decision that an organization is required to make before committing funds to any business proposition.

In this section, you will learn about this very important, but often overlooked, aspect of a mobile test automation project. You will learn how RoI is calculated, how to accurately analyze and predict the time it would take for a mobile automation project to become profitable, and you will learn the best practices to be adapted throughout the mobile test automation project lifecycle to maximize and speed up the realization of a positive RoI.