During the start of the project how the company will come to a conclusion that tool is required for testing or not?

[Spoorthi]

During the start of the project how the company will come to a conclusion that tool is required for testing or not?

[sk_kireeti]

You can find few points in the below post
How do you choose and evaluate automation testing tools?

Along with few points discussed in above thread, few more considerations are required to make this decision.

1. How much testing is actually requried and what percentage can be automated?
2. How frequently we have to run those scripts?
3. How much time will it really save?
4. How much time and resources should we spend in automation? Do we have them?
5. Is the client insisting on using automation tools?

Thanks,
Krishna