This document summarizes the costs and benefits of testing SAP PI interfaces. It finds that testing accounts for 30-40% of development costs on typical IT projects. The costs of normal PI testing and support pack installations are estimated to be $80,000 per year. Using test automation software like IRT could reduce testing costs to $39,667 per year. The document also notes that failing to test interfaces adequately could result in significant additional costs from issues like support cases, rollbacks, lost business, and system downtime, estimated at $85,600 per year.