In conjunction with Sauce Labs, QASource presented a webinar, "Reducing False Positives With Automated In Automated Testing". This slide deck summarizes the key points of the presentation. To view the complete webinar, visit: https://youtu.be/bi8hDBoZMPY Subscribe to the QASource YouTube channel for future webinars and other engaging video content!

1. Reducing
False Positives
in
Automated
Testing

2. FALSE POSITIVES ARE “FAILED”
TESTS THAT SHOULD HAVE PASSED,
aka FALSE ALARMS.

3. WHY DO THEY OCCUR?

4. WHY DO THEY OCCUR?
• AUTOMATION APPROACH

5. WHY DO THEY OCCUR?
• AUTOMATION APPROACH
• IMPLEMENTED FRAMEWORK

6. WHY DO THEY OCCUR?
• AUTOMATION APPROACH
• IMPLEMENTED FRAMEWORK
• THE WRITTEN TEST ITSELF

7. THERE ARE SEVERAL POTENTIAL
CAUSES FOR FALSE POSITIVES IN
AUTOMATED TESTING:

8. RELYING
ON UI
Cause #1:

9. Small changes
in UI can cause
test breakage

10. CHANGE IN
UI ELEMENT
PROPERTIES
Cause #2:

11. Any change to:
ID

12. Any change to:
ID
CSS

13. Any change to:
ID
CSS
CLASS NAME

14. Can result in
test breakage

15. SHARED
ENVIRONMENTS
Cause #3:

16. Functional &
automated testing
require separate
environments

17. REFERENCE
DATA CHANGE
Cause #4:

18. Scripts may change
configuration data
required by a test

19. SLOW
PERFORMANCE
Cause #5:

20. Slow performance =
Slow test execution
& test failure

21. MANUAL
INTERVENTION
Cause #6:

22. Some data must be
cleared manually
before/after
test execution

23. RELYING ON
SEQUENCE OF
EXECUTION
Cause #7:

24. Any failure in
test sequence
impacts the entire
test suite

25. KEYS TO
REDUCING
FALSE POSITIVES

26. USE OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS

27. USE OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS
CONTROLLED AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT

28. USE OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS
CONTROLLED AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT
KEEP TESTS SHORT

29. USE OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS
CONTROLLED AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT
KEEP TESTS SHORT
KEEP TESTS INDEPENDENT

30. USE OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS
CONTROLLED AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT
KEEP TESTS SHORT
KEEP TESTS INDEPENDENT
USE RIGHT LOCATORS
FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION

31. VIEW THE ENTIRE
QASOURCE
WEBINAR
AND READ THE COMPLETE Q & A:
Pre and Post Webinar Questions Answered: Reducing
False Positives in Automated Testing
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