Guideto Successful Application Test Automation

NYC Technology Forum Introduction to Test Automation 11/2/07 All rights reserved Not to be reproduced without permission Bill Rinko-Gay Solutions Director, Software Quality Management John Stephens Practice Director, Software Quality Management

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Benefits of Automated Testing Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

General Misconceptions About Automated Testing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is Test Automation? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Primary Goal of Automated Testing ,[object Object],Automated Testing is an enhancement upon existing methodology and manual process

So, You Want to Implement Test Automation…

Challenges in Automated Testing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Test Automation Checklist ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What to Automate? Choosing Ideal Manual Test Cases

Criteria for Automating a Test Case Why Automate? Selecting the right tests to automate is very critical to effective implementation!! Repetitiveness Test Cases that are to be performed repeatedly Test Cases that are business-critical and/or high risk Criticality Tedious Test Cases that are tedious to perform manually Time Consuming Test Cases that require considerable amount of time to perform manually

Tool - AUT Compatibility ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Test Automation Requirements Definition The set of criteria that the automated test suite must meet to be successful - the requirements for an automation project.

Test Automation Requirements What are the Success Criteria for the project? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example Requirement: The test tool shall test the login functionality of a web application, on a Windows 2000 platform, and run unattended simultaneously on three PCs.

Planning for Test Automation Test Automation Requirements help drive and determine the approach and design of the implementation. Test Automation Requirements Test Automation Design/Approach

Test Automation Methodology Analysis & Strategy Execution & Results Management Construction Design

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Designing the Test Automation Architecture Maximizing Maintainability

Automation Architecture Design Options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Design Goals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Typical Design Components Subscripts Startup Script Data Table Driver Script Function Library ,[object Object],[object Object],A script that performs a discrete portion of a business process to be tested ,[object Object],Data sources (such as spreadsheets) used to store test data for use during test execution

Automation Test Environment ,[object Object],[object Object]

Test Data Strategy ,[object Object],[object Object],Test Data is critical to reliable automated testing!!

Creating Test Data Various Methods ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Coding Standards ,[object Object],[object Object]

Maintenance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Emphasize robustness and flexibility

Maintenance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Building an Automation Test Team Ideal characteristics of an Automation Engineer:

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