Seven Steps to Test Automation Success

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1. Seven Steps To Test Automation Success by Bret Pettichord Presented by Rafael Castillo
2. Problems in Test Automation Spare time test automation. Lack of clear goals. Lack of experience. Reaction to desperation. Reluctant to think about testing. High turnover.
4. Follow the Rules of Software Development Follow the seven steps to test automation success: 1. Improve the Testing Process 2. Define Requirements 3. Prove the Concept 4. Champion Product Testability 5. Design for Sustainability 6. Plan for Deployment 7. Face the Challenges of Success
5. Step 1 Improve the testing process
6. Tips: 1. Improve the testing documentation. 2. Get more computers. 3. Improve the product.
7. Step 2 Define Requirements
8. Set common goals and always focus on getting the biggest payback of testing automation.
9. Step 3 Prove the concept
10. Is it even possible to automate test for the product?
11. 1. prove the feasibility of your test automation as early as possible. 2. some POC candidates : a. Regression test suites. b. Configuration test. c. Test bed setup. d. Non-GUI Testing
12. Step 4 Champion product testability
13. Make your software agile, not fragile
14. Step 5 Design for Sustainability
15. Characteristics of a sustainable test suite 1. Reviewability 2. Maintainability 3. Integrity 4. Independence 5. Repeatability
16. Step 6 Plan for Deployment
17. 1. Package the automated tests for others to use. 2. Test your test suite. 3. Get others to use your test suite as soon as it’s ready. 4. Make your test suite widely available to the entire product team.
18. Step 7 Face the challenges of Success
19. 1. Avoid the “old oak syndrome”. 2. keep in mind the pesticide paradox. 3. Test automation is not a substitute of manual testing. 4. continuing to invest in test automation.
21. Thanks