Test Automation Architectures and Advanced Techniques (CSTP #6) or (CTM Elective) or (CSTAS Elective)

This course covers area 6 of the Test Professional Body of Knowledge requirements. This course also covers the Elective area for the Certified Test Manager (CTM) and the CSTAS certification.

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Concepts

This one day course presents many proven examples of test automation scripting techniques from a functional, as well as load/performance testing perspective. Pseudo-code will be used for all examples so as not to draw dependence on any one particular product or tool. Emphasis is placed on generating the greatest ROI from your automated testing efforts. Common automation problems are discussed, as well as solutions for overcoming them. Particular emphasis is placed on getting the most out of automated tools, error handling and logging techniques, and developing a robust automated testing architecture.

Outline

• Description of Test Automation Architectures?
  • How do you build a good one?
  • How do you recognize a bad one?
• Test Scripts / Cases as Organization Assets
  • Cataloging the tests
  • Referencing the tests
  • Test script re-use
• Standards and Guidelines
• Infrastructure needed to support automated testing efforts
• Test Script documentation and templates
• Dealing with Data Issues Needed to Support Automated Testing
  • Selecting appropriate data
    • Dealing with breadth
    • Dealing with depth
• Importance of Parameter or Table Driven Tests
• Building an automation library
• Error handling
• Discussion of Automated Testing Special Situations
  • Web application tests
  • Testing Web services (SOAP, XML)
  • Tools to use
• Security Issues with Automated Testing
• Defining Automated Test Templates
• Defining and utilizing metrics in the automated testing process
  • Functional metrics
  • Performance metric