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Introduction

What is Automation?

- Automation is making a process automatic, eliminating the need for human intervention.
- Is a self-controlling or self-moving process.
- Automation software offers automation wizard and commands of its own in addition to
providing task recording and re-play capabilities.
- Using these tools we can record the task
- Then if needed use the editor to edit the task, add new commands or using GUI automation
wizards

Benefits of Automation

Fast: test automation runs faster than human users
Reliable: it performs precisely the same operations at each time elimination human errors
Repeatable: It performs the same operation with different combination of data in a less time
Programmable: We can use sophisticated tests that brings out hidden information
Reusable: We can develop reusable components which can run on different versions of
application under test
Regression testing: easy to conduct regression test
Enabling 24*7 testing: test can be schedule and supports unattended recovery
Robust Verification: Support robust verification mechanism than any other testing tools
What Tests should be Automated?
 Tests executed for each software build
 tests which can be easily automated
 Business critical tests
 tests that are difficult to perform manually
Test artefacts (tools):

Requirements: the requirements that are being tested are stored into the repository. This
feature enables us to map the requirements to test cases and test scripts.
Test Plan: Design the tests and build the test plan on it using the test management tool. The
test plan will be maintained in a central repository. This will help to produce reusable tests
cases in future. The information is sharable and preserved.