Large software development firms have long relied on automated software testing. The Test Automation Assessment Checklist includes everything you'll need to get started with automation testing. A test automation evaluation checklist may be used to see if a product, project, or team is ready to automate testing.

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A test automation assessment checklist is used to assess a product/project/team to know whether it is ready to
implement test automation. A number of areas are covered, wherein each of the area provides a checklist to ensure
that the automation testing process is going in the right direction and can achieve expected results. The checklist
is prepared by bringing in key members who understand the product from a technical aspect (product specialist,
senior developer, architect), knows the product’s testing needs (team representative, tester, team manager) and also
know the product history and roadmap (project manager, product owner, system owner). In this article, you will get
to know about the six points that are required to assess test automation activity.
Following is a checklist that comprises six important points
to assess test automation activity:
Test
automation
assessment
checklist
1. The objective of test automation:
The expectations required out of test automation activity
The test level on which the automation needs to be implemented.
2. Considering the System Under Test:
Ascertain whether the system has a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or not
Determine whether it is a tailored or service standard system, a pre-configured system, or an internally
developed system
Managing surrounding systems in the target test environment by taking into consideration dependencies and
integrations
Encountering errors in the system and the level of their severity. Analyzing the impact
Dynamic identifiers contained in the GUI elements (object name) in the system
The standard libraries capability for the programming language is extended by the use of third party
components
The usage of base technologies (Ex: SOA, REST, C#, .NET, Java, Websphere) in the system under test
APIs, REST/SOA services that can be best suited for testing and/or data management
The documentation of external interfaces to the system
The system should have an updated and relevant SAD (System Architecture Description)
The extent to which the system under test uses automated unit tests.
3. Considering the situation of the surrounding development:
The frequency of production deployments and releases
The current phase of product development
The frequency of test environment deployments and releases
Analyzing the use of established development practice
Ascertaining whether the system under test is developed incrementally
Ascertaining the use of any issue tracking system/task
The programming language that is being used to develop the system
Streamlining the communication process between developers and testers.
4. Considering the test automation:
The key members involved in taking up the responsibility of test automation maintenance
Any specific concept that needs to be implemented
Consider whether the project has any failed automation attempts
Version management and backup of the test scripts should be strategically planned
The test automation solution should be documented in a planned manner
Calculate the ROI for the test automation activities.
5. Considering the testing situation:
Automating those documented test cases that are ready
Scrutinize the frequency of errors for the regression tests
The environment status for which planning is required in order to run automated tests
The current number of testers per developer that are available in the project
The key project members who are experienced in the automation process and to what extent
The specific usage of any test automation tool
The necessary control over the test data.
6. Considering the test environment:
The data that is being used in the test cases have any complex dependencies or not
The initiation of deploys to the test environment.
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The objective
of test automation
Considering
the System Under
Test
Considering the
situation of the
surrounding
development
Considering
the test automation
Considering the
testing situation
Considering the
test environment
assess
test
automation
activity