Automated software Testing

1. Automated Software Testing
Group :
W. N. Dilrukshi
A. S. U. Dharmadasa
N. T. Kapuwatte

2. Content
• Software Testing
• What is Automated Testing
• Why Automated Software Testing
• Manual and Automated Testing
• Process
• Types
• Tools
• Advantages and Disadvantages of AST
• References

3. Software Testing
A formal process carried out by a specialized testing team in which a
software unit, several integrated software units or an entire software
package are examined by running the program with dummy data in
computer

4. What is automated software testing
Automation is the use of tools and strategies that reduce human
involvement or interaction in unskilled, repetitive or redundant tasks.
Automated software testing is a process in which software tools
execute pre-scripted tests on a software application before it is
released into production.

5. Why Automated Software Testing
• Time saving can be affect to cost savings
• Improves testing productivity
• High accuracy
• Increases test coverage
• Does what manual testing cannot do

6. Automated Software Testing Process
• Test planning.
• Test design.
• Test case preparation.
• Test performance.
• Test log and report preparation.
• Re-testing after correction of detected errors.
• Final test log and report preparation including comparison reports.

7. Manual Testing vs Automation Testing
Testing Process Phase
Performance
In Manual In Automated
Test Planning M M
Test Design M M
Preparing Test Cases M M
Performance of the Tests M A
Preparing Test Logs and Test Reports M A
Regression Tests M A

8. Automated Software Testing Types
• Code auditing
• Coverage monitoring
• Functional tests
• Load tests
• Test management

9. Automated Software Testing Tools
• Selenium
• Ranorex
• Watir
• Tosca Testsuite
• TestingWhiz

10. Advantages of Automated Software Testing
• Accuracy and completeness of performance
• Accuracy of results log and summary reports.
• Comprehensiveness of information
• Few manpower resources required to perform tests.
• Performance of complete regression tests.

11. Disadvantages of Automated Software Testing
• High investments required in package purchasing and training
• High package development investment costs.
• High manpower requirements for test preparation.
• Considerable testing areas left uncovered.

12. Reference
D. Galin, Software Quality Assurance. England: Pearson Education Limited, 2004, pp. 235 -
244.Automated software testing: introduction, management, and performance - Elfriede Dustin, Jeff
E. Dustin, "The Automated Testing Lifecycle Methodology (ATLM) | Introducing the ATLM |
InformIT", Informit.com, 2018. [Online]. Available:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=21468. [Accessed: 13- Jan- 2018].
"Test automation", En.wikipedia.org, 2018. [Online]. Available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_automation. [Accessed: 14- Jan- 2018].