“Automation is the use of tools and strategies that reduce human involvement or interaction in unskilled, repetitive or redundant tasks”

1. AUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTINGAUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTING
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2. CONTENTSCONTENTS
 Introduction to Automated Software Testing
 Process of Automated Testing
 Advantages & Disadvantages
 Choosing Automation Tools
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3. INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATEDINTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATED
SOFTWARE TESTINGSOFTWARE TESTING
 “Software Testing is usually the part of the
project which makes grown men weep” [1]
 Ever-shrinking schedule and minimal
resources
 It involves automating a manual process of
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4. DEFINITION OF AUTOMATIONDEFINITION OF AUTOMATION
“Automation is the use of tools andAutomation is the use of tools and
strategies that reduce human involvementstrategies that reduce human involvement
or interaction in unskilled, repetitive oror interaction in unskilled, repetitive or
redundant tasksredundant tasks”
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5. THE AUTOMATED TESTTHE AUTOMATED TEST
LIFECYCLE METHODOLOGYLIFECYCLE METHODOLOGY
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6. WHY AUTOMATE?WHY AUTOMATE?
 Verification and Validation of the
requirements and organisation.
 Defects and Failures caused by
misunderstood requirements or coding
errors.
 Compatibility of the Software.
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7. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGESADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
OF AUTOMATED TESTINGOF AUTOMATED TESTING
 Reliable: eliminating
human error
 Reusable
 Better Quality
Software
 Fast
 Cost Reduction
 High investment is
needed in the tools and
training
 High man power
requirement for test
preparations
 A lot of testing areas
left uncovered
Advantages Disadvantages
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8. CHOOSING AUTOMATION TOOLSCHOOSING AUTOMATION TOOLS
 Ease of integration
 Compatibility
 Performance
 Types of tests
 Maintainability
 Affordability 8

9. SUMMARYSUMMARY
 Automate tests for ever-shrinking schedules
and minimal resources
 Automated software testing lifecycle
 Advantages and disadvantages of
automation
 Choosing automation tools 9

10. THE ENDTHE END
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