The document discusses how to make automation an asset to software testing organizations by outlining the advantages and disadvantages of manual versus automated testing, providing examples of what types of tests are best suited for automation, and describing best practices for developing an effective test automation process and addressing common myths about automation. It emphasizes that automation can increase testing efficiency and coverage but requires proper planning, resources, and maintenance to be successful.
Why Automation Fails—in Theory and PracticeTechWell
Testers face common challenges in automation. Unfortunately, these challenges often lead to subsequent failures. Jim Trentadue explains a variety of automation perceptions and myths―the perception that a significant increase in time and people is needed to implement automation; the myth that, once automation is achieved, testers will not be needed; the myth that scripted automation will serve all the testing needs for an application; the perception that developers and testers can add automation to a project without additional time, resources, or training; the belief that anyone can implement automation. The testing organization must ramp up quickly on the test automation process and the prep-work analysis that needs to be done including when to start, how to structure the tests, and what system to start with. Learn how to respond to these common challenges by developing a solid business case for increased automation adoption by engaging manual testers in the testing organization, being technology agnostic, and stabilizing test scripts regardless of applications changes.
Kanoah Tests is a test management tool that integrates seamlessly with JIRA. It allows coordinating all test management activities like planning, authoring, execution, and reporting from within JIRA. Users praise Kanoah Tests for its simple and elegant solution compared to other plugins, and for the responsive customer service. The tool provides features like test case authoring at the story level, test planning and execution, test importing, and a REST API for test automation. It offers benefits like centralized test management, end-to-end traceability, and real-time insights into testing progress through built-in reports.
The document discusses testing best practices for rich client applications. It outlines the challenges of testing user interfaces and interactions. It then describes different levels of testing from ad hoc to crowdsourcing. Unit testing, continuous integration, and automated functional testing are explained. The current state of testing tools for Titanium is presented along with a demo. Future directions including more automation and crowdsourced testing are envisioned.
What are the Key drivers for automation? What are the Challenges in Agile automation and How to deal with them? How to automate? Who will automate? Which tool to select? Commercial or open source? What to automate? Which features? Here is what our experience says
like Google, Improve your Test perception & practices and learn how Test might be a key lever to improve your business.
- Understand the different types of Test
- Best & Worst practices of Test
It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time: Intelligent Mistakes in Test AutomationTechWell
Some test automation ideas seem very sensible at first glance but contain pitfalls and problems that can and should be avoided. Dot Graham describes five of these “intelligent mistakes”—1. Automated tests will find more bugs quicker. (Automation doesn’t find bugs, tests do.) 2. Spending a lot on a tool must guarantee great benefits. (Good automation does not come “out of the box” and is not automatic.) 3. Let’s automate all of our manual tests. (This may not give you better or faster testing, and you will miss out on some benefits.) 4. Tools are expensive so we have to show a return on investment. (This is not only surprisingly difficult but may actually be harmful.) 5. Because they are called “testing tools,” they must be tools for testers to use. (Making testers become test automators may be damaging to both testing and automation.) Join Dot for a rousing discussion of “intelligent mistakes”—so you can be smart enough to avoid them.
The document discusses how to make automation an asset to software testing organizations by outlining the advantages and disadvantages of manual versus automated testing, providing examples of what types of tests are best suited for automation, and describing best practices for developing an effective test automation process and addressing common myths about automation. It emphasizes that automation can increase testing efficiency and coverage but requires proper planning, resources, and maintenance to be successful.
Why Automation Fails—in Theory and PracticeTechWell
Testers face common challenges in automation. Unfortunately, these challenges often lead to subsequent failures. Jim Trentadue explains a variety of automation perceptions and myths―the perception that a significant increase in time and people is needed to implement automation; the myth that, once automation is achieved, testers will not be needed; the myth that scripted automation will serve all the testing needs for an application; the perception that developers and testers can add automation to a project without additional time, resources, or training; the belief that anyone can implement automation. The testing organization must ramp up quickly on the test automation process and the prep-work analysis that needs to be done including when to start, how to structure the tests, and what system to start with. Learn how to respond to these common challenges by developing a solid business case for increased automation adoption by engaging manual testers in the testing organization, being technology agnostic, and stabilizing test scripts regardless of applications changes.
Kanoah Tests is a test management tool that integrates seamlessly with JIRA. It allows coordinating all test management activities like planning, authoring, execution, and reporting from within JIRA. Users praise Kanoah Tests for its simple and elegant solution compared to other plugins, and for the responsive customer service. The tool provides features like test case authoring at the story level, test planning and execution, test importing, and a REST API for test automation. It offers benefits like centralized test management, end-to-end traceability, and real-time insights into testing progress through built-in reports.
The document discusses testing best practices for rich client applications. It outlines the challenges of testing user interfaces and interactions. It then describes different levels of testing from ad hoc to crowdsourcing. Unit testing, continuous integration, and automated functional testing are explained. The current state of testing tools for Titanium is presented along with a demo. Future directions including more automation and crowdsourced testing are envisioned.
What are the Key drivers for automation? What are the Challenges in Agile automation and How to deal with them? How to automate? Who will automate? Which tool to select? Commercial or open source? What to automate? Which features? Here is what our experience says
like Google, Improve your Test perception & practices and learn how Test might be a key lever to improve your business.
- Understand the different types of Test
- Best & Worst practices of Test
It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time: Intelligent Mistakes in Test AutomationTechWell
Some test automation ideas seem very sensible at first glance but contain pitfalls and problems that can and should be avoided. Dot Graham describes five of these “intelligent mistakes”—1. Automated tests will find more bugs quicker. (Automation doesn’t find bugs, tests do.) 2. Spending a lot on a tool must guarantee great benefits. (Good automation does not come “out of the box” and is not automatic.) 3. Let’s automate all of our manual tests. (This may not give you better or faster testing, and you will miss out on some benefits.) 4. Tools are expensive so we have to show a return on investment. (This is not only surprisingly difficult but may actually be harmful.) 5. Because they are called “testing tools,” they must be tools for testers to use. (Making testers become test automators may be damaging to both testing and automation.) Join Dot for a rousing discussion of “intelligent mistakes”—so you can be smart enough to avoid them.
Many organizations never achieve the significant benefits that are promised from automated test execution. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues, especially at system testing level. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues. Dot Graham describes the most important management concerns the test manager must address for test automation success, and helps you understand and choose the best approaches for your organization—no matter which automation tools you use or your current state of automation. Dot explains how automation affects staffing, who should be responsible for which automation tasks, how managers can best support automation efforts leading to success, and why return on investment can be dangerous and what you can realistically expect. Dot also reviews a few key technical issues that can make or break the automation effort. Come away with an example set of automation objectives and measures, and a draft test automation strategy that you can use to plan or improve your own automation.
The document provides an overview of the ISTQB Agile Tester certification. It begins by comparing traditional waterfall software development methodology to agile methodology. With waterfall, requirements are gathered upfront and the customer only sees the final product, while with agile development is iterative with working software delivered in short iterations. An example compares developing a word processing competitor under the two methodologies. The rest of the document outlines agile principles, practices for testing in agile, roles of testers, agile testing techniques and tools.
Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution in an order that attempts to increase their effectiveness in meeting some performance goal. Various goals are possible; one involves rate of fault detection | a measure of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process. An improved rate of fault detection during testing can provide faster feedback on the system under test, and let software engineers begin correcting faults earlier than might otherwise be possible.
Top 5 Pitfalls of Test Automation and How To Avoid ThemSundar Sritharan
The document discusses top pitfalls of test automation and how to avoid them. It identifies the top 5 pitfalls as: 1) diving into open source tools without preparation, 2) developing test scripts without standardization, 3) automating all test cases without prioritization, 4) choosing in-house testing over cloud options, and 5) assuming automation testing is not the tester's job. It provides guidance on how to effectively implement test automation by choosing the right tools, standardizing test development, prioritizing test cases, leveraging cloud options, and defining tester responsibilities.
This document provides an overview of fundamentals of testing, including:
1. It discusses why testing is necessary due to the likelihood of faults in software and the potential harms and costs of failures.
2. Key terms related to defects are defined, including the differences between errors, faults, bugs, failures, and mistakes.
3. Testing principles are outlined, such as the impossibility of exhaustive testing, the need to prioritize based on risk, and the fact that testing can only find defects but not prove their absence.
4. Factors related to quality, reliability, and debugging are addressed in the context of testing.
Kanoah Tests is a test management tool that integrates seamlessly with JIRA. It allows coordinating all test management activities like planning, authoring, execution, tracking and reporting from within JIRA. Key features include native JIRA integration, reusable test cases across projects, powerful REST API, and out-of-the-box reports for real-time insights. Reviews praise its simple and elegant solution for linking tests between projects without needing to learn new tools or switch contexts.
Test Driven Development – What Works And What Doesn’t Synerzip
This document discusses test driven development (TDD) and quality assurance practices for agile software development. It introduces Synerzip, an offshore software development partner, and describes their agile development lifecycle involving short iterations with user stories, estimation, testing, and customer approval. The benefits of practices like TDD, continuous integration, unit testing, and automation are outlined. Challenges with implementation and common mistakes are also discussed. Various testing methodologies and tools used in agile projects are defined.
This document discusses software testing. It defines software testing as an empirical investigation to provide information about product quality. Testing is important because all software has defects, is complex, and is created by humans. Various roles are involved in testing, including testers, developers, and users. An important part of testing is planning with test plans, scripts, and techniques like quick tests, negative testing, and integration testing. The document emphasizes the importance of finding defects early through a planned, systematic approach to testing.
The document discusses 9 axioms or principles of software testing:
1. It is impossible to completely test a program due to the huge number of possible inputs, outputs, and paths through the code.
2. Software testing is a risk-based exercise where testers must prioritize testing based on risk to avoid high cost failures while releasing on schedule.
3. Testing can find bugs but cannot prove their absence, as undiscovered bugs may still exist.
Building a Test Automation Strategy for SuccessLee Barnes
Choosing an appropriate tool and building the right framework are typically thought of as the main challenges in implementing successful test automation. However, long term success requires that other key questions must be answered including:
- What are our objectives?
- How should we be organized?
- Will our processes need to change?
- Will our test environment support test automation?
- What skills will we need?
- How and when should we implement?
In this workshop, Lee will discuss how to assess your test automation readiness and build a strategy for long term success. You will interactively walk through the assessment process and build a test automation strategy based on input from the group. Attend this workshop and you will take away a blue print and best practices for building an effective test automation strategy in your organization.
• Understand the key aspects of a successful test automation function
• Learn how to assess your test automation readiness
• Develop a test automation strategy specific to your organization
The document discusses important skills that software testers should have. It outlines several key skills: analytical and logical thinking to analyze problems and scenarios; strong communication and social skills to understand requirements and report issues; planning abilities to strategize test approaches; intellectual curiosity and creativity to thoroughly test applications; and a commitment to continuous learning as technologies evolve. The document provides explanations for why each of these skills is important for effective software testing.
This document promotes switching from Quality Center to qTest, citing several advantages of qTest for agile software testing. Quality Center is not well-suited for agile workflows, has poor usability and integration, and is very expensive. qTest is designed for agile teams, integrates seamlessly with popular agile tools, and provides better visibility, collaboration, and test case management capabilities. Migrating from Quality Center to qTest is straightforward and qTest users report improved efficiency and a better overall testing experience.
The document discusses testing concepts such as code with tests vs without tests, test-oriented development, and different types of testing including unit testing, integration testing, and acceptance testing. It provides examples of test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) processes. The document also discusses tips for testing, including only testing what is necessary and identifying the appropriate types of testing for an application. Frameworks and tools for test automation and continuous integration are also mentioned.
After doing testing on multiple Agile projects, I have come to realize certain aspects about the process and techniques that are common across projects. Some things I have learned along the way, some, by reflection on the mistakes / sub-optimal things that I did.
I have written and published my thoughts around the "Agile QA Process", more particularly what techniques can be used to test effectively in the Iterations.
The document discusses various types of software testing concepts including manual vs automated testing, test beds, test data, positive and negative test cases, defect priority and severity levels, test plans, security and recovery testing, and more. It provides definitions and explanations of these key testing concepts.
In computer science, all-pairs testing or pairwise testing is a combinatorial method of software testing that, for each pair of input parameters to a system (typically, a software algorithm), tests all possible discrete combinations of those parameters.
Testing is necessary for software systems to ensure reliability, manage costs, and reduce risks. It is impossible to exhaustively test a system, so testing aims to detect defects and measure quality. Testing alone cannot improve quality but can identify issues to address. Different testing types exist for various stages, including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing, and both black-box and white-box techniques are used. Rigorous planning, design, execution and tracking of test cases and results is needed. While testing shows defects, debugging is then needed to identify and address the root causes.
This document discusses designing an effective test automation strategy. It notes that current testing processes often lack sufficient test coverage and ROI turns negative. It emphasizes defining the proper scope and selecting an automation solution that can cover that scope. The document then introduces iLeap 2.0, an automation platform from Impetus Technologies that integrates open-source frameworks and tools to automate functional, API/web service, and security testing according to best practices. iLeap 2.0 is said to improve test coverage and maximize ROI.
This is a free module from my course ISTQB CTFL Agile Tester revised to 2014 syllabus. If you need full training feel free to contact me by email (amraldo@hotmail.com) or by mobile (+201223600207).
This document provides an overview of fundamentals of software testing. It discusses the five parts of the fundamental test process in broad chronological order: planning and control, analysis and design, implementation and execution, evaluating exit criteria and reporting, and test closure activities. It also covers topics like regression testing, confirmation testing, the differences between re-testing and regression testing, and the importance of independence in testing.
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This document outlines a marketing campaign by Mastercard to promote debit card usage through Citibank debit cards in India. Key points:
- Mastercard wants to increase its market share of debit cards in India, which is currently dominated by Visa.
- The campaign involves a contest where customers can win tickets to a UEFA Champions League match by making Rs. 5000 in purchases on their Citibank debit card.
- A 360 degree marketing plan is outlined using ATL, BTL, PR events, electronic channels, and a marketing calendar to drive awareness and usage of Citibank debit cards throughout the promotional period.
The goal is to activate more Citibank debit card customers and increase debit card
Many organizations never achieve the significant benefits that are promised from automated test execution. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues, especially at system testing level. Surprisingly often, this is due not to technical factors but to management issues. Dot Graham describes the most important management concerns the test manager must address for test automation success, and helps you understand and choose the best approaches for your organization—no matter which automation tools you use or your current state of automation. Dot explains how automation affects staffing, who should be responsible for which automation tasks, how managers can best support automation efforts leading to success, and why return on investment can be dangerous and what you can realistically expect. Dot also reviews a few key technical issues that can make or break the automation effort. Come away with an example set of automation objectives and measures, and a draft test automation strategy that you can use to plan or improve your own automation.
The document provides an overview of the ISTQB Agile Tester certification. It begins by comparing traditional waterfall software development methodology to agile methodology. With waterfall, requirements are gathered upfront and the customer only sees the final product, while with agile development is iterative with working software delivered in short iterations. An example compares developing a word processing competitor under the two methodologies. The rest of the document outlines agile principles, practices for testing in agile, roles of testers, agile testing techniques and tools.
Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution in an order that attempts to increase their effectiveness in meeting some performance goal. Various goals are possible; one involves rate of fault detection | a measure of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process. An improved rate of fault detection during testing can provide faster feedback on the system under test, and let software engineers begin correcting faults earlier than might otherwise be possible.
Top 5 Pitfalls of Test Automation and How To Avoid ThemSundar Sritharan
The document discusses top pitfalls of test automation and how to avoid them. It identifies the top 5 pitfalls as: 1) diving into open source tools without preparation, 2) developing test scripts without standardization, 3) automating all test cases without prioritization, 4) choosing in-house testing over cloud options, and 5) assuming automation testing is not the tester's job. It provides guidance on how to effectively implement test automation by choosing the right tools, standardizing test development, prioritizing test cases, leveraging cloud options, and defining tester responsibilities.
This document provides an overview of fundamentals of testing, including:
1. It discusses why testing is necessary due to the likelihood of faults in software and the potential harms and costs of failures.
2. Key terms related to defects are defined, including the differences between errors, faults, bugs, failures, and mistakes.
3. Testing principles are outlined, such as the impossibility of exhaustive testing, the need to prioritize based on risk, and the fact that testing can only find defects but not prove their absence.
4. Factors related to quality, reliability, and debugging are addressed in the context of testing.
Kanoah Tests is a test management tool that integrates seamlessly with JIRA. It allows coordinating all test management activities like planning, authoring, execution, tracking and reporting from within JIRA. Key features include native JIRA integration, reusable test cases across projects, powerful REST API, and out-of-the-box reports for real-time insights. Reviews praise its simple and elegant solution for linking tests between projects without needing to learn new tools or switch contexts.
Test Driven Development – What Works And What Doesn’t Synerzip
This document discusses test driven development (TDD) and quality assurance practices for agile software development. It introduces Synerzip, an offshore software development partner, and describes their agile development lifecycle involving short iterations with user stories, estimation, testing, and customer approval. The benefits of practices like TDD, continuous integration, unit testing, and automation are outlined. Challenges with implementation and common mistakes are also discussed. Various testing methodologies and tools used in agile projects are defined.
This document discusses software testing. It defines software testing as an empirical investigation to provide information about product quality. Testing is important because all software has defects, is complex, and is created by humans. Various roles are involved in testing, including testers, developers, and users. An important part of testing is planning with test plans, scripts, and techniques like quick tests, negative testing, and integration testing. The document emphasizes the importance of finding defects early through a planned, systematic approach to testing.
The document discusses 9 axioms or principles of software testing:
1. It is impossible to completely test a program due to the huge number of possible inputs, outputs, and paths through the code.
2. Software testing is a risk-based exercise where testers must prioritize testing based on risk to avoid high cost failures while releasing on schedule.
3. Testing can find bugs but cannot prove their absence, as undiscovered bugs may still exist.
Building a Test Automation Strategy for SuccessLee Barnes
Choosing an appropriate tool and building the right framework are typically thought of as the main challenges in implementing successful test automation. However, long term success requires that other key questions must be answered including:
- What are our objectives?
- How should we be organized?
- Will our processes need to change?
- Will our test environment support test automation?
- What skills will we need?
- How and when should we implement?
In this workshop, Lee will discuss how to assess your test automation readiness and build a strategy for long term success. You will interactively walk through the assessment process and build a test automation strategy based on input from the group. Attend this workshop and you will take away a blue print and best practices for building an effective test automation strategy in your organization.
• Understand the key aspects of a successful test automation function
• Learn how to assess your test automation readiness
• Develop a test automation strategy specific to your organization
The document discusses important skills that software testers should have. It outlines several key skills: analytical and logical thinking to analyze problems and scenarios; strong communication and social skills to understand requirements and report issues; planning abilities to strategize test approaches; intellectual curiosity and creativity to thoroughly test applications; and a commitment to continuous learning as technologies evolve. The document provides explanations for why each of these skills is important for effective software testing.
This document promotes switching from Quality Center to qTest, citing several advantages of qTest for agile software testing. Quality Center is not well-suited for agile workflows, has poor usability and integration, and is very expensive. qTest is designed for agile teams, integrates seamlessly with popular agile tools, and provides better visibility, collaboration, and test case management capabilities. Migrating from Quality Center to qTest is straightforward and qTest users report improved efficiency and a better overall testing experience.
The document discusses testing concepts such as code with tests vs without tests, test-oriented development, and different types of testing including unit testing, integration testing, and acceptance testing. It provides examples of test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) processes. The document also discusses tips for testing, including only testing what is necessary and identifying the appropriate types of testing for an application. Frameworks and tools for test automation and continuous integration are also mentioned.
After doing testing on multiple Agile projects, I have come to realize certain aspects about the process and techniques that are common across projects. Some things I have learned along the way, some, by reflection on the mistakes / sub-optimal things that I did.
I have written and published my thoughts around the "Agile QA Process", more particularly what techniques can be used to test effectively in the Iterations.
The document discusses various types of software testing concepts including manual vs automated testing, test beds, test data, positive and negative test cases, defect priority and severity levels, test plans, security and recovery testing, and more. It provides definitions and explanations of these key testing concepts.
In computer science, all-pairs testing or pairwise testing is a combinatorial method of software testing that, for each pair of input parameters to a system (typically, a software algorithm), tests all possible discrete combinations of those parameters.
Testing is necessary for software systems to ensure reliability, manage costs, and reduce risks. It is impossible to exhaustively test a system, so testing aims to detect defects and measure quality. Testing alone cannot improve quality but can identify issues to address. Different testing types exist for various stages, including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing, and both black-box and white-box techniques are used. Rigorous planning, design, execution and tracking of test cases and results is needed. While testing shows defects, debugging is then needed to identify and address the root causes.
This document discusses designing an effective test automation strategy. It notes that current testing processes often lack sufficient test coverage and ROI turns negative. It emphasizes defining the proper scope and selecting an automation solution that can cover that scope. The document then introduces iLeap 2.0, an automation platform from Impetus Technologies that integrates open-source frameworks and tools to automate functional, API/web service, and security testing according to best practices. iLeap 2.0 is said to improve test coverage and maximize ROI.
This is a free module from my course ISTQB CTFL Agile Tester revised to 2014 syllabus. If you need full training feel free to contact me by email (amraldo@hotmail.com) or by mobile (+201223600207).
This document provides an overview of fundamentals of software testing. It discusses the five parts of the fundamental test process in broad chronological order: planning and control, analysis and design, implementation and execution, evaluating exit criteria and reporting, and test closure activities. It also covers topics like regression testing, confirmation testing, the differences between re-testing and regression testing, and the importance of independence in testing.
Debit card promo campaign uefa citibank 23-09-09creativetweet
This document outlines a marketing campaign by Mastercard to promote debit card usage through Citibank debit cards in India. Key points:
- Mastercard wants to increase its market share of debit cards in India, which is currently dominated by Visa.
- The campaign involves a contest where customers can win tickets to a UEFA Champions League match by making Rs. 5000 in purchases on their Citibank debit card.
- A 360 degree marketing plan is outlined using ATL, BTL, PR events, electronic channels, and a marketing calendar to drive awareness and usage of Citibank debit cards throughout the promotional period.
The goal is to activate more Citibank debit card customers and increase debit card
The Beatles were a highly influential rock band formed in Liverpool, England in 1960 and comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They achieved mainstream success in the UK in 1962 with their first single "Love Me Do" and developed enormous global popularity known as "Beatlemania" as their songwriting grew more sophisticated. Though they disbanded in 1970, the members all found success in independent music careers, with Lennon and Harrison later passing away in 1980 and 2001, respectively, while McCartney and Starr continue being active musicians.
Este álbum de fotografías contiene imágenes de varios eventos familiares importantes del último año, incluidas vacaciones, cumpleaños y reuniones. Las fotos capturan momentos felices y recuerdos que la familia querrá atesorar por mucho tiempo. El álbum será un tesoro para las generaciones futuras.
NCORD Biotech ltd. will provide various banking and therapy services including cord blood, cord tissue, bone marrow, and peripheral blood banking as well as autologous and allogenic stem cell therapies. The pricing plans for these services will vary by region and services offered. NCORD will promote its services through various channels including advertising, publicity, personal selling, and the internet. It will establish outlets across 16 Indian states to make its services widely accessible. Ensuring quality people and processes are key to delivering a high standard of service to customers.
This document summarizes a hybrid summer cohort program for a Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) program. It includes the following key points:
1. The program runs for 6 weeks, with the first 2 weeks being face-to-face classes and the last 4 weeks being online.
2. Students will earn 9 graduate credits across 3 certificate courses related to educational technology. These credits will transfer to the full MAET program.
3. The program aims to help students learn about technology while also figuring out how to apply technology knowledge to help students learn and develop professionally.
The document proposes a city situation application that uses a four-tier architecture. It would allow users to mark routes with disturbances on a map, set route preferences, receive notifications, and suggest alternative routes. A gamification mechanism would be included. The application would be built on the One Cognizant platform using .NET Framework, HTML, AJAX, jQuery, and SQL Server. It describes screens for searching routes, reporting problems, changing preferences, and editing posts.
The library media specialist at Edgewood Elementary School conducted an analysis of the media center collection and found that the average age is 1994. With current enrollment of 350 students, there are 26 items per student. The goal is to update the collection to have a minimum of 20 items per student and average age of 2000. To accomplish this, 2,000 items need to be weeded and 1,500 new titles purchased at a cost of $33,000. The proposed budget for 2012-2013 is $6,550 from various funding sources to purchase 400 new non-fiction titles, subscriptions, supplies, and computer equipment to modernize the collection.
The document discusses the potential effects of 4 degrees of global warming by the next generation if no action is taken to reduce emissions. While 4 degrees may seem small, it would be enough to significantly reshape the world and the environment children will inherit. Determination and action are needed to tackle this large challenge of climate change through reducing emissions and learning ways to take action from the resources provided.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Dokumen tersebut merupakan penjelasan singkat tentang Aksara Batak Toba yang mencakup bunyi-bunyi dasar, tanda silbe, aturan penulisan, dan perubahan yang dilakukan dari versi sebelumnya. Dokumen tersebut ditulis oleh Bungaran Simanjuntak.
El documento describe estrategias de valor para clientes y organizaciones. Primero se debe analizar el entorno incluyendo clientes, competencia, mercado y legislación. Luego conocer al cliente, entender qué hace y cuándo compra para crear valor tanto para el cliente como para la organización a través de una respuesta de la organización que satisfaga las necesidades del cliente.
This presentation will give you insights into where the testing industry will be in 2020 and what are the skills required to survive in the testing world.
Merck is planning to launch an OTC cold and flu medication called Nasivion in India. Nasivion will be launched as day and night tablets to provide relief from cold symptoms throughout the day and night. The document outlines Merck's launch strategy, which includes a pilot launch in Southern India, defining the target audience as working adults ages 30-45, and establishing a brand positioning focused on providing relief from cold symptoms during both the day and night. Creative executions are proposed using celebrity endorsements or non-celebrity scenarios to promote Nasivion's day and night formulation.
The document discusses software test automation. It defines software test automation as activities that aim to automate tasks in the software testing process using well-defined strategies. The objectives of test automation are to free engineers from manual testing, speed up testing, reduce costs and time, and improve quality. Test automation can be done at the enterprise, product, or project level. There are four levels of test automation maturity: initial, repeatable, automatic, and optimal. Essential needs for successful automation include commitment, resources, and skilled engineers. The scope of automation includes functional and performance testing. Functional testing is well-suited for automation of regression testing. Performance testing requires automation to effectively test load, stress, and other non-functional requirements
Challenges in automation which testers face often lead to subsequent failures. Learn how to respond to these common challenges by developing a solid business case for increased automation adoption by engaging manual testers in the testing organization, being technology agnostic, and stabilizing test scripts regardless of applications changes.
The document discusses key aspects of successful test automation including:
1. Applying a software development process to automation to improve reliability and maintainability.
2. Improving testing processes with robust manual testing and defect management before automating.
3. Clearly defining requirements for what to automate and goals of the automation effort.
This document provides an introduction to automation testing. It discusses the need for automation testing to improve speed, reliability and test coverage. The document outlines when tests should be automated such as for regression testing or data-driven testing. It also discusses automation tool options and the process for automating tests. While automation testing provides benefits like time savings, it also has limitations such as the need for programming skills and maintenance of test code. Key challenges of automation testing include unrealistic expectations of tools and dependency on third party integrations.
This document provides an introduction to automation testing. It discusses the need for automation testing to improve speed, reliability and test coverage. The document outlines when tests should be automated such as for regression testing or data-driven testing. It also discusses automation tool options and the types of tests that can be automated, including functional and non-functional tests. Finally, it addresses the advantages of automation including time savings and repeatability, as well as challenges such as maintenance efforts and tool limitations.
Top 5 pitfalls of software test automatiionekatechserv
Automating tests is important to detect and fix defects early in the development cycle, which can be 100 times cheaper than fixing bugs after release. Automated tests allow bugs to be spotted and fixed early. While automation provides benefits like reduced costs, there are pitfalls to avoid like relying solely on automation for all testing needs, requiring extensive coding, producing false positives, and attempting to replace human testers. Key is using automation to aid, not replace, testers in executing tests efficiently.
This document summarizes a presentation on test automation. It discusses why test automation is needed such as manual testing taking too long and being error prone. It covers barriers to test automation like lack of experience and programmer attitudes. An automation strategy is proposed, including categories of tests to automate and not automate. Best practices are provided such as having an automation engineer and following software development practices. Specific tools are also mentioned. Good practices and lessons learned are shared such as prioritizing tests and starting better practices with new development.
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1. How to Make Automation An
Asset to the Organization
Vipin Jain
Metacube Software, Jaipur, India
QA&TEST 2012
11th International Conference on
Software QA and Testing
October 17-19, 2012 • Bilbao Spain
2. Introduction
• Software Testing is a process that consists of all test life cycle
activities like static and dynamic testing concerned with planning,
preparation and evaluation of software products to determine that
the software products satisfy customers requirements and are fit for
customers use.
• Software Testing is done to find software defects or failures in
advance.
• Software testing can also be stated as the process of validating and
verifying that a software program/application/product:
– Meets the business and technical requirements that guided its
design and development.
– Works as expected
3. Manual Testing
• Manual testing is the process of manually testing software for
defects. It is a laborious activity that requires the tester to possess a
certain set of qualities; to be patient, observant, speculative,
creative, innovative, open-minded, resourceful, and skillful.
Advantage of Manual Testing
• Running the test case is less cost than automation.
• It allows the tester to perform more Ad-hoc testing (1) (random
testing).
• More time for testing enables a tester to find more bugs.
Disadvantage of Manual Testing
• Running tests manually can be very time consuming
• Each time there is a new build, the tester must re-run all required
tests - which after a while would become very dull and tiresome.
4. Automation Testing
• Software test automation refers to the activities and efforts that
intend to automate engineering tasks and operations in a software
test process using well-defined strategies and systematic solutions.
• The major objectives of software test automation is to free engineers
from tedious and redundant manual testing Operations.
• To speed up a software testing process, and to reduce software
testing cost and time during a software life cycle
• To increase the quality and effectiveness of a software test process
by achieving pre-defined adequate test criteria in a limited schedule
• The major key to the success of software automation is to use a
systematic solution to achieve a better testing coverage.
5. Why Automation?
• Over the last decade, test automation has become a crucial part in
the Test planning activities for various QA groups.
• A well written automated test suite is of enormous help in daily
testing activities, especially in today’s agile world.
• With the Advent of Mobile technologies, a new dimension has been
added in Software testing. There are millions of mobile applications
flooding markets each day. They need to be tested effectively with
shorter QA cycles. But, there are a billion combinations of hardware
devices, OS’s, carriers, and networks today and traditional manual
testing cannot cover all these scenarios – especially when the app
to market life cycle has to be short. Automation is the need of the
hour.
7. Why it fails and
what factors
contribute to its
failure?
8. Reasons for Failure
• Management unwillingness for it – Be it lack of vision, cost associated or
any other issue, management doesn’t often give a nod for it.
• Lack of Vision - There is no clear vision behind what the automation will
do, what we intend to achieve with it and what are the strategies to do this.
• Time - No time to develop and maintain the automation scripts
• Cost associated - We need the tools for it and we want management to
assign the appropriate budget, but they are not interested.
• Skills needed – The tool is new and appropriate training and time to master
the tool are required.
• Lack of Automation Matrix - There are no clear factors listed against which
we measure our automation results to label it as success or failure
• Automation engineers – There is no in-betweens Developers and QA
Engineers. Developers demoted to "test development", can backfire, especially if
they do NOT have the mindset of what they're testing for.
9. What to Automate?
• Use cases that are fully developed and with clear understanding
should be automated first
• Relatively stable areas of the application over volatile ones must be
automated.
• Automate the tests that are repetitive over multiple builds.
• Tests that tend to cause human error.
• Tests that require multiple data sets.
• Frequently used functionality that introduces high risk conditions.
• Manual tests that are virtually impossible to be carried out.
• Tests that involves a variety of different hardware or software
platforms and configurations.
• Tests that take a lot of effort and time when testing manually
10. When should we do Automation?
• To get maximum benefit, automation testing should be started as
early as possible. It should be run as often as needed. It’s a well
known fact that the earlier testers get involved in the life cycle of the
project, the better. Moreover , the more you test, the more bugs you
find.
• Automated unit testing can be implemented on day one and then it
should be grown into automated test suite.
• Always remember that bugs detected early are a lot cheaper to fix
than those discovered later in production or deployment. Hence
Start early.
TEST EARLY AND TEST OFTEN
11. A Software Test Automation Process
Test Automation
Planning
Design Automation Evaluate tools and select the
Strategies & Solutions best tool(s)
Develop & Implement Test
Automation Solutions
Introduce and Deploy Test
Automation Solutions
Review and Evaluate
Software Test Automation
12. Automation Myths/Realities
Test Plans covering all resource No commercially available tool that
requirements, time needed and can create a comprehensive test
strategy can be auto-generated. plan.
Any application can be tested using No single test tool exists that can
the tool. be used to support all operating
system environments.
It won’t take much time for testing This will take a lot of time in
once automation is done. running and maintaining and re-
running.
An automation test tool is always An automated tool requires new
easy to learn and use. skills; therefore, additional training
is required.
100% test coverage can be Test coverage breadth and depth
achieved. can be increased but 100%
exhaustive testing cannot be done.
13. Automation Myths/Realities
All possible Input combinations can There are instances where it will
be tested using automation take years to test all input
combinations. 1
All possible paths can be traversed Research shows there are
using automation. instances when possible paths are
in Millions and more. 2
Automation is just record/capture Is it? Not at all. Try changing id of
and play back one control on the page and run
your script.
I won’t require a specialist for that It’s a special task, which is a mix of
programming, knowledge of tool
and understanding of application.
Not every tester can do this.
14. Then what should I do to reap benefits
from my automation efforts?
15. Let’s begin !!!
• Identify the interfaces our tooling need to interface with. For
instance, are we going to drive a browser, are we send
webservices requests and validate the responses, are we
validating email notifications, database validations, or
document or image validations etc.
• Did the QA or DEV develop any tool/libraries that we can use?
• What is the focus on? Is it automating new functionality tests
(a challenge with agile development) or catching up with
regression tests (when there are several years of
development with very little focus on automating).
• Which test case tracking system our automated tests need to
be integrated with.
• What is the triggering mechanism for these tests and when?
• Who need to contribute to the test scripts development? QA,
Dev or both?
16. The Initial Plan
• People make mistakes when they try to build an elaborate solution
that attempts to achieve all requirements at once.
• People plan for results but do not plan for the ways to achieve this.
It’s necessary to understand what you eventually want to achieve
through automation, but to get there, plan to have your Test
automation development as an iterative process.
• Try to first figure out solving which problem would give you the
biggest bang for your buck. E.g. Building the Build Acceptance tests
and automatically running them with, at every check-in, or at code
deployment on a QA system, ends up being a good choice as the
first goal. After that you can always build upon your successes.
17. Technology choices
• Identify your goals and what resources you have to achieve
them, then the technology choices become a lot simpler. For
instance, if you intend to use APIs created by the development team
or if they are directly contributing to the solution, then often the
programming/ scripting language choice needs to be something
developers are comfortable with. If you are working in a java shop,
you can’t expect the developers to create VBScript libraries to be
used in QTP. Several tools these days, like Selenium and Fitnesse
support multiple language choices.
• Once you narrow down on the tools that fit the requirements, the
next steps are to start evaluating and prototyping them using a
few simple test cases.
18. Which tool should I use?
Commercial solutions
Pros Cons
Published feature road maps Vendor lock-in
Institutionalized support Lack of interoperability with other
products
Stability (whether real Lack of control over improvements
or perceived)
Licensing costs and restrictions
19. Which tool should I use?
Open Source solutions
Pros Cons
No licensing fees, maintenance, or The downsides of commercial
restrictions tools might be applied to some
open-source projects, but the
Free and efficient support (though varied) advantages of leveraging the
open-source community and its
Platform portability
efforts are holding sway with
Modifiable and adaptable to suit your more and more companies.
needs
Comparatively lightweight
Not tied to a single vendor
20. Which tool should I use?
In-House solutions
Pros Cons
No licensing fees, maintenance, or This involves a complete product
restrictions development life cycle leading to time
and resources requirement.
Free and efficient support The financial aspects associated with
(though varied) its development makes organization
skeptical of its use.
Platform portability Maintenance is costly as it need to be
adjusted with changing requirements.
Modifiable and adaptable to suit Management needs to be patient with
Your needs it.
Comparatively lightweight
21. Criteria in Finding & Evaluating tools
Simple installation/un- Comprehensive and complete
installation of the product documentation. Regularly
maintained with code changes
Configurability—the ability to Strong Support Team, 24x7
be adapted to each evaluation availability and online
activity 1 forums/user groups
Expandability – The tool Tool should be extensible and
should support various flexible to deal with new objects
infrastructures and apps 2 in the new architectures
developed as part of revisions. 3
22. Using Coding Standards in
Automated Software Testing
• Automated software testing efforts can fail if the software
development doesn't take into account the automated testing
technologies or framework in place.
• There should be provisions kept for automation and resources
should be assigned to it
• Changes made in application code will force changes in automated
software testing scripts and hence developers can contribute to the
success of automated testing efforts if they consider the impacts on
them when making code or technology changes.
23. Using Coding Standards in Automated
Software Testing - Guidelines
• Build testability into the application – Make your application
testable.
• Design to facilitate automation tool recognition of objects: All
objects should be uniquely named, consider various
platforms—client/server, Web, etc.—and GUI/interface testing
considerations, such as in the case of Windows development,
for example, within the Windows architecture.
• Don't change the object names without automated software
testing considerations.
• Follow standard development practices; for example, maintain
a consistent tab sequence.
• Follow techniques, such as the library concept of code reuse,
i.e., reusing existing already tested components, as
applicable.
24. Thank You!
Vipin Jain
Sr. Software Test Lead,
Metacube software, India
Vipin.jain@metacube.com
Editor's Notes
There are various definitions given for software testing by various authors. This definition has been taken from Wikipedia.
(1) More bugs are found via Ad-hoc testing than via automation
1. Reliable: Tests perform precisely the same operations each time they are run, thereby eliminating human error.Reduce manual software testing operations and eliminate redundant testing efforts.2. Repeatable: You can test how the software reacts under repeated execution of the same operations. 3.Programmable: You can program sophisticated tests that bring out hidden information from the application. 4. Comprehensive: You can build a suite of tests that covers every feature in your application. 5. Reusable: You can reuse tests on different versions of an application, even if the user interface changes. 6. Better Quality Software: Because you can run more tests in less time with fewer resources 7. Fast: Automated Tools run tests significantly faster than human users. 8. Cost Reduction: Automation can help to detect defects early in the QA cycle, saving a lot of cost and effort early on. As the number of resources for regression test are reduced cost reduces.
the test of a function that handles the verification of a user password. Each user on a computer system has a six to eight character long password, where each character is an uppercase letter or a digit. Each password must contain at least one digit. According to Kenneth H. Rosen in Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, there are 2,684,483,063,360 possible variations of passwords. Even if it were possible to create a test procedure each minute, or 60 test procedures per hour, equaling 480 test procedures per day, it would still take 155 years to prepare and execute a complete test.The format of telephone numbers in North America is specified by a numbering plan. A telephone number consists of ten digits, which are split into a three-digit area code, a three-digit office code, and a four-digit station code. Because of signaling considerations, there are certain restrictions on some of these digits. A quick calculation shows that in this example 6,400,000,000 different numbers are available—and this is only the valid numbers; the number will be huge if you consider the invalid numbers as well.
As far as developers demoted to "test development", I think it can backfire, especially if the test developer does NOT have the mindset of what they're testing for. Let's face it! Testing is NOT a mindless task. It takes thought and the right mindset to come up with a good group of test cases. The only suggestion I can come up with for this case is to have a happy in between: Have the test architect build a framework that is intuitive enough that a test engineer can quickly build scripts from it. Of course, all this TAKES work and the automation framework requires time and effort to maintain.
Often people want to talk about tooling when they want to start automating but only once you understand what your goals are and what resources you have to achieve them, the technology choices become a lot simpler. For instance, if you intend to use APIs created by the development team or if they are directly contributing to the solution, then often the programming/ scripting language choice needs to be something developers are comfortable with. If you are working in a java shop, you can’t expect the developers to create VBScript libraries to be used in QTP. Several tools these days, like Selenium and Fitnesse support multiple language choices.
1. Configurability—the ability to be adapted to each evaluation activity; refers to how easy it is to set up each new evaluation project 2. Expandability—whether the tool suite works on various applications and infrastructures 3. Extensibility and technology lag—all commercial tools will eventually experience a technology lag behind the architectures they are targeted to support. When new development architectures are revised to add new features for software developers, there is a good chance that test automation tools may not recognize new objects. Therefore, it is important to evaluate tool extensibility and/or flexibility when dealing with new objects.