Functional Test Automation Fundamentals (CSTP #6) or (CSTAS #2) or (CTM Elective)

This tutorial covers area 6 of the Certified Software Test Professional requirements. This tutorial also counts as an elective towards the requirements of the Certified Test Manager (CTM) certification.

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Concepts

Through lecture and exercises, this 1-day class is designed to detail the planning and preparation effort involved in Functional Test Automation. The course presents the steps and techniques used to develop a Functional Test Automation Plan and to conduct the functional test using automated tools.

Participants will learn:

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

• Understand Functional Test Automation Methodology
• Understand vendors serving the industry and methods in evaluating an organization's needs and the vendor best suited to meet their needs
• Understand how to derive automation requirements
• Identify scenarios or test cases to be automated
• Develop automated functional test scenarios
• Create a test automation plan based on the scenarios developed

Outline

• Lesson 1: Automated Testing Introduction
  • Testing Categories and Types
  • Goals and Challenges
  • Methodology of Test Automation
  • Key Roles
• Lesson 2: Analysis and Strategy of Automated Testing
  • Goals
  • Requirements
  • Analyze & Derive
  • Automated Test Strategy
  • Stakeholder Review & Sign Off
• Lesson 3: Design of Automated Test Suite (ATS)
  • Designing the Automated Test Suite
  • Automated Test Suite Plans
  • Automated Test Suite Routines
  • Automated Test Suite Documentation
• Lesson 4: Construction of Automated Test Suite
  • Goals
  • Identifying Components
  • Defining Tasks
  • Defining Standards
  • Inspection
• Lesson 5: Execution of Automated Test Suite
  • Goals
  • Components
  • Execute Plan
  • Collect Results
  • Analyze Results
  • Metrics
• Lesson 6: Project Completion
  • Goals
  • Components
  • Suite Evaluation
  • Documentation
  • Library Code
  • Process Improvement