Just Enough Software Test Automation

For students in any course on software quality, software testing, software test automation, or software project management.

Automated testing is a crucial element of any strategy for improving software quality and reducing time-to-market. Just Enough Software Test Automation is a practical, hands-on guide to software test automation from the perspective of test developers and users. It offers real-world do's and don'ts for designing and implementing test automation infrastructure, combined with pragmatic advice on what today's most popular approaches to automated testing can and cannot accomplish

Table of Contents

Preface.
What Is Just Enough Test Automation?
Knowing When and What to Automate.
Start at the Beginning, Define the Test Requirements, Design the Test Data.
A Look at the Development of Automated Test Scripts and at the Levels of Test Automation.
Automated Unit Testing.
Automated Integration Testing.
Automated System/Regression Testing Frameworks.
The Control Synchronized Data-Driven Testing Framework in Depth.
Facilitating the Manual Testing Process with Automated Tools.
Managing Automated Tests.
Data-Driven Automation: User Group Discussion.
Automated Testing Terms and Definitions.
Example Test Automation Project Plan Using Rational Suite TestStudio.
Test Automation Project Work Plan Template.
Index.