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ISTQB CT-TAE Exam Flashcards

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Success Factors in Test Automation

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  • Test Automation Architecture (TAA)
  • SUT Testability
  • Test Automation Strategy
  • Test Automation Framework (TAF)
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SUT Factors Influencing Test Automation

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  • SUT interfaces
  • Third party software
  • Levels of intrusion
  • Different SUT architectures
  • Size and complexity of the SUT
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SUT Design for Testability

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  • Observability
  • Control(ability)
  • Clearly defined architecture
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The TAA of a TAS complies with the following principles

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  • Single responsibility
  • Extension (see e.g., open/closed principle by B. Myer)
  • Replacement (see e.g., substitution principle by B. Liskov)
  • Component segregation (see e.g., interfaces segregation principle by R.C. Martin)
  • Dependency inversion
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gTAA layers

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  • Test generation
  • Test definition
  • Test execution
  • Test adaptation
  • Interfaces for project management, configuration management and test management
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TAA Design

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  • Capture requirements needed to define an appropriate TAA
  • Compare and contrast different design/architecture approaches
  • Identify areas where abstraction can deliver benefits
  • Understand SUT technologies and how these interconnect with the TAS
  • Understand the SUT environment
  • Time and complexity for a given testware architecture implementation
  • Ease of use for a given testware architecture implementation
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Approaches for Automating Test Cases

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  • Capture/playback approach
  • Linear scripting
  • Structured scripting
  • Data-driven testing
  • Keyword-driven testing
  • Process-driven scripting
  • Model-based testing
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Technical considerations of the SUT

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  • Interfaces of the SUT
  • SUT data
  • SUT configurations
  • SUT standards and legal settings
  • Tools and tool environments used to develop the SUT
  • Test interfaces in the software product
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Considerations for Development/QA Processes

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  • Test execution control requirements
  • Reporting requirements
  • Role and access rights
  • Established tool landscape
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TAS Development

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Analyze -> Design -> Develop -> Test -> Deploy -> Evolve

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Compatibility between the TAS and the SUT

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  • Process compatibility
  • Team compatibility
  • Technology compatibility
  • Tool compatibility
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Synchronization between TAS and SUT

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  • Synchronization of requirements
  • Synchronization of development phases
  • Synchronization of defect tracking
  • Synchronization of SUT and TAS evolution
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Pilot Project

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  • Identify a suitable project
  • Plan the pilot
  • Conduct the pilot
  • Evaluate the pilot
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Types of Test Automation Maintenance

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  • Preventive maintenance
  • Corrective maintenance
  • Perfective maintenance
  • Adaptive maintenance
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TAS Metrics

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  • Automation benefits
  • Effort to build automated tests
  • Effort to analyze SUT failures
  • Effort to maintain automated tests
  • Ratio of failures to defects
  • Time to execute automated tests
  • Number of pass and fail results
  • Number of false-fail and false-pass results
  • Code coverage
  • Tool scripting metrics
  • Automation code defect density
  • Speed and efficiency of TAS components
  • Trend metrics
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Implementation of Measurement

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  • Features of automation that support measurement and report generation
  • Integration with other third party tools
  • Visualization of results
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Test Automation Reporting

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  • Content of the reports
  • Publishing the reports
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Criteria for Automation

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  • Frequency of use
  • Complexity to automate
  • Compatibility and tool support
  • Maturity of test process
  • Suitability of automation for the stage of the software product lifecycle
  • Sustainability of the environment
  • Controllability of the SUT (preconditions, setup and stability
  • Technical planning in support of ROI analysis
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To adequately prepare for transitioning to an automated environment, the following areas need to be addressed

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  • Availability of tools in the test environment for test automation
  • Correctness of test data and test cases
  • Scope of the test automation effort
  • Education of test team to paradigm shift
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Cooperation between developers and test automation engineers
  • Parallel effort
  • Automation reporting
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Steps Needed to Implement Automation within Regression Testing

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  • Frequency of test execution
  • Test execution time
  • Functional overlap
  • Data sharing
  • Test interdependency
  • Test preconditions
  • SUT coverage
  • Executable tests
  • Large regression test sets
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Verifying Automated Test Environment Components

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  • Test tool installation, setup, configuration, and customization
  • Test scripts with known passes and failures
  • Repeatability in setup/teardown of the test environment
  • Configuration of the test environment and components
  • Connectivity against internal and external systems/interfaces
  • Intrusiveness of automated test tools
  • Framework Component Testing
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Verifying the Automated Test Suite

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  • Executing test scripts with known passes and failures
  • Checking the test suite
  • Verifying new tests that focus on new features of the framework
  • Considering repeatability of tests
  • Checking that there are enough verification points in the automated test suite and/or test cases
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Options for Improving Test Automation

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  • Scripting
  • Test Execution
  • Verification
  • Architecture
  • Pre- and post-processing
  • Documentation
  • TAS features
  • TAS updates and upgrades
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Planning the Implementation of Test Automation Improvement

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  • Identify changes in the test environment components
  • Increase efficiency and effectiveness of core TAS function libraries
  • Target multiple functions that act on the same control type for consolidation
  • Refactor the TAA to accommodate changes in the SUT
  • Naming conventions and standardization
  • Evaluation of existing scripts for SUT revision/elimination

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