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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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.

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

• Automated Testing Introduction
  • Activity: Review Handout on Work Breakdown Structure
  • Activity: Review Handout on General Roles in Test Automation
• Determining Readiness for Automation and Evaluating Vendors
  • Activity: Assess Readiness for Automation
• Lesson 1: Analysis and Strategy of Automated Testing
  • Activity: Review Handout for Project Questionnaire
  • Activity: Review Handout on Automation Requirements
  • Exercise 1: Derive Achievable Automation Requirements
  • Activity: Review Handout on Plan and Acquire a Test Environment
  • Exercise 2: Identify Scenarios for Automation
• Lesson 2: Design of Automated Test Suite (ATS)
  • Activity: Review Handout on Design Approaches for Test Automation
  • Activity: Review Handout on Data Flow Document
  • Activity: Review Handout on Programming Logic Flowchart
  • Exercise 3: Create Logic Flow Diagram
  • Activity: Review Handout on Required Routine Matrix
  • Activity: Review Handout on Prioritized Routine List
• Lesson 3: Construction of Automated Test Suite
  • Activity: Review Handout on Functional Script Development
• Lesson 4: Execution of Automated Test Suite
• Lesson 5: Project Completion
• Summary