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| Preface | |
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| What is Automated Software Testing (AST) | |
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| Automated Software Testing Definition | |
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| Automated Software Testing Recipes | |
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| Advances in Automated Software Testing Technologies | |
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| Automating various Software Testing Types | |
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| Providing Automated Software Testing Based Production Support | |
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| Automating Standards Assessments | |
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| Summary References | |
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| Why Automate? | |
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| The Challenges of Testing Software Today | |
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| Reducing the Time and Cost of Software Testing | |
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| Impacting Software Quality | |
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| Improvements to Your Software Test Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Business Case | |
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| Definition of the Business Case | |
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| Identifying the Business Needs 3.3 | |
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| Justifying it in Terms of Cost and Benefits | |
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| Risks | |
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| Other Considerations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Why does Automated Software Testing Fail and Pitfalls to Avoid | |
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| Research and Development does not generally focus on automated or manual testing efforts | |
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| Automated Software Testing Myths and Realities | |
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| Lack of Software Development Considerations for Automated Software Testing | |
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| The Forest for the Trees-Not knowing which tool to pick | |
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| Lack of Automation Standards across tool vendors | |
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| Lack of Business Case | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key 1-Know Your Requirements | |
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| Information Gathering and Development | |
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| When Information Is Not Available | |
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| Start Implementing Your Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key 2-Develop the Automated Test Strategy | |
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| Overview | |
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| Scope and Automated Test Objectives | |
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| Identify Approach | |
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| Automated Test Management Framework | |
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| Automated Test Environment Management | |
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| Testing Environment / Configuration | |
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| Key 3-Document and Peer-review Test Cases | |
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| Documenting Test Cases | |
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| Requirements Check | |
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| Review Test Cases | |
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| Example Test Cases | |
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| Key 4-Continuously Track Progress-And Adjust Accordingly | |
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| Automated Testing Metrics | |
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| Other Software Testing Metrics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key 5-Implement Automated Software Testing Processes | |
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| Automated Software Testing Phase 1: Requirements Gathering-Analyze Automated Testing Needs | |
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| Automated Software Testing Phase 2: Manual Test Case Development and Review | |
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| Automated Software Testing Phase 3: Automated Framework and Test Script Development | |
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| Automated Software Testing Phase 4: Automated Test Execution and Results Reporting | |
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| Automated Software Testing Phase 5: Program Review and Assessment | |
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| Key 6-Putting the Right People on the Project-Knowing the Skill Sets Required | |
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| Program Management | |
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| System Engineering | |
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| Software Development | |
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| Configuration Management | |
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| Quality Assurance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |