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=<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Issue Summary'''</span>= 
<span style="font-size: 16px">Preparing the expected results is slow and difficult</span> 
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Category'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Design</span> 
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Examples'''</span>= 
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Results can only be compared on the GUI</span>
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Results are spread through different databases or media and it's difficult to put them together in a meaningful way</span>
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Results change randomly</span>
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Results change from release to release</span>
# <span style="font-size: 16px">Results depend on what test cases have been run before</span>
# <span style="font-size: 16px">API or AI tests deliver non-predictable results</span>
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Questions'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">How complex are the automated test cases? Can they be split up?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Are complex "scenario" test cases really necessary?</span> 
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Resolving Patterns'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Most recommended:</span><br /> 
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px">[[FRESH SETUP]]</span>: apply this pattern if you have issues like Example 5</span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[DEDICATED RESOURCES]]: look up this pattern if you have to share resources</span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX]]: try to look at the problem from unusual viewpoints. This is especially important for issues like Example 6</span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[WHOLE TEAM APPROACH]]: if your team follows an agile development process this is the pattern to use in order to avoid this kind of problems from the beginning</span>
<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful patterns:</span><br /> 
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[SHARE INFORMATION]]: use this pattern for better communication between development, testing and automation </span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[DESIGN FOR REUSE]]: this pattern should be used always</span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[COMPARE WITH PREVIOUS VERSION]]: this pattern helps when nothing else does</span>
* <span style="font-size: 16px">[[TAKE SMALL STEPS]]: this pattern is always useful</span>
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