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<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Failure patterns show how behaviours that start well can end up as costly failures. These kind of patterns help recognize if an automation project is heading in the wrong direction at a time when countermeasures can still enable a turnaround. Failure patterns are also called "anti-patterns", since they are things that you shouldn't do. In this wiki, they could also be Issues. The table below gives a list of the Failure patterns with a short description.</span><span style="font-size: 16px"> [[The Failure Patterns Mind Map]] shows whi</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">ch other patterns are used by the failure patterns.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> | <div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Failure patterns show how behaviours that start well can end up as costly failures. These kind of patterns help recognize if an automation project is heading in the wrong direction at a time when countermeasures can still enable a turnaround. Failure patterns are also called "anti-patterns", since they are things that you shouldn't do. In this wiki, they could also be Issues. The table below gives a list of the Failure patterns with a short description.</span><span style="font-size: 16px"> [[The Failure Patterns Mind Map]] shows whi</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">ch other patterns are used by the failure patterns.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
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! <span style="font-size: 16px">Failure Pattern</span><br /> | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">Failure Pattern</span><br /> | ||
! <span style="font-size: 16px">Description</span><br /> | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">Description</span><br /> | ||
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| − | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ FRAMEWORK COMPETITION]] </span><br /> | + | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ FRAMEWORK COMPETITION]]*</span><br /> |
! <span style="font-size: 16px">Different teams build different automation frameworks and are not able or willing to consolidate them</span><br /> | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">Different teams build different automation frameworks and are not able or willing to consolidate them</span><br /> | ||
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| − | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ GOING FOR THE NUMBERS]] </span> | + | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ GOING FOR THE NUMBERS]]*</span><br /> |
| − | ! <span style="font-size: 16px | + | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">The automation team is pushed into automating as many tests as possible while disregarding test robustness</span><br /> |
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| − | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ THE NIGHT TIME FALLACY]] </span> | + | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ THE NIGHT TIME FALLACY]]*</span><br /> |
| − | ! <span style="font-size: 16px | + | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">Targeting "Night runs" can lead to inefficient automation</span><br /> |
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| − | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ TOOL MUSHROOMING]] </span> | + | | <span style="font-size: 16px">[[ TOOL MUSHROOMING]]*</span><br /> |
| − | ! <span style="font-size: 16px | + | ! <span style="font-size: 16px">Test tools developed in-house evolve from useful utilities to large and unwieldy automation frameworks </span><br /> |
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<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Main Page]] </span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Test Automation Issues]]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Test Automation Patterns]]</span><br /> <br /> *) Failure Patterns introduced by Michael Stahl </div> | <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Main Page]] </span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Test Automation Issues]]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">[[Test Automation Patterns]]</span><br /> <br /> *) Failure Patterns introduced by Michael Stahl </div> | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 6 July 2018
Failure patterns show how behaviours that start well can end up as costly failures. These kind of patterns help recognize if an automation project is heading in the wrong direction at a time when countermeasures can still enable a turnaround. Failure patterns are also called "anti-patterns", since they are things that you shouldn't do. In this wiki, they could also be Issues. The table below gives a list of the Failure patterns with a short description. The Failure Patterns Mind Map shows which other patterns are used by the failure patterns.
Main Page
Test Automation Issues
Test Automation Patterns
*) Failure Patterns introduced by Michael Stahl
| Failure Pattern |
Description |
|---|---|
| FRAMEWORK COMPETITION* |
Different teams build different automation frameworks and are not able or willing to consolidate them |
| GOING FOR THE NUMBERS* |
The automation team is pushed into automating as many tests as possible while disregarding test robustness |
| THE NIGHT TIME FALLACY* |
Targeting "Night runs" can lead to inefficient automation |
| TOOL MUSHROOMING* |
Test tools developed in-house evolve from useful utilities to large and unwieldy automation frameworks |
Main Page
Test Automation Issues
Test Automation Patterns
*) Failure Patterns introduced by Michael Stahl