Exercise SET CLEAR GOALS
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The following are possible test automation goals. Evaluate each one - is it a good one? If not, why not? Which are already in place in your own organisation?
Solution ideas for Automation Goals Exercise
| Possible test automation goals | Good automation goal? (If not, why not?) | Already in place? |
|---|---|---|
| Run tests every night on all PCs | ||
| Automate all of our manual tests | ||
| Make it easy for business users to write and run automated tests | ||
| Ensure repeatability of regression tests | ||
| Ensure that we meet our next release deadline (we’re under time pressure) | ||
| Find lots of bugs by running automated tests | ||
| Find defects in less time | ||
| Free testers from repeated (boring) test execution to spend more time doing exploratory testing | ||
| Reduce the number of testers | ||
| Reduce elapsed time for testing by x% | ||
| Run more tests / Run tests more often | ||
| Increase coverage |
Solution ideas for Automation Goals Exercise