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Test Automation Issues Mind Map
Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] [[Image:Test_Automation_Issues.jpeg|800px|Test Automation Issues|link=https://testautomationpatterns.org/wiki/images/thumb

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PT-Test Automation Issues
...estão relacionados ao modo de trabalho, como '[[LATE TEST CASE DESIGN|LATE TEST CASE DESIGN(ESPECIFICAÇÃO TARDIA DOS CASOS DE TESTE)]]'', ou quando a aut O [[Test Automation Issues Mind Map|Test Automation Issues Mind Map(Mapa Mental de Problemas de Automação de Teste

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Improve or revive test automation
...ize: 16px">[[ Lack of specific knowledge]] (how to test the Software Under Test (SUT), use a tool, find out how the automation actually works, write mainta # [[ Expectations for automated test execution not met ]](scripts unreliable or too slow, tests cannot run unatt

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TEST DATA LOSS
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test data isn’t secured so that it has to be generated again and again.

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Testers think that the Software Under Test is too complex for automation
...don't realize that even automating only a small area of the Software Under Test (SUT) would take away some of their load

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Creation or maintenance of test data

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Test automators need training

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Test Manager
...ng and test automation A test manager is responsible for: * the master test plan

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Expectations for automated test execution not met
...n style="font-size: 16px">Please select how the expectations for automated test execution have not been met: ...style="font-size: 16px">The current tools cannot drive the Software Under Test (SUT) reliably. See issue ''[[INADEQUATE TOOLS]]'' for help.

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LATE TEST CASE DESIGN
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...utomated test cases are designed and written only after the Software Under Test (SUT) has been implemented. There

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INTERDEPENDENT TEST CASES
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test cases depend on each other, that is they can only be executed in a fixed se

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UNAUTOMATABLE TEST CASES
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Existing test cases are “unautomatable”

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Test Automation Patterns
...sentence in a gratuitous sequence, but you must follow rules, so also with test automation patterns you have to follow their natural hierarchy.<br / =Typical test automation patterns:=

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Test Automation Patterns Mind Map
...lass="wiki" style="display: block">Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] [[Image:Test_Automation_Patterns.jpeg|800px|Test Automation Patterns|link=https://testautomationpatterns.org/wiki/images/thu

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Test Automation Issues
...task that has to be done when automating and for this case there are also test automation patterns to help execute the task as efficiently as possible.</s ='''Typical test automation issues'''=

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NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] ...tart automating tests, but neither you nor your team has any experience in test automation and it hasn’t ever been implemented in the company, or it was

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UNATTENDED TEST EXECUTION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] In order to support unattended test execution you must set up a supporting infrastructure. Some suggestions:</s

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TEST SELECTOR
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...turn on various selection criteria for whether or not you include a given test in an execution run.

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TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Use a test automation framework.

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TEMPLATE TEST
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...e a template test case as a standard from which you can drive all kinds of test case variations.

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INDEPENDENT TEST CASES
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Make each automated test case self-contained

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TEST AUTOMATION OWNER
.................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Appoint an owner for the test automation effort. If there is already a "champion" give him or her public

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TEST AUTOMATION BUSINESS CASE
.................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] ...siness case as for any other project, but provide also factors typical for test automation

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TEST THE TESTS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Test the scripts just as you would test production code.

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ONE-CLICK RETEST
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Retesting a specific test case should be as easy as one mouse click

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MODEL-BASED TESTING
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...rom a model of the Software Under Test (SUT), typically using an automated test case generator.

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THE NIGHT TIME FALLACY
...ts and don’t have to be that diligent about what tests to add and how much test time these tests take. This beh ...e tests are added to the Nightly Run. Eventually, you run out of night and test runs continue into the day, the next night etc.

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AUTOMATION ROLES
................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] Test automation needs many different skills, and people to take different roles.

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SET STANDARDS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...tes: the names should convey what kind of test cases are contained in each test suite.

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FRESH SETUP
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Before executing, each test prepares its initial conditions from scratch. Tests don’t clean up afterw

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TOOL MUSHROOMING
...39;sans-serif'; font-size: 16px">A small test tool evolves into a full test framework without ever going through proper scoping and architecture phases ...style="font-size: 16px">Look out for this failure pattern when you develop test tools in-house

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Design Patterns
...lock">Design patterns show how to design the test automation testware so that it will be efficient and easy to maintain. Capture a manual test with an appropriate tool and replay it to run the test again. 

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AUTOMATE WHAT'S NEEDED
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...e it means the same lines of code get executed thousands of times, and the test suite takes so long that it doesn’t get used) – the aim should be to ma

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Discussions and Challenges
...Apr 2013?) by Gerard Meszaros, author of "xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code" (see [[References]]), and some email discussion that followed. ...s on all these kind of issues and it wouldn’t be much help for testers and test automators to look for answers in lots of different books.

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SHARED SETUP
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...and other conditions are set for all tests before beginning the automated test suite.

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TEST THE TESTS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Test the scripts just as you would test production code.

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RIGHT INTERACTION LEVEL
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...aware of the interaction level of the test approach on the Software Under Test (SUT) and its risks (intrusion) 

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TESTWARE ARCHITECTURE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ed to be made known to the tools, for example, when tests are to be run or test results are reported. This makes the job of interacting with the tools simp

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COMPARISON DESIGN
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Design the comparison of test results to be as efficient as possible, balancing Dynamic and Post-Executio

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INDEPENDENT TEST CASES
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Make each automated test case self-contained

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ONE CLEAR PURPOSE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Each test has only one clear purpose

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EXPECTED FAIL STATUS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]]/ Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...n you have lost the value of the automated tests. Setting up an additional Test Status (not just Pass or Fail) gives additional benefit from automation and

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ABSTRACTION LEVELS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...d. Another advantage is that you can reuse the technical scripts for other test automation efforts.

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MANUAL MIMICRY
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...ound the time and boredom limitations of a human. Just simply taking these test cases and automating them is wasting a huge opportunity to use automation p

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RIGHT TOOLS
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...long as a tool is workable in your context. The other factors involved in test automation are usually much more important and influential than the choice

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TEST SELECTOR
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...turn on various selection criteria for whether or not you include a given test in an execution run.

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KILL THE ZOMBIES
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...style="font-size: 16px">Regularly delete or archive test cases, scripts or test data that are not used. Make sure that tests are actually testing something

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MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] This pattern is applicable when test automation is intended to be used by many people within an organisation.</s

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SET CLEAR GOALS
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ou need to know what your objectives and goals are when you first consider test automation, when an automation initiative is getting started, when your aut

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DATA-DRIVEN TESTING
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Write the test cases as scripts that read their data from external files

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SPECIFIC COMPARE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...case so changes to objects not processed in the test case don't affect the test results

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GOOD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Use a good development process for test code; the same as developers (should) use for production code.

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Management Issues
...ary support or resources to the automation team or team members are new to test automation. Problems can also be caused by unrealistic expectations. The ta | Management wants to maximize ROI from the test automation project, but is not prepared to invest adequately 

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GOING FOR THE NUMBERS
...eam is pushed into automating as many tests as possible while disregarding test robustness This failure p ...t can get to the point that more time is wasted on analyzing and debugging test results than would have been invested in just running the tests manually. <

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References
...team, they learn to solve their problems (most of them) through using the test automation patterns. As we get to know the people on the team, we see how t For unit-level test automation patterns, see xUTP below and http://xunitpatterns.com<br

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MAINTAIN THE TESTWARE
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Maintain test automation scripts and test data regularly and from the very beginning.

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TEST AUTOMATION BUSINESS CASE
.................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] ...siness case as for any other project, but provide also factors typical for test automation

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Process Issues
...16px">Process issues list the test automation problems that occur when the test automation process has not yet been established or hasn’t yet reached the ...font-size: 16px">Testers don’t know what automation could deliver and the test automation team doesn’t know what testers need <span style=

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Test Manager
...ng and test automation A test manager is responsible for: * the master test plan

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DOCUMENT THE TESTWARE
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] Document the automation scripts and the test data.

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WHOLE TEAM APPROACH
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...16px">Testers, coders and other roles work together on one team to develop test automation along with production code.

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VISUALIZE EXECUTION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] When running tests display which test case is currently executing

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TOOL-DRIVEN AUTOMATION
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ..."font-size: 16px">Test cases are automated using “as is” the features of a test automation tool 

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Main Page
...r: #000080;font-size: 38px;margin-bottom: 20px;display: block;">Welcome to Test Automation Patterns Wiki ===About the Test Automation Patterns Wiki:===

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Process Patterns
...style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Process patterns show how the test automation process should be set up or how it can be improved. The table be | Document the automation scripts and the test data 

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Execution Patterns
...ily: Arial; font-size: 16px">Execution patterns show how to take care that test execution is easy and reliable. The table below gives a list of the Executi ...ot by running the same tests in the previous version of the Software Under Test (SUT). 

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FALSE FAIL
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...tests fail not because of errors in the SUT, but because of errors in the test automation testware or environment issues

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OBJECT MAP
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...yle="font-size: 16px">Declare all the GUI-Objects in the Object Map of the test automation tool. (Or define your own if appropriate.) 

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MANUAL INTERVENTIONS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] Test automation needs lots of manual handlings to work.

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INFLEXIBLE AUTOMATION
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...="font-size: 16px">It is difficult to select a subset of tests in order to test only some special feature, or to run a different set of regression tests th

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INEFFICIENT FAILURE ANALYSIS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] # Automated test cases perform complex scenarios, so that it's difficult to tag the exact ca

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Design Issues
...">Design issues list the test automation problems that can occur when an efficient testware architecture ...ion scripts have to be reworked for any small change to the Software Under Test (SUT) 

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LEARN FROM MISTAKES
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...span> This pattern is also useful when test automation doesn't deliver the results you expect in some area (for instanc

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Management Patterns
...lock">Management patterns show how to manage test automation both as an autonomous project or integrated in the development p | Test automation team needs many different skills, and people to take different r

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KEYWORD-DRIVEN TESTING
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...driven by keywords (also called action words) that represent actions of a test, and may include input data and expected results.

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FAIL GRACEFULLY
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] If a test fails it should restore the system and the environment so that the successi

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PRIORITIZE TESTS
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Assign each test some kind of priority in order to be able to select easily the ones that sh

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LIMITED EXPERIENCE
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...Arial; font-size: 16px">The test automation team has limited experience in test automation or in the SUT or new team members take too long to become produc

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TAKE SMALL STEPS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] This pattern is needed when you start with test automation and want to deliver results quickly. It is needed both for long

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AUTOMATE GOOD TESTS
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ecide what to automate, so you should apply it not only when starting with test automation from scratch, but also every time you want to increase your auto

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MAINTAINABLE TESTWARE
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] ...does not have to be updated for every little change in the Software Under Test (SUT).

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FLAKY TESTS
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Execution Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] # Testers changed the files test automation uses to compare results and now those tests don't pass any longe

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GET TRAINING
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...style="font-size: 16px">Plan to get training for all those involved in the test automation project.

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DOMAIN-DRIVEN TESTING
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...a domain-specific language for testers to use when writing their automated test cases. 

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SENSITIVE COMPARE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...-size: 16px">Expected results are sensitive to changes beyond the specific test case

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TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Use a test automation framework.

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EASY TO DEBUG FAILURES
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...dn't take hours to figure this out and it shouldn't require a rerun of the test.

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INTERDEPENDENT TEST CASES
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test cases depend on each other, that is they can only be executed in a fixed se

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Tester
...ock">The most important thing to learn about test automation is the difference between manual and automated tests. 

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DEDICATED RESOURCES
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] The test automation team is available full time and all the needed tools and machine

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KNOW WHEN TO STOP
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Not all test cases can or should be automated

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DEFAULT DATA
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ases need a lot of common data that is not all meaningful for the specific test.

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CAPTURE-REPLAY
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...x">Capture a manual test with an appropriate tool and replay it to run the test again

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TEMPLATE TEST
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...e a template test case as a standard from which you can drive all kinds of test case variations.

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Test Automation Issues
...task that has to be done when automating and for this case there are also test automation patterns to help execute the task as efficiently as possible.</s ='''Typical test automation issues'''=

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UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...style="font-size: 16px">There are unrealistic expectations regarding what test automation can and cannot deliver. Usua

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HIGH ROI EXPECTATIONS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Management wants to maximize ROI from the test automation project, but is not prepared to invest adequately.

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Test Automation Patterns
...sentence in a gratuitous sequence, but you must follow rules, so also with test automation patterns you have to follow their natural hierarchy.<br / =Typical test automation patterns:=

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FULL TIME JOB
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Arrange for the test automation team to be available full time.

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PLAN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...t planned, technical debt can build up and can cause serious damage to the test automation.

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TEST AUTOMATION OWNER
.................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Appoint an owner for the test automation effort. If there is already a "champion" give him or her public

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CHAINED TESTS
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...px">You automate the tests so that they run in a predefined sequence. Each test generates the initial conditions for the following ones so that you have to

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TOOL INDEPENDENCE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] * Use a [[TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK]] that supports [[KEYWORD-DRIVEN TESTING]] or [[DOMAIN

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VERIFY-ACT-VERIFY
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...s). This pattern ensures that a test actually checks whether a function works as expected, and a failure isn't d

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NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] ...tart automating tests, but neither you nor your team has any experience in test automation and it hasn’t ever been implemented in the company, or it was

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INEFFICIENT EXECUTION
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] # Test set-up and post-processing hasn't been automated, requires some manual inte

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UNAUTOMATABLE TEST CASES
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Existing test cases are “unautomatable”

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BRITTLE SCRIPTS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...ion scripts have to be reworked for any small change to the Software Under Test (SUT)

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REPETITIOUS TESTS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test cases repeat the same actions on different data

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UNMOTIVATED TEAM
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The test automation team is not motivated.

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INADEQUATE TEAM
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...px">me or all the members of the test automation team are not suited to do test automation

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LATE TEST CASE DESIGN
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...utomated test cases are designed and written only after the Software Under Test (SUT) has been implemented. There

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STALLED AUTOMATION
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...no longer supported or don't fit the current version of the Software Under Test (SUT).

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Solution to Ivan Indispensible
...knows to create a new script with the common code which is called by each test that needs to do whatever is in that common script. The automation is a gre ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na

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Solution to Freddie Frustrated
...ilding the automation, things seemed to go well. Freddie thought about the test architecture and designing the tests for ease of maintenance, and at first, ...etimes, they leave the test data in a state that isn’t what someone else’s test was expecting, so their tests fail, even though they should have passed. Wh

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ASK FOR HELP
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ..."font-size: 16px">This is an extremely important pattern if you want to do test automation efficiently: it should always be used!

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DESIGN FOR REUSE
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Design Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] ...est it only in one place. Reuse test data as much as possible.

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SHARE INFORMATION
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] There are many people who are involved with test automation, and they have different needs for what they need to know. But t

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SHORT ITERATIONS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Develop test automation in short iterations.

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THINK OUT-OF-THE-BOX
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...The best automation solutions are often found by concentrating on what the test case is trying to check and forgetting how it is executed manually

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STEEL THREAD
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...e: 16px">Test a thin slice of functionality that drives the Software Under Test (SUT) from one end to the other (E2E-Tests).

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UNATTENDED TEST EXECUTION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] In order to support unattended test execution you must set up a supporting infrastructure. Some suggestions:</s

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HARD-TO-AUTOMATE
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The Software Under Test (SUT) doesn’t support automated testing very well or not at all. 

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OBSCURE TESTS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...they can fail in parts that actually have nothing to do with the original test

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AD-HOC AUTOMATION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] * Expenses for test automation resources have not been budgeted

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INADEQUATE TOOLS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...e tools that are currently used are not appropriate for the Software Under Test (SUT) or are not supported any longer or you still don't have adequate tool

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FRAMEWORK COMPETITION
Large organizations with multiple test automation systems ...t-size: 16px">Large organization frequently end up with more than a single test automation system. The competition is usually not a healthy one and leads t

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Acknowledgements
...several patterns, ([[CAPTURE-REPLAY]], [[OBJECT MAP]] and [[INTERDEPENDENT TEST CASES]]) ...r: #ffffff; font-size: 16px">, author of "xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code" (see [[References]]) for [[Discussions and Challenges]] about the for

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Ivan Indispensable Solution
...knows to create a new script with the common code which is called by each test that needs to do whatever is in that common script. The automation is a gre 1) Go to [[Test Automation Issues Mind Map]] or [[Test Automation Issues]]. Look through the Issue names and see if one stands out

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Solution to Owen Optimistic
...the team together and announce that he had authorised the acquisition of a test tool, which he had heard glowing reports about from some friends in another ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Which issue(s) would best

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Solution to Charlie Chainer
...rt tests chained together, so one is using the data set up by the previous test - surely this should save a lot of time. ...ok, but since each test builds on what the previous test has done, if any test in the series fails, then all the other tests coming behind it either fail,

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CELEBRATE SUCCESS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...aiming to establish a long-lasting automation regime. It helps to keep the test automation team motivated to continue to improve the automation.

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CHECK-TO-LEARN
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Process Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] ...se this pattern to teach new team members what is already available to the test automation team. This pattern can be used in any context where new people h

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GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICES
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Use the same good programming practices for test code as in software development for production code.

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LAZY AUTOMATOR
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] This pattern helps you start and keep efficient test automation and should be applied for big and small automation efforts.</spa

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TESTABLE SOFTWARE
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ate what kind of implementations in the Software Under Test (SUT) may make test automation difficult or impossible, and find a solution as early as possibl

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DATE INDEPENDENCE
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Write your test cases to be date independent

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DATA CREEP
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Process Issues]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Issues]] ...does not have to be updated for every little change in the Software Under Test (SUT)

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LITTER BUG
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] # A test changes the database so that it cannot run again with the same initial cond

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GIANT SCRIPTS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...; for example, you have to pass in lots of parameters even if a particular test only needs one. This is known as the "long method" code smell. (Thanks to A

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INCONSISTENT DATA
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The data needed for the automated test cases changes unpredictably

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BUGGY SCRIPTS
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...le="font-size: 16px">Scripts are deemed so simple that there is no need to test them

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INADEQUATE SUPPORT
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The test automation team doesn't get adequate support from management, testers or ot

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Ivan Indispensible
...knows to create a new script with the common code which is called by each test that needs to do whatever is in that common script. The automation is a gre ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na

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Glossary
...me test automation problem or a rule how to perform a particular step in a test automation process or a suggestion how to resolve a management issue. In ot ...llection of patterns that work together to solve some specific problem (of test automation) 

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Developer
...ock">The most important thing to learn about test automation is the difference between writing code to develop an application when developing test automation one should: 

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Freddie Frustrated
...ilding the automation, things seemed to go well. Freddie thought about the test architecture and designing the tests for ease of maintenance, and at first, ...etimes, they leave the test data in a state that isn’t what someone else’s test was expecting, so their tests fail, even though they should have passed. Wh

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Solution to Nancy Naive
...le="font-size: 16px">Nancy is new to test automation. The company bought a test execution tool and she was given the task of automating the manual regressi ...ll happen the next time the system changes and wants to make sure that her test maintenance costs are kept to a reasonable level. 

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AUTOMATION DECAY
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...ont-size: 16px">Business pressures: management pushes only to automate new test cases so that there is no time to maintain existing automation testware.</s

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REFACTOR THE TESTWARE
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Refactoring means that scripts and test data should be checked regularly: 

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DO A PILOT
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ** Chose a test automation architecture

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AUTOMATE THE METRICS
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...> Some suggestions what to collect with each test run: 

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SINGLE PAGE SCRIPTS
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...s of all the elements on a web page that might be involved in an automated test.

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FALSE PASS
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] # Test automation has been developed with an erroroneus SUT and the results have b

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KNOW-HOW LEAKAGE
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test automation know-how (for instance scripting, tools) is being lost from the

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SCHEDULE SLIP
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] # Test automation is done only in people's spare time

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Introduction and Background
...> The 'scope' of this wiki is system-level test automation patterns, not test patterns, and not development-level automation patterns (these are covered ... An 'Issue' is some kind of problem in test automation, or something that needs to be done. <span

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Diagnostic
...ck">Test Automation Patterns are most useful if you can focus on the ones that reall ...se you want to '''[[Improve or revive test automation]]'''.

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Owen Optimistic
...the team together and announce that he had authorised the acquisition of a test tool, which he had heard glowing reports about from some friends in another ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Which issue(s) would best

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TEST DATA LOSS
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test data isn’t secured so that it has to be generated again and again.

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Debbie Disappointed Solution
...and more, and now it looks like she can’t gain any savings by reducing the test team. 1) Go to [[Test Automation Issues Mind Map]] or [[Test Automation Issues]]. Look through the Issue names and see if one stands out

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Portuguese Main Page
...>''[[NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION|NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION(NENHUMA AUTOMAÇÃO PRÉVIA)]]''<span style="font-size: 1 ...r siga as instruções da página [https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/test-automation-patterns-feedback/ Comentários]. Use esta página também para

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PT-Diagnostic
..."font-size: 20px">'''[[Improve or revive test automation|Improve or revive test automation(Melhorar ou ressuscitar a automação de testes)]]'''. ...matizou antes? Veja o problema ''[[NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION|NO PREVIOUS TEST AUTOMATION(NENHUMA AUTOMAÇÃO PRÉVIA)]].''

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LOOK FOR TROUBLE
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[ Test Automation Patterns]] Control regularly the health of your test automation so that you can solve eventual problems proactively

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PAIR UP
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...le team members pair up with more experienced team members when doing some test automation task.

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COMPARE WITH PREVIOUS VERSION
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...resh test scripts with a new build, if it fails you don't know if it's the test script or the build.

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VARIABLE DELAYS
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Use this pattern to make your test run as fast and as efficiently as possible

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TOO EARLY AUTOMATION
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test automation starts too early on an immature application or on the wrong aspe

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TOOL DEPENDENCY
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test automation is strongly dependent on some special tool. 

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COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The environment where the Software Under Test (SUT) has to run is complex

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HARD-TO-AUTOMATE RESULTS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] # Results depend on what test cases have been run before

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INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...font-size: 16px">Testers don’t know what automation could deliver and the test automation team doesn’t know what testers need 

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INADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Test automation testware (scripts data etc.) are not adequately documented</span

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INADEQUATE REVISION CONTROL
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...s are not consistently paired to the correct version of the Software Under Test (SUT)

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LOCALISED REGIMES
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...tyle="font-size: 16px">[[TEST AUTOMATION OWNER]]: Appoint an owner for the test automation effort 

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NON-TECHNICAL-TESTERS
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Testers aren’t able to write automation test cases if they are not adept with the automation tools. 

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OBSCURE MANAGEMENT REPORTS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] Reports from test automation are not very useful to monitor the process and keep management i

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Insufficient set-up information
...s there insufficient information in the test cases about the set-up of the test? Please select from the following statements the one that best describes yo ...sters know the system so well that they don't need much description in the test cases, but don't have time to explain them to you. In this case your issue

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Nancy Naive
...le="font-size: 16px">Nancy is new to test automation. The company bought a test execution tool and she was given the task of automating the manual regressi ...ll happen the next time the system changes and wants to make sure that her test maintenance costs are kept to a reasonable level. 

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Debbie Disappointed
...and more, and now it looks like she can’t gain any savings by reducing the test team. ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na

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Solution ideas for Automation Goals Exercise
...re often problems that are not obvious. Below are comments on the possible test automation goals in the exercise. ! Possible test automation goals

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Charlie Chainer
...rt tests chained together, so one is using the data set up by the previous test - surely this should save a lot of time. ...ok, but since each test builds on what the previous test has done, if any test in the series fails, then all the other tests coming behind it either fail,

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Solution to Ivy Independent
...e to run some of the regression tests overnight, so she got an open source test execution tool and began automating some tests. Soon she was experiencing t ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Which Pattern(s) would

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Solution to Ursula Unfocused
...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Look through the Patter

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Solution to Ted Toolswitcher
...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Look through the Patter

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AUTOMATE EARLY
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...the very beginning, you will be able to see to it that the Software Under Test (SUT) is developed as [[TESTABLE SOFTWARE]] 

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DEPUTY
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...is able to take over if who is in charge of the framework, the scripts or test execution suddenly gets sick, goes on vacation or, in the worst case, leave

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GET ON THE CLOUD
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...tern if you have a distributed team or if you are supposed to run the same test cases in different environments

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SELL THE BENEFITS
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Inform management before and during test automation about achievable and achieved benefits. 

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SIDE-BY-SIDE
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...to decide which tool or framework is best for testing your Software Under Test (SUT).

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DATE DEPENDENCY
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] * Test cases check age or time passed since something happened

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READABLE REPORTS
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...ance show if a test passed, but they must also be helpful in finding why a test failed. Reports must also deliver metrics for management, for instance tren

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PARALLELIZE TESTS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]]/ Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...n style="font-size: 16px">Use this pattern when you have a great number of test to execute in a short time

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SKIP VOID INPUTS
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Execution Issues
...span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Execution issues list the test automation problems that occur when the automated tests are run and range f ...tests fail not because of errors in the SUT, but because of errors in the test automation testware or environment issues 

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MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...sts are supposed to run? Is the test execution really identical?

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LONG SET-UP
........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...t-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Set-up of the initial conditions for the test cases is long and complicated 

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INADEQUATE TECHNICAL RESOURCES
...................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[ Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] The technical resources for test automation are insufficient or not appropriate or both

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NO INFO ON CHANGES
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...y: Arial; font-size: 16px">Development changes are not communicated to the test automators, or not in good time.

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Lack of direction
# Nobody is in charge of test automation, everybody does what he or she thinks best without cooperating w .... You probably have a case of ''[[MANUAL MIMICRY]]'' or ''[[INTERDEPENDENT TEST CASES]]''

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Failure Patterns
...eam is pushed into automating as many tests as possible while disregarding test robustness | Test tools developed in-house evolve from useful utilities to large and unwieldy

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Ursula Unfocused
...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Look through the Patter

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UNFOCUSED AUTOMATION
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...tyle="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">: If you are just starting with test automation and the SUT is beeing developed using agile processes, then this

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Testers don't help the automation team
...Test is too complex for automation | Testers think that the Software Under Test (SUT) is so complex ]] that it's impossible to automate, so why try # Testers have been burned before with test automation and don't want to repeat the experience. Look up issue ''[[ UNMO

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Ted Toolswitcher
...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map with clickable links]. Look through the Issue na ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Look through the Patter

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Improve or revive test automation
...ize: 16px">[[ Lack of specific knowledge]] (how to test the Software Under Test (SUT), use a tool, find out how the automation actually works, write mainta # [[ Expectations for automated test execution not met ]](scripts unreliable or too slow, tests cannot run unatt

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PT-Test Automation Issues
...estão relacionados ao modo de trabalho, como '[[LATE TEST CASE DESIGN|LATE TEST CASE DESIGN(ESPECIFICAÇÃO TARDIA DOS CASOS DE TESTE)]]'', ou quando a aut O [[Test Automation Issues Mind Map|Test Automation Issues Mind Map(Mapa Mental de Problemas de Automação de Teste

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MIX APPROACHES
..................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...S NEEDED]]: decide individually for each application if it’s better to use test automation, manual tests or a mixture of both

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DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL
......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Patterns]] / Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] ...px">[[REPETITIOUS TESTS]]'' ''[[TEST DATA LOSS]]''

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EXPECT INCIDENTS
....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Patterns]]/ Back to [[Test Automation Patterns]] Your test scripts must be able to react accordingly so that execution can continue.</

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INADEQUATE RESOURCES
.....................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Execution Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...from management is needed in order to get the resources needed for optimal test execution

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CAN'T FIND WHAT I WANT
.........................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Design Issues]], Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...>There is a script that initialises a data file that you want to use for a test. You have used it before but don't remember its name. You have looked throu

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SCRIPT CREEP
.......................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Process Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]] ...T PROCESS]]: apply this pattern if you don't have a process for developing test automation. Apply it also if your process lives only on paper (nobody cares

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Ivy Independent
...e to run some of the regression tests overnight, so she got an open source test execution tool and began automating some tests. Soon she was experiencing t ...tlas.mindmup.com/testautomationpattern/test_automation_patterns/index.html Test Automation Patterns Mind Map with clickable links]. Which Pattern(s) would

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Lack of specific knowledge
# Management doesn't know what test automation means and therefore [[Managers%20don%27t%20see%20the%20value]]</ ...r: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 16px">Return to [[Improve or revive test automation]]</div>

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Maintenance costs too high
=What costs too much when maintaining test automation?= ...he automation scripts]] after changes have been made to the Software Under Test (SUT) and the existing tests either no longer run or give incorrect results

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Maintenance expectations not met
...le="font-size: 16px">[[ Not reusing existing data]] or other problems with test data. ...to pair the automated scripts to the correct release of the Software Under Test (SUT). Look up the issue ''[[INADEQUATE REVISION CONTROL]]'' for suggestion

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Exercise SET CLEAR GOALS
...="display: block">The following are possible test automation goals. Evaluate each one - is it a good one? If not, why not? Wh ! Possible test automation goals

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Expectations for automated test execution not met
...n style="font-size: 16px">Please select how the expectations for automated test execution have not been met: ...style="font-size: 16px">The current tools cannot drive the Software Under Test (SUT) reliably. See issue ''[[INADEQUATE TOOLS]]'' for help.

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The scripts are too slow in execution
# The test tool is too slow. To solve this problem you may have to pick a tool that's # The Software Under Test (SUT) is too slow

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Mindmup
Here is a test Page to link to a Mindmup Map. ...om/testautomationpattern/test_automation_issues_https_testautom/index.html Test Automation Issues Mind map]

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LOOK AHEAD
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PREFER FAMILIAR SOLUTIONS
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KEEP IT SIMPLE
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Test Automation Patterns Mind Map
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Test Automation Issues Mind Map
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INSUFFICIENT METRICS
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SUT REMAKE
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Lack of resources
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Setting up the initial environments is difficult
# The test cases have [[ Insufficient set-up information]] and so you don't really kno ...br /> Return to [[Creation or maintenance of test data]]</div>

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Training
# [[Test automators need training]] (new colleagues have joined the team, an expert ...span style="font-size: 16px">Testers need training (how to write automated test cases, etc.): The issue ''[[LIMITED EXPERIENCE]]'' can give you valu

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The scripts are not reliable
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Not reusing existing data
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People costs
# Test execution needs manual intervention for the automation to continue. # Support for test automation is not the first priority for management, so automators lose tim

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Testers don't have time
...so the time when testers are most stressed out. Look up the issue ''[[LATE TEST CASE DESIGN]]'' for suggestions on how to solve this problem

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Updating the automation scripts
...e: 16px">Minor changes to the Software Under Test (SUT) cause large changes to the automation: look up the issue ''[[B ...s. In fact it can be the right time to switch to a better tool or a better test automation architecture (see issue ''[[SUT REMAKE]]'').

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Solution to Sharon Stressed
Sharon started test automation for her company. She developed a lot of automated tests and both 2. From the Diagnostic, [[Improve or revive test automation]]

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Lack of support
...> Return to [[Improve or revive test automation]]

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Management expectations for automation not met
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Other costs
...mon to forget about costs other than people when developing the budget for test automation. 

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Disposing of redundant data
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Preparing the expected results is difficult
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The scripts are so complicated that nobody understands them
...UAL MIMICRY]]'': if your scripts are complicated because they mimic manual test execution

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Testers think that the Software Under Test is too complex for automation
...don't realize that even automating only a small area of the Software Under Test (SUT) would take away some of their load

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Sharon Stressed
Sharon started test automation for her company. She developed a lot of automated tests and both

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