Framework Driven Test Automation Position Paper - Collabera

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Collabera Approach Collabera enhances the test automation process through its proprietary framework – automate, a hybrid approach, which enables organizations to attain the multiple benefits of keyword and data driven approaches. This approach is a combination of all approaches described above, pulling from their strengths and trying to mitigate their weaknesses. On one hand this approach enables data driven scripts to be more compact and less prone to failure than they otherwise would have been; and on the other, they facilitate the gradual and manageable conversion of existing scripts to keyword driven equivalents when and where that appears desirable. This framework is “easy to use” and institutes of division of labor – enabling teams to involve members from diverse backgrounds and take advantage of their respective strengths. It encapsulates complexity of test automation scripting language from test specialists and business / domain subject matter experts by allowing them to script test cases in simple English Language thus obviating dependency on technical experts. The table below provides a comparison of automate with other test automation approaches. Feature Capture Playback Keyword driven Automate Complexity of Initial Implementation Simplicity of use Division of Labour (Between SME/Domain/Technical Experts) Reuse of Common Business Functionalities Complexity of Maintenance Ease in Incorporating Changes Support for Iterative and Agile development model Provision of Exception / Error Handling Capability of generating English Language Documentation of Automated Test Cases Key benefits in using automate are • Reusability of automation scripts enabling client to realize better ROI over longer periods Value. Accelerated.
• Reusability of common business functionalities to achieve Reduction in Cost-to-Market and Time-to-Market along with Quality Improvements • Capability of generating English Language Documentation of Automated Test Cases Cost Benefit Using automate Automate based test automation takes a good deal of effort in the initial stages of set up and may indicate that the costs during initial stages are much more than that involved in traditional testing methods. However based on our experience in executing test automation based on automate for one of our key clients, the benefits were realized after 4 test cycles. The same has been represented in the graph below: 25 20 Total Cost 15 10 5 Manual Test ing Framework based Aut omat ed Test ing 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Test Cycle * Refer Appendix 1 for detailed break down of cost structure. Appendix 1: Cost Benefits Using automate These figures have been computed based on our experience in carrying out test automation projects for clients across the globe. Actual results vary on project to project basis and depend on various factors like complexity of application, number of test cases, feasibility of application etc. Item Manual Automate Time Cost Time Cost Unit Cost $70 per day $70 per day Total no of test cases 632 632 Time to design/automate test case 4 per hour 30 per hour Value. Accelerated.
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