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2. 2
Abstract
These day’s systems are complex with rich User Interface, backend and that too require
multiple capabilities. Test Automation Framework are complex to develop and maintain. This
white paper gives an idea about the implementation of single framework for front-end and
back-end which covers all aspects of testing.
The major purpose of this document is to define a common set of Automation development
guidelines and how the Selenium with Java can be used to develop a single automation
framework.
This white paper looks at applying the Hybrid (KDF and Data Driven) framework approach for
automating the test design. The KDF approach not only saves effort and cost but increases the
usability of framework across the different teams and reduces the dependency on the
resources with automation skills.
This paper sets out the steps involved in building the automation framework.
3. 3
The Urge for Automation Testing
Relying solely on manual testing
to execute repetitive testing steps
is not only costly but also time-
consuming and ineffective.
Testing with the use of tools or
automation testing is the best
solution when you have a lot of
regression cases.
For better accuracy and speed,
test automation is vital to cover
all corners of the application.
6. 6
Test Automation Life Cycle vs. Application Development
Knowledge
Transfer
Test
Strategy
Test
Planning
Test Execution
Test
Report
Quality
Gate
Feature Development Defect Fixing
Lab setup
Automation
strategy
Regression
plan
Test case
writing
Automation
Tool PoC
Execution
Cycle 1
All test cases execution
Automation Framework
Development
Test case script writing
Defects validation
Failed test cases
Small set of regression
Automation Script
Execution
Final regression
Automation Script
Execution
Execution
Cycle 2
Execution
Cycle 3
System
Build
Exit Criteria
Defects
Intermediate Build
It is very important to
consider the Test
Automation
development as a
separate project all
together from the
Application
development
7. 7
Automation Tool Selection
Factors to be consider before selecting the right tool:
1. Meeting Requirements 2. Testing Scope
3. Availability of required skills set 4. Management Aspects
Following figures depicts how the appropriate tool is selected
8. 8
Challenges In Automation
The choice of the tool is often restricted by the
technology underlying the application under test.
In web applications, multi‐window test cases are usually
difficult to automate. Pop‐ups, single child windows are
not a problem.
Integrations between applications under test are
sometimes difficult to automate.
Frequent changes in feature/UI causes rework of already
automated test cases. Development UI changes need to
be stable enough (at least on objects level) to avoid this
challenge
9. 9
Automation Best Practices
Since automation frameworks are essentially about
abstraction, an important set of best practices deals
with ensuring loose coupling between –
The test data and the test scripts,
Test scripts themselves,
The automation framework and the
application under test.
The test cases and the automation
framework, and
The automation framework and the
automation tool.
Hybrid Framework (Keyword + Data Driven approach)
should be developed to provide less scripting efforts
for the manual engineers.
Keyword names should be carefully chosen, so that
human readability is also high. This enables gradual
transitioning from manual testing to automated testing
10. 10
Automation Best Practices Contd.
Verification points should be judiciously inserted into the scripts. In case of test
case failure, these points accelerate the process of zeroing in on the reason of
the failure
Framework should be integrated with the Test Management tool
Generic Libraries should be developed to reuse the modules in different
keywords.
The development of an automation framework is similar to the development of
an application in several respects, and hence should be planned and tracked as
a (sub) project in itself. It should be noted that framework creation and test
case design are distinct activities (and require different skills).
Figure on next slide shows the different layers of ideal Framework
11. Test Management tool Integration
Test Management tools like RQM ,QC integration with the
execution server.
Batch/Shell script to receive the execution command from
tools to its adaptor.
Test Cases Orchestration Layer
Keyword Driven and Data Driven Test Scenarios excel sheets
Setup Specific Configuration excel sheets
Framework Tools Library Layer
Technologies specific testing tools like Selenium ,QTP,
Appium etc.
Multiple tools can co –exist
Modular and Reusable libraries in any language/scripts like
Java, Perl, python. VB etc.
System Under Test
Wireline, Wireless, Convergence or Next Generation
infrastructure components
Web Application /Web Portals
Devices and Mobile Applications
Business
Challenges Solved
• Easy to use across
the different
teams
• Dependency on
team competency
for a specific
tool/language.
• Modular/Reusable
Framework
12. ROI on Automation Framework Automation should be seen
as an overall quality and
productivity improvement
initiative, rather than merely
as a cost saving exercise
The monetary values of the
following can be compared to
estimate ROI:
Return: Saving of manual
testers’ time, converted to a
monetary value
Investment
Cost of the automation
tool
Cost of the automation
effort
13. 13
Case Study on ROI of Automation
Framework
Manual Automated
Average Execution Time per Test Case
(excluding REST API testing) 70 minutes 18 minutes
Average Execution Time per REST API
(covering all possible combinations of
input parameters)
4320 minutes 10 minutes
85%
Regression
Effort Saved
35%
Reduction
in field
defects
50%
Reduced
Validation
Cycles
Automated test cases 11255
(85%)
88%
Regression
Time Saved
Intelligence Quotient
Test Data Creation : Learns from the
configuration the API’s which are to be used and
creates the data to test the respective API’s for
the all possible parameter combinations
Log Analyzer: Finds subroutine causing the major
failures and can prioritize to resolve those first.
Setup Analyzer: analyses the setup configuration
and provides details about number of devices
which is needed for a particular test suite
execution
Setup Creation : A Java and Rest API based tool
which configure pre-requisite data required to
execute the test suite
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2014 2015 2016 2017
Test
Cases
Weeks
50%
reduction
Validation Test Cycle
Duration
Key Highlights
Increase in Test Coverage (Manual v/s Automation)
o 50% reduction in the time taken for a
verification cycle and 5 folds increases in the
number of test cases executed per cycle
35 % Reduction the defects trends seen from the
production releases
Break-even for automation investment achieved in 7
regression cycles
0
5000
10000
2014 2015 2016 2017
Defect Trend
Implementation
Validation
Beta/GA
Linear (Implementation)
35%
50%
reductio
n
14. 14
Summary
Test automation offers a promising way of quality and productivity improvement in
software testing. While manual testing is required and desired (except perhaps for a
product that is purely in sustenance mode), the time and cost required for it can be
significantly reduced. Moreover, a part of this saving can be invested for better
quality.
Commercial/Open source tools and a rapidly growing body of knowledge have led
to a reduction in the time needed for monetary returns to be seen, thus
accelerating the adoption of test automation in the industry.
16. 16
Author Biography
Girish Chandra
Girish Chandra has 7 + years of
testing experience which includes
automation and manual . Girish is
Quality Assurance and Software
testing specialist , managing testing
efforts , developing test
methodologies and creating
standard procedures for quality
assurance and testing .He has
worked for different telecom
technologies like 2G , 3G(UMTS),4G
(LTE) and SIP .And has good
experience on real time protocol
testing .
Umair Siddiqui
Umair Siddiqui has 7+ years of
experience of working in Automation
Framework and manual testing of
medium to large sized projects in
Telecom domain. He is currently
working as a Technical Leader in Aricent
Technologies. He is awarded with
Aricent Individual Excellence annual
award. He has strong exposure of
various software development life cycle
including Requirement Understanding,
Design, Feature Analysis, Test Strategy,
Test Planning, Test Execution and Test
Automation of assigned features