Software producing companies want to increase their quality and efficiency.
They often look at automated test tools as a part of a solution. Not many
company's use test tools, the time it takes to evaluate which test tool that
suites the company best costs much in both money and time.
The development process within the IT world is so fast, this makes it difficult
for any enterprise to put money in a test tool that may be useless within a few
years. For a test tool to be valuable for a company it must be used during at
least a few years. An automated test takes a lot of time to implement and
introduce in the company.
To get the whole picture when to automate test we have looked at different test
methodologies. Step-by Step Method uses tables and lists to create the test
document.
Product Life Cycle Method (CPU) describes implementing of software test in the
product life cycle. Well-developed test methods can save a lot of time and make
it possibly for developers to work effectively.
We have also investigated some general information about automated test like
cost and when to automate. ATLM (Automated Test Life-Cycle Methodology) is a
methodology that is used in order to take the correct decisions such as when to
automate or not, (ATLM) is a structured methodology aiming toward ensuring a
successful implementation.
We have also described some methods of automated tools. The Record/Playback
Method is a feature that executes the test manually while the test tool sits in
the background and remembers what has happened. It generates a script that can
re-execute the test. The Functional Decomposition Method and The Key-Word
Driven Method are a data-driven automated testing methodology. That allows
developing automated test scripts that are more "generic". It requires only
that the input and the expected results have been updated.
In this study we have examined automated test tools offered by Rational, Segue
Software Inc and Mercury Interactive to survey the tools on the market.
Segue Software Inc is aimed for e-business systems. Rational is a big...
