Use a comprehensive, standards-based test automation framework.
As solutions and testing requirements become increasingly complex, labor and skill requirements grow, but headcount and schedules do not. Eighty percent of testing is done manually. Automated tests frequently have to work with a range of automation interfaces, and there is still the need to document test cases and create procedure libraries. Often, bug tracking is not integrated with testing to efficiently track the context of bugs and verify their resolution.
What to Test
Test automation should incorporate these best practices:
- Automated testing—with data-driven scripts using best-practice methodologies
- A comprehensive, standards-based framework—that supports black/gray box testing and documentation
- Create consistent shareable test assets—between development and test equipment manufacturers and their customers, and test labs and live networks/data centers
- Use of one best-of-breed tool—for authoring, executing and reporting and other specific tasks
- Simplify—test activities
- Automate—results reporting
Spirent Solutions
Spirent test automation solutions incorporate best practices and improve testing efficiencies:
