Advantages of Automation

                                                     

•                                                         Time consuming                      Speed
•                                                         Low Reliability                        Highly Reliable
•                                                         Inconsisent                              Reusable
•                                                        More Human resources            Programming capability
•                                                                                                        More Coverage
•                                                                                                        Repeatability

Which test case to automate???

• Tests that need to be run for every build of the application (Smoke/Regression)
• Tests that use multiple data values for the same actions (data driven tests)
• Tests that require detailed information from application internals (e.g., SQL, GUI attributes)