Test Automation Checklist

• Test early and develop automation from the beginning.
• Use the knowledge from business users to determine scenarios and data.
• Use tools appropriate to the team’s skills.
• Avoid coded scripts that need maintaining.
• Maximise reuse so that scripts are modular and multi-purpose.
• Use solutions that have the intelligence to deal with changes automatically.
• Use a single solution covering all your systems, client and browser to support end-to-end testing.
• Regression test everything and don’t use an assertion-based approach – let the technology tell you what it finds, not just what you thought might change.