Chapter 5Key 1: Know Your Requirements

Requirements serve as the blueprints to your automated testing effort.

In the previous chapters we discussed the whats and whys of AST (with some hows sprinkled in to better illustrate a point). The next six chapters discuss six key points related to how to successfully implement AST, broken down as follows:

Key 1: Know Your Requirements

Key 2: Develop the Automated Test Strategy

Key 3: Test the Automated Software Test Framework (ASTF)

Key 4: Continuously Track Progress—and Adjust Accordingly

Key 5: Implement AST Processes

Key 6: Put the Right People on the Project—Know the Skill Sets Required

Thoroughly knowing and understanding your SUT, test, and subsequent automation requirements is one of the most ...

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