This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills
necessary to guide a test automation project. It focuses on the concepts,
methods, tools and processes for automating dynamic functional tests and the
relationship of those tests to test management, configuration management, defect
management, software development processes and quality assurance.
The methods described are generally applicable across variety of software
lifecycle approaches (e.g., agile, sequential, incremental, iterative), types of
software systems (e.g., embedded, distributed, mobile) and test types
(functional and non-functional testing)
A candidate who achieves ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer
certification can be expected to:
- Contribute to the development of a plan to integrate automated testing
within the testing process.
- Evaluate tools and technology for automation best fit to each project and
organization.
- Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation
architecture (TAA).
- Design and develop (new or modified) test automation solutions that meet
the business needs.
- Enable the transition of testing from a manual to an automated approach.
- Create automated test reporting and metrics collection.
- Manage and optimize testing assets to facilitate maintainability and
address evolving (test) systems.
- Explain the objectives, advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of test
automation.
- Identify technical success factors of a test automation project.
- Analyse a system under test to determine the appropriate automation
solution.
- Analyse test automation tools for a given project and report technical
findings and recommendations.
- Understand "design for testability" and "design for test automation"
methods applicable to the SUT.
- Explain the structure of the Generic Test Automation Architecture.
- Analyse factors of implementation, use, and maintenance requirements for a
given Test Automation Solution.
- Explain the factors to be considered when identifying reusability of
components.
- Apply guidelines that support effective test tool pilot and deployment
activities.
- Analyse deployment risks and identify technical issues that could lead to
failure of the test automation project, and plan mitigation strategies.
- Understand which factors support and affect maintainability.
- Classify metrics that can be used to monitor the test automation strategy
and effectiveness.
- Explain how a test execution report is constructed and published.
- Apply criteria for determining the suitability of tests for automation.
- Understand the factors in transitioning from manual to automation testing.
- Explain the factors to consider in implementing automated regression
testing, new feature testing, and confirmation testing.
- Verify the correctness of an automated test environment including test
tool setup.
- Verify the correct behaviour for a given automated test script and/or test
suite.
- Analyse the technical aspects of a deployed test automation solution and
provide recommendations for improvement.
