????Lessons in Test Automation ? A manager??s guide to avoiding pitfalls when automating testing (Elfriede Dustin)

99????????￡????????????????????????????????????????????塣Elfriede Dustin?????????????????????????????????19??????????

??1?????????????????????????????????????????????????The various tools used throughout the development lifecycle did not easily integrate??

??2????????????????洢???????С???Duplicate information was kept in multiple repositories??

??3??????????????????????The automated testing tool drove the testing effort??

??4?????????????????????????д???????????????Everyone on the testing staff was busy trying to automate scripts??

??5?????????????????????д?Щ?????????????????Elaborate test scripts were developed?? duplicating the development effort??

??6??????????????????????????鷳?????????????????????????????á???Automated test script creation was cumbersome??

??7????????????????????????????????????????????Training was too late in the process ?? so test engineers lacked tool knowledge??

??8?????????????????????????????The test tool was introduced to the testing program with two weeks left for system testing??

??9???????????????е??????????Testers resisted the tool??

??10???????????????????????????????????????There were expectations of early payback??

??11????????????????????????????????The tool had problems recognizing third-party controls (widgets)??

??12?????????????????淶????????A lack of test development guidelines was noted??

??13???Щ???????????????????????????У???????????????????????????????????The tool was intrusive?? but the development staff wasn??t informed of this problem until late in the testing lifecycle??

??14????????????????????????Reports produced by the tool were useless??

??15??????δ??????????????????????????Tools were selected and purchased before a system engineering environment was defined??

??16??????????汾??????á???Various tool versions were in use??

??17????????????????е???????????????????The new tool upgrade wasn??t compatible with the existing system engineering environment??

??18???????????????????????The tool??s database didn??t allow for scalability??

??19??δ?????????ò????????????????????????????Incorrect use of a test tool??s management functionality results in wasted time??