ASPE SDLC Division

COURSE 3225 | 2-DAY SESSION
The Test Automation Workshop

Maximize Your Automation Investment

Whether you are considering a solution or have one already established, this course will provide you with the critical tools, strategies, tactics and techniques to significantly increase the performance of your automated testing practice and maximize your return on investment. Automation is software — but it is also a tactical and strategic framework, and your requirements must directly support that framework. Knowing how to find the right software, understanding which framework matches your needs, and implementing them both correctly will enable you to achieve significant ROI — but it is much easier said than done.

From Conceptualization to Implementation.

This two-day course was developed as a detailed roadmap for successful test automation deployment. You will get a comprehensive examination of both commercial and open-source solutions and how they can be applied to both traditional applications and specialized testing initiatives. You will learn how to properly evaluate, implement and gain sustainable utilization for your system. You will get invaluable tips, tricks, and techniques for all stages — from conceptualization to implementation. Attendees will leave this class with developed documents that will provide a quick start when you return to the office.

Get Training from an Expert

Jerry Durant has been involved in IT for over 30 years, has authored The Testing Tools Reference Guide published by SingleSource, and authored the first training program on the subject of Test Automation. He has taught throughout the world to over 2000 technical professionals. “Practical, applicable and effective” are words that participants have used countless times to characterize their training experience with Jerry. You can count on getting the right information to solve your most pressing automation challenges in this two-day workshop.

In-Class Group Exercises
Critical information and pragmatic tips and techniques to successful software test automation. You get a solutions-based program taking you through the entire automation lifecycle from strategy, initiation, and evaluation to implementation, utilization and replacement.
Learn how to:

Create and standardize automation test scripts
Use pragmatic and proven automation approaches for any commercial or internally developed testing tool
Successfully incorporate automation into both traditional and specialized testing initiatives and for web, client/server, mainframe and character-base applications
Get the most productivity and effectiveness out of your automation solution
Develop and maintain a test automated framework within your daily time constraints
Protect yourself against false-positives in automation use
Use new evaluation and selection techniques, move beyond the past practices (demo and select) to the goal of full/complete connection between the tool and your test environment
Incorporate best practices for Data Acquisition tools, Static Analyzer tools, Dynamic Analyzer tools, Simulators, Test Management tools, and Multi-Dimensional tools

20 Immediate Benefits of Attending You Can Immediately Use:

Develop automation scripts and learn the ten deadly sins of writing scripts
Incorporate an automation framework which can be easily maintained
Learn about the vast array of tools that are available
Develop a design for your tool sets and how they will interact and be applied
Protect yourself against false positives in automation use
Avoid common mistakes in the tool evaluation process
Learn how to establish a connection between tool technologies and the test process you wish to support with the tool
How to handle specializations like ERP, Web, and Global Testing
Break the old evaluation practices and incorporate a new evaluation paradigm that will enable you to align your tool with your framework
Go through the entire automation lifecycle in class from strategy to replacement
Effectively capitalize on automation opportunities
Avoid purchasing a solution that becomes "shelf-ware"
Learn how to build and sustain a test automation strategy
Develop an appreciation for foundations in regression scripting
Learn implementation practices for data acquisition, static analyzer, dynamic analyzer, test management, multidimensional and simulator tools
Bridge the gap between manual tasks and automation use
Get a comprehensive examination of both commercial and open source tools
Take classroom exercise documentation back to the office and get a powerful start to your automation initiation or efficiency project
Formulate a cost/benefit justification for tool acquisition
Understand how to measure tool utilization so you can monitor over or under use