Which Tests Should We Automate?

Angie Jones

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Automation requires maintenance

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Lots of automation can require lots of time

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Redundant automation is noisy

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Automation Worksheet

What's your gut feeling?

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Probability

Impact

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1

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5

2

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5

RISK

frequency of use by customers

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if broken, what's the impact to customers?

Distinctness

Cause for Action

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5

2

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5

VALUE

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does this test provide new info?

how quickly would this failure be fixed?

Quickness

Ease

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5

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5

COST-EFFECIENCY

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how quickly can this be scripted

how easy will it be to script this

Similar to weak areas

Frequency of breaks

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HISTORY

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volume of historical failures in related areas

volume of historical failures for this test

Area #
setting location 51
updating handle 27
pinning tweet 2
viewing tweets 10

Add them up

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Automate
Possibly automate
Don't automate

67 - 100

34 - 66

0 - 33

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SCORES

ID DESCRIPTION R V C H Score
1 Add a tweet 25 25 25 0     75
6 Set location 10 15 25 25     75

Different Analysis, Same Score

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ID DESCRIPTION R V C H Score
24 Add tweet to a moment 5 5 25 0     35

Do We Automate?

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Thanks, Dot!

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Good luck!

Angie Jones

http://angiejones.tech

@techgirl1908

Senior Developer Advocate

Applitools, San Francisco, CA, USA