Implementing Automated Software Testing: How to Save Time and Lower Costs While Raising Quality: How to Lower Costs While Raising Quality

How to use automated software testing (AST) to systematically reduce

development costs AND time to market

° Up-to-the-minute coverage available nowhere else - including specific guidance for

automating the testing of mission-critical and real-time systems, security,

performance, and open source software

° Illuminates the business case for automated testing, and presents new best

practices for implementing it

° Shows how to avoid pitfalls that cause automated testing implementations to fail.

Summary

As software development organizations face growing demands for quality and

speed, more of them are turning to automated software testing. In this book,

three of the field's leading experts explain automated software testing in detail,

and present start-to-finish best practices for implementing it successfully. This

exceptionally practical book draws on the authors' unsurpassed experience

working with large development organizations in both the defense and private

sectors. It also offers up-to-the-minute guidance on utilizing automated

software testing in mission-critical and real-time environments, as well as

never-before-published techniques for automating the testing of security,

performance, and open source software systems. The authors thoroughly

demystify automated software testing: its elements, capabilities, limitations, and

business case. They assess today's key automation tools and techniques; show

how to avoid pitfalls; and walk through the entire implementation process,

focusing on five key success factors. From establishing requirements to

defining test cases, choosing tools to building skillsets, this book offers today's

most complete blueprint for success with automated software testing.