Best practices for implementing automated test by hp

Best practices for implementing automated functional testing solutions
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Functional testing versus unit testing . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Why automate functional testing processes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The benefits of automated functional testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to identify candidates for automated testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to determine the ROI of automated testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 5 Evaluating automated testing software: what to look for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Quality Center software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HP Functional Testingsoftware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 HP Business Process Testing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Checklist: Five keys to successful automatedtesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Abstract: Today’s enterprises need to conduct thoroughfunctional testing of their mission-critical applications to verify that all business processes work as expected . By implementing automated functional testing, your company can dramatically increase both the speed and accuracy of your testing processes, providing a higher return on investment (ROI) from software projects while dramatically cutting risk .

This paper presents a brief overview of theadvantages and challenges of automating functional testing to help structure your thinking about how best to approach test automation . It also summarizes the key features and benefits of the HP automated functional testing software—HP QuickTest Professional software and HP Service Test software—some of the industry’s most popular and powerful automated software testing solutions . The paperconcludes with a brief overview of HP Business Process Testing software and presents a checklist of the five keys to successful automated testing .

Introduction
There is no question that rigorous functional testing is critical to successful application development . The challenge for your developers, QA teams, and management alike is how to speed up testing processes and increase accuracy andcompleteness—without breaking your already tight budgets . By automating key elements of functional testing, your company can meet aggressive release schedules, test more thoroughly and reliably, verify that business processes function correctly, and ultimately generate higher revenue and customer satisfaction from your online operations . Yet the prospect of automating functional testing raises new...