A framework defines the organization’s way of doing things – a ‘Single Standard‘. Following this standard would result in the project team achieving:
Test Library – Process Definition
- Test Library creation follows a standard design and development process with proper documentation
- Well-defined process should be established for Team communication, Library versioning and Artifacts creation
Standard Scripting and Team Consistency
- Scripting standard should be maintained across the framework library creation, which includes business components, system communications, data check points, loggers, reporters etc.
- Project team should follow the defined scripting standards
- Published standards across the project team pre-empt the effort involved in duplicate coding, that is prevent individuals from following their own coding standards
Encapsulation from Complexities
- Test engineers are encapsulated from the complexities and critical aspects of the code
- Engineers are exposed only to the implemented libraries and tests are executed by just invoking the libraries
Scripts and Data Separation
- Automation test scripts separated from input data store (for example: XML, Excel files)
- No modification is required to the test scripts
- Only input data gets manipulated for testing with multiple input values
Implement and Maximize Re-Usability
- Establish the developed libraries across the organization/project team/product team, i.e. publish the library and provide access rights
- Utilities/components shared across the team
- Usage of available libraries
- Minimized effort for repeated regression cycles
Extensibility and Maintenance
- Complete support for application’s new enhancements and existing features modification. For example, re-usable library could be created only for the enhancement features with a minimal effort
- Standard process for script versioning
- Role based access rights. For example access rights such as addition, modification and deletion of scripts
- Project based – Utility/Component access
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