Base - Automation Architecture

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M/c Type ( CA Desktop config or

Windows Server )

Tool installation and configuration design

Common place holder to store/access production files

Development Process

Scientific Framework Design (File storage, resources storage, naming convention and coding

principles)

Script development

Execution Process

Debug script for

completion

Set Script status

Source Control

Update script

Create batchDesign script

execution flow

Sequential

Parallel

Report(Dev and Execution

)

Main Process Dev Process Execution Process

I/P Automation Compliant test cases

AutomatedMailer

QC Vs ITPAM ( Comparative Analysis )

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Required Features for automation

How much are these features required

Licensed Tool Abilities Internal Tool to be built

Utility to kick off batch Must Have YN - Need to be built -

standalone utility

Utility to tie up dependencies Must Have YN - Need to be built -

standalone utilityHandshake methodology with Manual test cases Good to have Y N

Lab area to track execution Must Have Y

N - Not sure if utility can be built upon it

or not

Storage of all run history Must Have Y NReport facilities - based out of execution results Must Have Y

N - Need to be built - standalone utility

Test results latching automatically at the end of run Must Have Y

N - Not sure if utility can be built upon it

or not

Contd…

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Required Features for automation

How much are these features required

Licensed Tool AbilitiesInternal Tool to be

built

Portability to Selenium scripts Must Have N - But not sure how to do it.N - Need to be built -

standalone utility

Scheduler Good to have

N – Don’t have as of now. In discussion with operations team to

get this utility embedded. Y

Dev stats - report based on script development status Good to have Y - Need to customize it

N - Not sure if utility can be built upon it

or notTracebility matrix from req. docs to test case to aut script Good to have Y N

Agents for parallel execution Must Have

N – not integrated with QC as of now .However,

one level of paralell execution already supported as users use their

desktop to run scripts. Y

Does not have licencing constraints N Y

Trade-off Analysis

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Total Item count

Licensed Tool Abilities Internal Tool to be builtFeatures - Both don't

support

Supports Doesn't Support Supports Doesn't Support Must Have 8 6 75% 2 25% 1 13% 7 88% 1Good to have 4 3 75% 1 33% 1 25% 3 75% 0

Licensed Tool Abilities

Internal Tool to be built

Avg feature support %age that each tool supports as of today 75% 19%

Enabled Suggestion – Bigger Picture

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Therefore, these three tools talk and hence all 12 features are met successfully.

Auto Tool Infra 1 Infra 2

Gives scripts Gives test management, traceability matrix and execution utilities

Gives scheduler and parallel run agents