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Copyright (c) 2001 Cem Kaner. All rights reserved. 1 Software Testing Methods Assignment 5 Due April 8, 2004 Cem Kaner J.D., Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology Fall 2004
Copyright (c) 2001 Cem Kaner.All rights reserved. 1
Software Testing Methods
Assignment 5Due April 8, 2004
Cem Kaner J.D., Ph.D.,
Florida Institute of Technology
Fall 2004
Copyright (c) 2001 Cem Kaner. All rights reserved. 2
Test Automation Requirements Do this question in collaboration with one other student.
Imagine that you are on the Mozilla Firefox testing team as a full-time staff member. You are asked to use a GUI automation tool,such as WinRunner, Silk, or QA Robot, to automate some or all ofthe testing of Open Office Word.
Read “Avoiding Shelfware”, “Architectures of Test Automation” andthe other papers on test automation on the Blackboard site.
Consider any ten of the “Twenty-Seven Questions About Requirements”discussed in Avoiding Shelfware. To the best of your ability(sometimes you will make and state reasonable assumptions ratherthan doing extensive research), answer those ten questions and foreach one, explain how that answer would influence your decisionsas to what to automate, how to automate, and when in the project toautomate it. (Note: you should consider 10 questions whether youwork alone or with one other student.)
