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Hello,
I am an IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT) automation expert. Over
the years I have had opportunities
to either implement or to provide consulting services to design
and implement (Java) a testing automation framework for GUI and
database testing with Rational Functional Tester. In addition
to offering expertise in automation frameworks I can help you
with SDLC and QA
overall. Leverage this test automation solution to enable early test
case engineering and support an agile test-driven development methodology.
Contact me for a strategic, long-term test automation resource that
abstracts the application under test from the test automation solution to
mitigate the impact of application development on the ability to
perform an effective regression test.
-Michael Richardson
The
test automatoin framework is built for IBM Rational Functional
Tester (RFT). 
Record and playback of scripts is not a test automation
solution!
- Leveraging
the concept of keyword-driven
testing the framework provides a solution to enable your client (or
an in-house business owner), as well as your business analysts, to
contribute to
test cases early in the software development life cycle. This early
definition of test cases can support your agile development approach
with test driven development.
- Allow
testers to spend more time on analysis of software requirements and
creative test case design
- Test
a broad range of business scenarios rather than being limited to the
few happy path scenarios and special tests (risk based) that can be
done within a limited amount of time
- Test
cases are designed in Excel and then executed by Rational
Functional Tester. There is no need for your test case designers to
concern themselves with the script execution programming. I will train
a member of your team to develop and maintain the code that executes
your keyword commands.
I can provide you with a customized solution within 3-6 months and
leave your organization with a resource that utilizes keyword test
commands that are based on your application features.
Test Automation Goals:
- Be a resource that will allow the teams
to maximize testing coverage for the application under test (AUT)
within a limited time frame; or at least, in a
‘minimal’ amount of time
- The automation testing framework /
foundation can be used as the application continues to evolve
Features:
- Keyword driven testing
- Library of
‘Operational’ and ‘Task’ scripts
- Support for multi-day or multi-cycle test cases
- ‘Filler-data’
generator - Data that isn’t relevant to the test case, but is
required by the application
- Isolate the test case design from user
interface field and control changes
Test
Process
- A test case engineer can design test
cases in
Excel so that test data may be created or manipulated using Excel
functions. A snapshot of the test case catalog is exported to a .csv
file.
- The test cases are imported to an RFT
data pool for execution
- A ‘dispatcher’ program is run to dispatch commands to operational-
or task-level scripts
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