Top 3 Automation Things You'd Setup For a New Company?

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As I mentioned in my post Anatomy of test automation, there is a lot more to Test Automation then the Test suites themselves.

So if I was starting from scratch, I would take a step back and try and work out where the team is at, and where it needs to go.

For me, the first three problems to tackle are:

  1. How can the System Under Test be stood up and and configured automatically to allow automated testing to be carried out in isolation.

  2. What test data is needed, and how can I control the SUT and put the system in the required state

  3. What is the most critical path that MUST work for the product to be in a releasable, functioning state. Depending on the system and what risks are identified, this will inform what your first test should look like.

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