Ten steps to implement Automation Framework approach

1. Identification of the Scope of Testing - Company Oriented, Product Oriented, Project Oriented.
2. Identification of the Needs of Testing - Identify Types of testing e.g. FT, Web Services etc. and application / modules to be tested.
3. Identification of the Requirements of Testing - Find out the Nature of Requirements, Identification of type of actions for each requirement & identification of High Priority Requirements.
4. Evaluation of the Test Automation Tool - Preparation of Evaluation Checklist, Identification of the Candidate Tools Available, Sample Run, Rate & Select the Tool, Implementation & Training.
5. Identification of the Actions to be automated - Actions, Validations & Requirements supported by the Tool.
6. Design of the Test Automation Framework - Framework Guidelines, Validations, Actions Involved, Systems Involved, Tool Extensibility Support, Customs Messages & UML Documentation.
7. Design of the Input Data Bank - Identification of Types of Input file, Categorization & Design of File Prototypes.
8. Development of the Automation Framework - Development of Script based upon Framework Design, Driver Scripts, Worker Scripts, Record / Playback, Screen / Window / Transaction, Action / Keyword & Data Driven.
9. Population of Input Data Bank - Different Types of Data Input, Population of Data from Different Data Sources, Manual Input of Data and Parent – Child Data Hierarchy.
10. Configuration of the Schedulers - Identify Scheduler Requirements & Configure the Schedulers .