Chapter 9Key 5: Implement AST Processes

Lightweight processes and ongoing tracking of them are other keys to success.

Key 1: Know Your Requirements

Key 2: Develop the Automated Test Strategy

Key 3: Test the Automated Software Test Framework (ASTF)

Key 4: Continuously Track Progress—and Adjust Accordingly

Key 5: Implement AST Processes

Key 6: Put the Right People on the Project—Know the Skill Sets Required

Our experience has shown, and the results of the IDT survey described in Chapter 2 also indicate, that many AST efforts fail because of a lack of process.

Implementing a successful AST effort requires a well-defined, structured, but lightweight technical process, using minimal overhead—a process that we describe here. The AST technical process—the ...

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