Functional Automation Program
Automation is not just 'record and playback'. It is about development of flexible and maintainable scripts. It is about identifying the right scenarios and automating these to achieve business results. It is about involving at early development stage ensuring that automation is interwoven well into the SDLC process. It requires a thorough knowledge of the tool features, application of these to designing the scripts and then coding these into well-maintainable scripts.

Automation is development
Functional test automation is about automating routine tasks that usually involve manual testing. This involves writing code using an automation tool to simulate the user inputs, observe results and assess the correctness of result. However, as the application evolves, the test scripts often become invalidated and need to be modified to be accordant with the application. The scripts derived using a simple 'record-and-playback' scheme is inadequate and difficult to enhance and maintain. One of the key objectives of good scripting is flexibility and maintainability. This requires a good architecture for automation and application of good programming principles.

This program is intended to give you a holistic view of automation to enable ‘Effective Automation’. You will understand how to record, playback, modularize, and interface with external data sources using an industry standard tool, the IBM Rational Functional Tester (IBM RFT) / Borland SilkTest.

Objectives of the program

	Become proficient in using Functional Test Automation Tool
	Acquire the skill to write efficient, flexible and maintainable scripts
	Gain the confidence to learn any other automation tool quickly

Methodology:
The program is intensely lab-based. We have a fully equipped lab with multiple licenses of IBM RFT in Bangalore and Borland SilkTest in chennai, one for a team of two participants.

Duration:
Two weekends (Sat and Sun) between 1000-1600 hrs.


Target Audience:
As a prerequisite participant must have formal training in testing and preferably with a flair for programming. Those employed as test engineers or domain specialists in BFSI, Telecom, and Manufacturing etc are eligible.