Automation Testing LifeCycle/Process Simplified

Phase	Activities	Outcome
Planning	Create high level test plan	Test plan, Refined Specification
Analysis	Create detailed test plan, Functional Validation Matrix, test cases	Revised Test Plan, Functional validation matrix, test cases
Design	test cases are revised; select which test cases to automate	revised test cases, test data sets, sets, risk assessment sheet
Construction	scripting of test cases to automate,	test procedures/Scripts, Drivers, test results, Bug Reports.
Testing cycles	complete testing cycles	Test results, Bug Reports
Final testing	execute remaining stress and performance tests, complete documentation	Test results and different metrics on test efforts
Post implementation (See Post Project Reviews in testing)	Evaluate testing processes	Plan for improvement of testing process