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==Motivation==

[[Test automation]] systems usually need more reporting, analysis and meaningful information about project status. Test management systems target manual effort and do not give all the required information.<ref>{{cite book | last = Kartashov | first = Peter| title = Test Automation Management: A Call For Better Tools | url = http://www.automatedtestinginstitute.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1276:ast-magazine&catid=105:ast-cover-description&Itemid=122 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100615024956/http://www.automatedtestinginstitute.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1276:ast-magazine&catid=105:ast-cover-description&Itemid=122 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = June 15, 2010 | year = 2011| publisher = Automated Software Testing Magazine}}</ref>

Test automation management systems leverage automation efforts towards efficient and continuous processes of delivering test execution and new working tests by:

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== Continuous Integration ==

Another test automation practice<ref>{{cite book | last = Kolawa | first = Adam | author2 = Huizinga, Dorota | title = Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management | url = http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470042125.html | year = 2007 | publisher = Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press | isbn = 978-0-470-04212-50 | archive-date = 2012-04-25 | access-date = 2011-03-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232401/http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470042125.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> is [[continuous integration]], which explicitly supposes automated test suites as a final stage upon building, deployment and distributing new versions of software. Based on acceptance of test results, a build is declared either as qualified for further testing or rejected.<ref name="Fowler, Continuous Integration practices" >{{Cite web

|url=http://martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html#PracticesOfContinuousIntegration

|title=Continuous Integration