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'''Test automation''' is the use of [[software]] (separate from the software being tested) for controlling the execution of tests and comparing actual outcome with predicted.<ref>{{cite book | last = Kolawa | first = Adam |author2=Huizinga, Dorota | title = Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management | year = 2007 | publisher = Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press | page=74| isbn = 978-0-470-04212-0 }}</ref> Test automation supports testing software without manual interaction which can lead to faster test execution and testing more often. Test automation is key aspect of [[continuous deliverytesting]] and often for [[continuous testingintegration]] and [[continuous delivery]] (CI/CD).<ref>{{Cite book|last1=O’Connor|first1=Rory V.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xOcCgAAQBAJ&q=Systems%2C+Software+and+Services+Process+Improvement%3A+27th+European+Conference&pg=PA71|title=Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement: 22nd European Conference, EuroSPI 2015, Ankara, Turkey, September 30 -- October 2, 2015. Proceedings|last2=Akkaya|first2=Mariye Umay|last3=Kemaneci|first3=Kerem|last4=Yilmaz|first4=Murat|last5=Poth|first5=Alexander|last6=Messnarz|first6=Richard|date=2015-10-15|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-24647-5|language=en}}</ref>

==General approaches==