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'''Test automation management tools''' tools are specific tools providing test automation [[Collaborative software|collaborative]] environment that is intended to make [[Test automation|test automation]] efficient, clear for stakeholders and traceable. Since test automation is becoming cross-discipline (i.e. mixes both testing and development practices), the need of specific and dedicated environment for test automation is becoming vital.

==Motivation==

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== Continuous Integration ==

Another proper test automation practice <ref>{{cite book | last = Kolawa | first = Adam | coauthors = 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 = 0470042125 }}</ref> is being part of [[Continuous integration|continuous integration]] which explicitly supposes to have automated test suites as final stage upon building, deployment and distributing new version of software. Basically, based on acceptance test results, a build is declared either as qualified for further testing or not qualified (rejected).<ref name="Fowler, Continuous Integration practices" >{{Cite web

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

|title=Continuous Integration

|accessdate=2009-11-11

|last=Fowler |first=Martin |authorlink=Martin Fowler

}}</ref> CI web dashboards provide all relevant information on all stages of software building including automation test results. However, CI dashboard does not support comprehensive operations and views for automation engineer. This is another reason for having dedicated management tool which can supply high-level data to other project management tools such as CI, [[Test management tools|test management tools]], [[Issue management|issue management]], [[Change management (engineering)|change management]].

==References==

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==See also==

* [[Test management|]]
* [[Test managementautomation]]

* [[Test automation|Test automation]]

* [[Test management|Test management tools]]

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