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Getting Test Automation under control, Hans Buwalda & Maartje Kasdorp
http://www.stickyminds.com/getfile.asp?ot=XML&id=5090&fn=Smzr1XDD2787filelistfilename1%2Epdf
A practical approach to test development and automation

Test Automation Snake Oil, James Bach
http://www.satisfice.com/articles/test_automation_snake_oil.pdf
Debunks misleading arguments test tool vendors have made for automation, with numerous citations from the author's experience.

Lessons in Test Automation, Elfriede Dustin
http://www.stickyminds.com/dustin_lessons
Details a long list of problems that the author encountered on multiple test automation projects.

The Differences Between Test Automation Success and Failure, Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://www.qualitytree.com/feature/dbtasaf.pdf
Describes two automation projects at the same company, highlighting the differences between them that led one to fail and the other to succeed.

Success with Test Automation, Bret Pettichord
http://www.io.com/~wazmo/succpap.htm
Describes several principles that were applied in the development of a data-driven automated test suite.

Avoiding Shelfware, Cem Kaner
http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/shelfwar.pdf
Lists common mistakes, questions to ask about automation requirements, and six successful architectures for test automation. Incorporates experience from many leading test automators.

Seven Steps to Test Automation Success, Bret Pettichord
http://www.io.com/~wazmo/papers/seven_steps.html
Identifies several key activities, including defining requirements, obtaining testability, ensuring reviewability, and planning for deployment.

Totally Data-Driven Automated Testing, Keith Zambelich
http://www.sqa-test.com/w_paper1.html
Describes two varieties of data-driven test automation: data-driven test procedures and keyword-driven test automation.

Data Driven Test Automation, Carl Nagle
http://members.aol.com/sascanagl/Default.htm
Describes a project that is developing public code to support data-driven test automation with Rational Robot. Includes an excellent article, "Test Automation Frame- works, " that describes the design of the system, suitable for any test tool.

Making the Right Choice, Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://www.qualitytree.com/feature/mtrc.pdf
Lists features to consider in GUI test tools.

SilkTest and WinRunner Feature Descriptions, Terry Horwath et al.
http://www.automationexpertise.com/files/silkwrfeatures.pdf
Compares SilkTest and WinRunner in detail. The details are out of date, but it serves as a useful model for a test tool evaluation.

Testing Tools Supplier list, Danny Faught
http://www.testingfaqs.org/tools.htm
A fairly comprehensive listing of available test tools.

Evaluating Tools, Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://www.qualitytree.com/feature/et.pdf
General advice for selecting any kind of test tool.

When to Automate Testing, James Hancock
http://www.veritest.com/testers' network/jimauto1.asp
Provides a basic walkthrough of computing a cost benefit analysis for test automation.

Cost Benefits Analysis of Test Automation, Douglas Hoffman
http://www.SoftwareQualityMethods.com/SQM/Papers/CostBenefitAnalysisPaper.pdf
A detailed presentation that identifies many of the hidden costs of automation and avoids computational errors that are often made.

When Should a Test Be Automated?, Brian Marick
http://www.testing.com/writings/automate.pdf
A nuanced examination of deciding which tests to automate that introduces some clever heuristics.

The Top 13 Mistakes in load Testing Applications, Mark D. Anderson
http://www.discerning.com/stqe/final.pdf
A blunt description of load testing, with good examples and several references to public domain load testing tools.

Trade Secrets from a Web Testing Expert, Alberto Savoia
http://www.keynote.com/downloads/articles/tradesecrets.pdf
Explains how to correctly measure concurrent users and the importance of modelling user abandonment.

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