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Impediments for software test automation: A systematic literature review
Author(s) -
Wiklund Kristian,
Eldh Sigrid,
Sundmark Daniel,
Lundqvist Kristina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
software testing, verification and reliability
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1689
pISSN - 0960-0833
DOI - 10.1002/stvr.1639
Subject(s) - automation , enabling , computer science , test (biology) , software , software engineering , categorization , quality (philosophy) , software quality , software development , engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , psychiatry , biology , programming language
Summary Automated software testing is a critical enabler for modern software development, where rapid feedback on the product quality is expected. To make the testing work well, it is of high importance that impediments related to test automation are prevented and removed quickly. An enabling factor for all types of improvement is to understand the nature of what is to be improved. We have performed a systematic literature review of reported impediments related to software test automation to contribute to this understanding. In this paper, we present the results from the systematic literature review: The list of identified publications, a categorization of identified impediments, and a qualitative discussion of the impediments proposing a socio‐technical system model of the use and implementation of test automation.