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Select what to automate

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Select what to automate

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- After identifying the value, risk, and cost of each scenario, there is now enough information to select the best candidates for automation. Here are the final scores. Now I'll sum the value, risk, and cost scores for each scenario to get the total, and here is the sum of the final scores. Now let's analyze these numbers to determine the next steps. Because this example was pretty limited in scope, all scores were three or higher, which is good. This will definitely not be the case for all features, but for now, let's work with the data we have, and make some conclusions about it. In this instance, I'll decide to create a scale as follows. Scores 13 to 15 should be automated, and scores 12 and less should not be automated. That means I'll end up automating the following scenarios. I have confidence these scenarios will be the most important to prioritize writing test for. Not saying the others aren't important, but the…

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