Steps
Calculate return on investment
Create/list need of automation
Validate the need
Discuss with testing team
Discuss its automation cost
Find high level possible gaps
Validate the automation cost
POC of Automation
With a web page
With a desktop app
Validate POC with technical team
Understanding between testing automation Need and Testing Automation
Get high level testing points for automation
Testing types
All input and output
Document of understanding between testing team and automation team
Validate the discussion
Plan the map of automation
Validate and review the plan of automation
Create a team of manual testers and automation engineers
Automation team:
Finalize framework
Inherit existing framework
Do again a POC with framework
Discuss and finalize on low levels
Strategy of automation testing
Understand the product
Finalize high level modules to test
Finalize testcases for automation
Get idea about test data
Finalize test server / accounts
Finalize reporting / Log of test results / email/ table output
Finalize process of manual validation of test results
Integration with ADO
Notes:
Automation Testing team standards
Validation of page
Title and subtitle of page
Page ROI
Data