Friday, November 21, 2025

ISTQB CTAL-TAE Test Automation Engineering Keys

 

(1) Introduction and Objective for Test Automation

Introduction - Purpose and benefits - Advantages and disadvantages - limitations  - Test Automation through SDLC - Select suitable Test Automation tools for given System Under Test (SUT) 

(2) Preparing for Test Automation

Configuration infrastructure to Enable Test Automation - Design for SUT testability - Test Automation across different Environments - Evaluation process for selecting tools and strategies - Analyze SUT to determine appropriate Test Automation Solution - Technical finding for tool evaluation 

(3) Test Automation Architecture

Generic Test Automation Architecture - Test Automation Architecture components - Design Test Automation Solution - TAF Layers - Automating Test cases Approaches - Design principles and design patterns in Test Automation

(4) Implementing Test Automation

Test Automation Development - Plan and deploy TA pilot  - Deployment risks and mitigation - TAS Maintainability 

(5) Implementing and Deployment Strategies for Test Automation

Integrate to CI/CD pipelines - Automated test execution across test levels - Configuration management for testware - Dependencies for API and contract testing 

(6) Test Automation Reporting and Metrics

Collecting Test Automation data from SUT and TAS - Analysis of TA data - Reporting and Dashboards

(7) Verifying the Test Automation Solution

Verify Test Automation infrastructure - Verify Test Automation components and environment - Verify test scripts and test suites - Test Automation root cause analysis for unexpected results  - Techniques to analyze Test Automation code for quality 

(8) Continuous Improvement

Data analysis for test case improvement - Improvements TAS and its components - Restructure Automated Testware to align with SUT updates - Use Test Automation Tools