When you have a baseline of expected behavior for your
application-under-test, you can automate regression testing for subsequent
builds.
The regression testing phase consists of five steps:
- Restore the testing environment and set the playback options.
- Play back the test script against a new build of the application-under-test.
- Analyze the results in the Functional Tester log.
- Use the Functional Tester Verification Point Comparator to determine
the cause of verification point failures. If verification points fail
because of intentional changes to the application-under-test, update
the baseline data using the Comparator.
- If necessary, revise your test scripts to use new features in
the application-under-test. Then play back the revised test scripts
against the current build and re-evaluate the results.