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Consulting/Contracting Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Consulting/Contracting Advertisement
I am interested in creating an automated test suite for your product
using this tool. I have developed the following flow chart to assist
you on your decision to hire me. Your answers must be 'yes' for a
good fit. However, before answering, please read the detailed
information on each question, which follows this flow chart.
Also, if you need more help in determining the answers to these
questions, contact me.
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- QUESTION 1: -
- Are you interested -
- in hiring a contractor -
- to write an -
- automated test suite? -
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| Yes
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V
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- QUESTION 2: -
- Is it possible -
- to test your product -
- using the AutoLibrary -
- Program-Playback tool?-
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| Yes
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V
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- QUESTION 3: -
- Do you want your -
- test suite written -
- in the C programming -
- language? -
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| Yes (Go to next page)
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V
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- QUESTION 4: -
- Will I be able to -
- test your product -
- from my home office? -
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| Yes
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V
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- QUESTION 5: -
- Will you benefit -
- by having your -
- tests automated? -
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| Yes
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V
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- QUESTION 6: -
- Does your company -
- and management -
- support the idea of -
- test automation? -
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| Yes
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- You may want to hire -
- me to write an -
- automated test suite -
- for your product. -
- (Please read the -
- following text.) -
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If you are interested, please give me a call or send email. There is
no charge for initial consultations. My qualifications include a
degree in Computer Science from Washington State University and
industry experience since 1983. I am an experienced user of MS-DOS
and the Unix operating system.
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My industry experience includes developing an automated network access
program, developing an automated test suite for a target debug
monitor, developing 2 real-time operating systems, and sustaining a
parallel operating system.
I have been working on automation in one form or another since 1985
and on the AutoLibrary(tm) Program-Playback tool since 1989.
I hope you decide to give me a call.
Notes _____________________________________________________
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QUESTION 1:
Are you interested in hiring a contractor to write an automated test
suite?
Before answering this question, please consider some of the advantages
of having an independent contractor test your product.
If your answer is yes, great, please continue the flow chart.
If your answer is no, the flow chart may still help if you are making
a decision on using this tool in your test automation plans.
Notes _____________________________________________________
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QUESTION 2:
Is it possible to test your product using the AutoLibrary(tm) Program-
Playback tool?
The answer to this question could very well be no, since the
AutoLibrary(tm) Program-Playback tool was written to address a
specific type of testing. The following survey will allow you to
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determine if your testing requirements fit within the parameters of
this tool.
A) Does your product use serial communication? Yes ___ No ___
Your product must be testable via some type of serial connection.
RS-232 is supported directly and is quite common. Other
protocols, like RS-422 and IEEE-488, can be supported by
modifying the interface routines. The interface routines can
also be modified to support networks. See the documentation for
CommInterfaceOpen, CommInterfaceClose, CommInterfaceRead, and
CommInterfaceSend in this manual for details of supporting other
communication protocols.
Notes _____________________________________________________
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B) Does your product have a human interface? Yes ___ No ___
Does your product have a command line prompt? Yes ___ No ___
Human interfaces wait for commands to be typed in at the command
prompt. The response to commands are then displayed. I have
split this question into two parts because it is possible to
implement a command line interface that is meant for other
computers instead of for humans. This tool will work fine for
both types.
Notes _____________________________________________________
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C) Can your product be tested *by* an IBM PC or compatible?
Yes ___ No ___
The key word here is *by*, since, the system under test cannot be
the PC that is executing the AutoLibrary(tm) automation program.
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