Automated tests must be delivered as a software product which can be used (operated) by testers and other team members without special technical skills in programming or automation tools.

Operation requirements for all setup and preparation procedures:

• Must require only general computer skills;
• Must follow a single standard;
• Must use centralized and unified configuration file(s).

Failure criteria:

• Test Suite could not be used for the purpose it has been created (smoke test, sanity test, etc.).
• Test Suite does not provide required level of coverage.
• Cumulative manual operation time (setup, launch, review of results) is equal or exceeds plain manual testing time for the same coverage level.