When considering tool support/automation identify all the activities where tool support could be beneficial and prioritise them to identify the most important. Although test running tools are the most popular this may not be the best place to introduce tool support first.

Also consider

• tool Requirements
• CAST readiness
• Environment contsraints
• tool integration#

1)Test that are run for every build of an application(i.e is Regression tests)

2)Data tests that use multiple data values for the same inputs (e.g data driven tests)

3)Test requiring detail information from application internals(e.g GUI attribures SQL queries)

4)Tests to be used for stress testing