There is much information available about how to begin automated UI testing projects. There is little information available about how to maintain successful, effective, long-term, large-scale UI testing projects.

Over the course of more than two years, my company Socialtext was able to grow a test automation project from a proof of concept of 400 test steps, run on demand, to nearly 10,000 test steps run automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This talk will cover test design, test architecture, test creation, test maintenance, and the project’s future steps.