I’ve been involved with test automation for more than 15 years and I’m amazed that, to this day, there are misconceptions about test automation that most managers aren’t even aware of. The first thing you need to do to make your test automation efforts visible is to set your manager’s expectations. This is key, because if you don’t have your manager’s support for testing and automation, they often don’t realize that automation is a development effort. And like any development effort, it’s not simply a “one and done” effort; test cases need to be maintained over time.