Quality Center

Quality Center


Quality Center is an enterprise-wide application that is based on Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)technology.
Quality Center streamlines the quality management process —from requirements gathering through planning, scheduling and running tests, to defect/issue tracking and management —in a single browser-based application.
Quality Center Login Page is shown below
 




Quality Center -Features
Web based application with the following features
    Requirement management
    Test plan
    Test lab
    Defects management

   

Requirement Specification

Testing scope
Gather all available documentations of the product under test. Documents include
•    Business and Marketing Requirements
•    System Requirements Specs
•    Design Documents
Defining Requirements

QA tester creates a hierarchical structure, defining the requirements.
For example, the requirement topic Application Security for a Airline reservation system may be broken down into the following:

Analyze Requirements
    QA managers review the requirements.
    The requirement is assigned a reviewed status if it is approved
    Requirement Module –Document View

Requirement Module –Coverage View

Requirement Toolbar

New Requirement
 

New Requirement

•    Name the requirement
•    Fill the detailsfor the requirement
•    Fill the Description using the Description Pane
•    Add an attachment to the requirement using the Attachment Button

Requirement Details
    Author
    Creation Date, time, etc
    Direct Cover Status –States how its linked to the tests. By default it is Not Covered
    Not Covered means it has not been linked to any test
Adding an attachment
•    Attaching a file
•    Attaching a snapshot
•    Attaching a URL
•    Attaching System Information
•    Attaching an Image from the clipboard
Attachments

 
Mailing Requirements



 
Modifying Requirements
•    Renaming
•    Copying
•    Deleting
•    Modifying

Converting Requirements to Tests
    To convert all requirements, choose Tools >Convert to Tests > Convert All
    To convert a specific requirement, choose Tools > Convert to Tests > Convert Selected
    Choose an automatic conversion method

Converting Requirements to Tests





TEST PLAN WORKFLOW


Test Plan Structure
  

In the Test Plan module, a hierarchical folder structure, referred to as the Test Plan Tree by TestDirector, needs to be      created to store the test cases, test data information, automated scripts and optionally performance tests.
The Test Plan Tree containing various folders, referred to as Subjects by TestDirector, will be created manually.
The Test Plan Tree must be created before any test cases can be added to TestDirector
Details of the Test Case
Subject:  Test Plan Tree Structure
Test Name:  Name of the Test
Test Description:  Test case Objective
Test Case Description:
Test Data:
Step Name:  Name of the Step
Step Description:  Description of your Test Case
Expected Result:
Creation Date:  Creation Date for the Test Case
Designer ID:  Net ID of the person designing the test case
Status:  Status of the Test Case ( Imported, Verified)

Importing Test Cases

Export From XLS

    Select Export to XLS from Tools and Connect to QC using valid user name and password as shown below
    

Click on finish

–Go to QC and we can see the Test Cases got added. 
–Same way we can do for defects or Requirements
Add New Manual Test Case
A test case should always be given a unique name with respect to all other test cases within the same

TestDirector project including version number if needed

Enter basic test case information including Test Name, Description, Designer name, and other high-level test case
 data, if known. Initial Status and Creation Date are updated automatically


    1. Locate appropriate folder in the Test Plan Tree to store the new test case.
    2. Use TestDirector to add a new test. The Test Name must be unique to the TestDirector project.
    3. A standard test case description templatewill be added to the Description memo field. Add the
    details to the Description field.Note: The Description Template can be customized for a project by CATT.
     Also, when adding a test case, the inclusion of the template is optional.
    4. Optionally fill in other test case fields if the values are known at this stage in development.
   

Add Test Case Details

    Once the test case has been added to TestDirector, the test case details can be added.Details are located on the Design Stepstab.Procedure

Enter a Statusvalue of ‘Started’ to indicate the start of test case development.

Complete the test case Design Stepdetails for each step.‘Step n’ format for Step Nameis recommended to enable reordering.

Add attachments as needed to provide supporting documentation for the test case.

Add Test Planning Details

Once the test cases have been created, additional test case planning detail is added for each test case.
Most planning fields are optional but many are recommended.