Formal review of test artifacts

When you are assigned to review or approve a test artifact, such as a test plan, test case, or test suite, a notification is received in My Reviews widget on Home page. You can open the artifact and review, approve, or reject the artifact. You can review the artifact in the list of test artifacts also.

Procedure

  1. Go to your Home page and look for the new task in the My Reviews widget.
  2. Open the test artifact to review by clicking the name in the My Reviews widget.
    For an example of how to add the My Reviews widget, see the Monitor review tasks section in the tutorial, Lesson 2: Add a new requirement to the test plan.
  3. When you finish your review, click the Formal Review section in the test plan, test case, or test suite.
  4. If you are a reviewer, do the following:
    1. Find your name in the list of reviewers and approvers.
    2. Change the Status from Pending to Reviewed or Rejected.
    3. Type your review comments.
      Note: If you save the artifact, no one can update or remove the comment later.
    4. Click Save.
    5. If your role requires the authentication with the Jazz server for reviews and approvals of this artifact type, you need to provide your password.
  5. If you are an approver, do the following steps:
    1. Find your name in the list of reviewers and approvers.
    2. Change the Status from Pending to Approved or Rejected.
      Note: When you reject the test plan or test case, it is expected that the requester updates the content and requests for another approval.
    3. Click Save.
    4. If your role requires the authentication with the Jazz server for reviews and approvals of this artifact type, you need to e-sign the action by providing your password.
  6. Return to the My Reviews widget of your home page.
    If all reviews and approvals are complete for the artifact under review, the task is removed from your My Reviews widget.
  7. To review test artifacts while browsing a list of test artifacts:
    1. From a list of test artifacts, select one or more test artifacts.
    2. Click the Action Menu (Edit) for any of the selected test artifacts and click Review Test artifact type to mark the selected test cases as reviewed or rejected.