Testing

This section describes how setup and manage your systems and software testing environment.

Getting started with testing systems and software
Testers develop test cases, write test scripts, and test the systems and software under development. The testing process includes defining platform coverage and the test execution environment; analyzing test results; and using integrated change management software to submit defects.
Getting started with managing the test effort
Test managers and test leads prepare for and manage the overall test effort. The test management process includes preparing for testing by organizing with categories; setting up a review process; developing test plans; associating requirements from an integrated requirements management application; and tracking the overall test effort.
Preparing to test
Test managers and test leads are responsible to plan and start the test effort during a development iteration. Preparation involves learning about common practices, considering various aspects of the test effort, and determining which steps to take first.
Developing test plans
A test plan captures the set of test cases required to validate a software release.
Developing test cases, test suites, and test scripts
This section describes how to develop test cases, test suites, and test scripts.
Managing test artifacts
Several tools are provided to help you manage your test artifacts more easily.
Managing artifacts by using configurations
Learn how to manage changes to artifacts and work in a parallel, multi-stream environment by using configuration management capabilities. These capabilities include setting up unique working environments for individuals or teams, creating baselines of projects at specific points in time, reviewing and approving changes to resources, and making changes visible to other teams or individuals.
Managing lab resources
You can track the resources in your lab using the lab management tool. You can create data for physical machines and virtual images, search for resources with specific configurations, and manage requests. If you have administration permissions, you can create reservations for lab resources. If you are integrated with an external provider application with virtualization capabilities, you can work with virtual machine and image collections. If you are integrated with provider applications that provide deployment and inventory capabilities, you can update lab resource data to display the latest lab resource configurations and new lab resources that have been added, and you can run scripts, projects, or libraries that are configured in the external provider applications on remote lab resources.
Running tests
This section describes the test execution phase of the Engineering Test Management lifecycle.
Submitting and tracking defects
This section describes the defect phase of the Engineering Test Management lifecycle.
Tracking test efforts
You can use the traceability and execution views to help you manage the overall test effort and manage your own work. You can use the traceability view to track the status of associated requirements and development plans. You can use the execution view and individual test plans to keep track of test case and test suite execution progress.