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Testing Phases: Create, Run, Report, and Track

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Getting Started: A Tutorial

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Understanding the Testing Methodology

Phase III: Create

After you have defined your test requirements and created a framework for
testing your application, you can begin creating testcases. A testcase
performs the following actions:

Drives the application to the state to be tested.

Verifies that the application's actual state matches the expected state.

Returns the application to its original state.

Phase IV: Run

The run phase consists of selecting one or more testcases and executing them
against your application. You have the option of running individual test
scripts, a collection of test scripts called a suite, or selecting specific testcases
(using attributes) in a testplan, or the entire testplan.

Phase V: Report

During this phase you review statistical information about the running of
each testcase. SilkTest automatically records the statistics in a results file
when the testcase is executing. From this results file you can generate
pass/fail reports.

Phase VI: Track

The final phase is to identify defects in the application you are testing. You
will want to implement a defect-tracking system, to monitor your application
as it progresses through development and testing to ensure that the
application is performing as expected.

SilkRadar, the defect tracking system, offers all the features you need to track
your QA process. This tutorial does not cover the Tracking phase of the
Testing Methodology. For more information about SilkRadar, contact your
sales representative.