Create test sets and perform test runs
TestDirector Tutorial
Generate reports and graphs to assist in analyzing your testing
requirements. Review your requirements to ensure they meet your
testing scope.
2 Create a test plan, based on your testing requirements.
To create a test plan, consider the following steps:
Examine your application, system environment, and testing resources in
order to determine your testing goals.
Divide your application into modules or functions to be tested. Build a
test plan tree to hierarchically divide your application into testing units,
or subjects.
Determine the types of tests you need for each module. Add a basic
definition of each test to the test plan tree.
Link each test with a testing requirement(s).
Develop manual tests by adding steps to the tests in your test plan tree.
Test steps describe the test operations, the points to check, and the
expected outcome of each test. Decide which tests to automate.
For tests that you decide to automate, create test scripts with a Mercury
Interactive testing tool, or a custom or third-party testing tool.
Generate reports and graphs to assist in analyzing test planning data.
Review your tests to determine their suitability to your testing goals.
3 Create test sets and perform test runs.
Define groups of tests to meet the various testing goals in your project.
These might include, for example, testing a new application version or a
specific function in an application. Determine which tests to include in
each test set.
Schedule test execution and assign tasks to application testers.
Execute the tests in your test set automatically or manually.
View the results of your test runs in order to determine whether a defect
has been detected in your application. Generate reports and graphs to
help analyze these results.
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