Rational Robot FAQ

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How to use TestManager to organize a test plan?

In TestManager, you can create a test plan to store information about the purpose and goals of testing within a Rational project, and the strategies to implement and run testing. You can have one or more test plans in a project. A test plan can include properties such as the test plan name, configurations associated with the test plan, and a time frame for when a test plan must pass.

A test plan contains test case folders, which in turn contain test cases. A test case is a testable and verifiable behavior in a system. You can organize the test plan and test case folders in the way that makes sense for your organization. For example, you can have a test case folder for each tester in your department, for each phase of testing, or for each use case.

How to define a test case?

A test case describes the testable and verifiable behavior in a system. A test case can also describe the extent to which you will test an area of the application. Existing project artifacts, such as requirements, provide information about the application and can be used as test inputs for your test cases. TestManager provides built-in test input types, but almost any artifact can be used as a test input.

For example, here's what the following artifacts offer as test inputs:

• Requirements describe a condition or capability to which a system must conform.
• Visual models provide a graphic representation of a system's structure and interrelationships.

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