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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SITE ADMINISTRATOR FEATURES 3. PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR FEATURES 4. PROJECT USER FEATURES 5. REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT 6. TEST PLAN . TEST LAB !. DEFECT MANAGEMENT ". TOOL BAR FOR DEFECTS 10. REPORTS AND GRAP#S

QUALITY CENTER (QC 10.0) INTRODUCTION

Quality Center, a Web enabled test management solution helps organizations to deploy high-quality applications more quickly and effectively. It has four basic modules - R$%&'($)$*+,- T$,+ P./*- T$,+ L/0 and D$1$2+,. hese modules are integrated to allo! a smooth information flo! bet!een various testing stages. When a large team e"ecutes a pro#ect from various locations at various time zones, this kind of a central management tool !ill reduce lot of human communication gaps and errors. Issue tracking !ill be made easy. Quality Center is a central point of control for storing all information about application requirements, tests and defects in a central repository of testing pro#ects .

he main $eatures of Quality Center are%

&anage 'omains &anage (ro#ects &anage users and roles &anage )equirements &anage ests &anage est *ets and )uns &anage 'efects +enerate )eports and +raphs *tatus based email alerts and notifications Customizable fields and history maintenance

QUALITY CENTER MAIN PAGE

When you install Quality Center, the installation program creates a repository. 2

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he repository is a directory that stores Quality Center domains and *ite ,dministrator data. It contains the follo!ing subdirectories% Q&/.'+3 C$*+$(% his directory stores Quality Center 45)/'*,. It includes a default domain and may also include user-defined domains. -ach domain contains Quality Center pro#ects. Site Administrator: This directory stores the Site Administrator data in the DomsInfo subdirectory !hich contains *tyle*heets and emplates *tyle*heets, a subdirectory for storing global style sheets. emplates, a subdirectory for storing database templates used !hen creating ne! pro#ects.

SITE ADMINISTRATOR FEATURES *ite admin is the super user of the system Can create.delete 'omains Can create.delete.rename (ro#ects -ach pro#ect is a separate set of tables Can create users at global level Can modify the license details /icense files are supplied by &ercury Interactive Can modify the server locations Can set global configuration settings

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SITE ADMINISTRATOR

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SITE ADMINISTRATOR MAIN PAGE

CREATION OF DOMAIN

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CREATION OF PROJECT

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CREATION OF USERS

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DETAILS OF T#E SER:ER

he step to be done in any pro#ect is to set up the pro#ect, user groups, and users and other look up values. his can be created by site admin and pro#ect admin users.

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QUALITY CENTER (QC 10.0) PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR FEATURES $irst step is to customize pro#ect specific codes 0Customize1 Can create different user groups 0*etup 2ser +roups1 -ach user group can be given access rights for different portfolio 0(ermissions1 ,ccess rights are mainly add, modify, delete, vie! and administer ,ccess rights can be given right at the field level of every module 3ne can define access rights for add.modify.delete test assets Quality Center provides modification rights, to field by field level ,dd users from global user list and map them to user groups 0setup users1 Can customize pro#ect entities, by altering attributes of system defined fields and user defined
fields 4 label, history and &asked can be modified as !e need

2ser defined fields can be string, date, or list of values Can maintain different list of values for priority, severity, version, status codes etc Can configure email alert options

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CUSTOMI;ATION <INDO<

PROJECT USER FEATURES -ach pro#ect 2ser !ill be sho!n !ith menu items, that are enabled based on
the access rights -ach user is attached to one or more user groups and inherits all the access rights of those groups Workflo! is defined internally to take the user through specific process steps

-mail notifications are made to alert and notify the users -ach user can access one of the four available options 4 )equirement, (lan,
est /ab, 'efects *earch and filter is available across all options

*tandard reports are built-in !ith the product 2sers can customize required graphs as and !hen needed )eports can be saved in 5 &/ or te"t formats he !orkflo! is initially set by the pro#ect admin and every user goes through
this !orkflo! based on access rights

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MAPPING T#E GLOBAL USERS TO T#E PROJECT

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CREATION OF DIFFERENT USER GROUPS AND GI:E PERMISSIONS FOR DIFFERENT PORTFOLIO

PRI:ILEGE RIG#TS FOR USERS TO ACCESS MODULE

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EAC# ENTITY CONTAINS SYSTEM FIELDS AND USER=DEFINED FIELDS 61 *ystem fields are Quality Center default fields. 7ou cannot add or delete system fields. 7ou can only modify system fields. 81 2ser fields are fields that you can define and include in a Quality Center pro#ect to customize for your specific pro#ect needs. 7ou can add, modify, and delete user-defined fields.

CREATION OF PROJECT LISTS

CONFIGURE MAIL
Quality Center enables you to automatically notify users via e-mail, !hen changes are made to specified defect fields 16

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SET TRACEBILITY NOTIFICATION RULES

Instructs Quality Center to create alerts and send e-mails to notify those responsible !hen changes occur in the pro#ect

MODULES OF QUALITY CENTER

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REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
)equirements-based testing keeps the testing effort on track and measures the application against business-user needs. Quality Center )equirements &anager links test cases to application functional requirements, ensuring traceability throughout the testing process. Quality Center enables the user to easily see !hat percentage of the application functional requirements are covered by tests, ho! many of these tests have been run, and ho! many have passed or failed.

,ll pro#ect requirements are added in a tree like fashion, arranged hierarchically We can maintain parent-child relationship of requirements )equirements I' can be made auto generated 'ata entry happens like !e enter in spreadsheets 'etailed description, priority, type, attachment etc can be provided and history !ill be
maintained

(erson in-charge to revie! the requirements can modify status accordingly )equirements can be mapped to test cases through coverage vie! )equired columns can be made visible

TOOLBAR OF REQUIREMENT MODULE

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DOCUMENT :IE<

CO:ERAGE ANALYSIS :IE<

TEST PLAN
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(lanning ests% 9ased on the requirements, testers can start building the test plan and designing the actual tests. est plans can be created in Quality Center or imported from &icrosoft Word or -"cel. Quality Center supports manual and automated tests, as !ell as a transition to automation. 9y maintaining all tests planning information in a central repository, team members can easily reuse entire test plans or individual test cases for future application releases.

Create est folders 0scenarios1 in tree fashion and attach test cases at leaf level nodes 3ne can vie! in tree mode or grid mode
est folders can have description and attachments est cases !ill have detailed description, steps, priority, attachments, author

:ame, scripts if automated and its associated requirement mapping

est steps can be reordered

)equired columns can be made visible 9ased on settings, history !ill be maintained !hen test cases are modified
est case can be manual or automated tests ' test case can be mapped to Win)unner, /oad)unner, ;isual ,(I, ,stra /oad test or *ystem tests est cases can be separately emailed

*tandard reports and graphs are available as part of ,nalysis

TOOL BAR FOR TEST PLAN

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TEST DETAILS :IE<ED T#ROUG# TEST PLAN TREE

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TEST DETAILS :IE<ED T#ROUG# TEST GRID

TEST PLAN= DETAILS STEPS

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TEST PLAN= TEST SCRIPT

TEST PLAN= ATTAC#MENTS

TEST PLAN= REQUIREMENTS CO:ERAGE

he )equirement Coverage tab enables you to define requirements coverage by linking your tests to requirements and also used to identify !hether any requirement are missed. 23

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he tab provides a list of all the testing requirements defined in the )equirements module, and enables you to map the specific requirements that are covered by the currently selected test to that test.

TEST LAB
Quality Center est /ab &anager allo!s scheduled tests to run unattended, overnight or !hen the system is in least demand for other resources. 9y defining dependencies bet!een tests, users can realistically emulate real-life business processes, !hile making it easier to maintain and reuse the tests.

3ne can create test sets 0test rounds1 and associate test cases to that test set and provide
planned start and end dates

2sing -"ecution +rid, one can map the test cases to the test set 3ne can assign planned e"ecution date, tester, and host machine for that test as part of test
run

esters can feed the test run details 0actual results1 as part of test run for each test step along !ith pass or fail status

,utomated tests !ill launch the test automation tool and run the associated test script
est e"ecution flo! can document and run automated test suites

*tandard reports and graphs are available

TOOL BAR FOR TEST LAB

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TEST LAB DETAILS :IE< T#ROUG# E>ECUTION GRID

TEST LAB DETAILS :IE< T#ROUG# E>ECUTION FLO<

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TEST LAB DETAILS :IE< T#ROUG# TEST SET PROPERTIES

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DEFECT MANAGEMENT
Quality Center 'efect &anager supports the entire defect life cycle - from initial problem detection through fi"ing the defect and verifying the fi". his ensures that no defect is overlooked or closed before it has been addressed. 9efore any ne! defect is submitted, Quality Center checks the database for similar defects, minimizing duplicate defects and eliminating the need for manual checking.

,dd defects by providing description, priority, severity, attachments, version code, and status code 9ased on !orkflo! as per defined process, the defect !ill be taken through the cycle 4 3pen,
$i", )etest, Close

(ro#ect admin must configure the status change permissions to define bug !ork flo! -mail notifications happen as and !hen certain fields are modified 0as defined by pro#ect
admin1

'etailed bug history is maintained *elective emailing as !ell as standard reporting are available 'isplay of required columns and filtered display are also available 9ugs can be saved in html, e"cel, !ord or te"t files

TOOL BAR FOR DEFECTS

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DEFECT DETAILS

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REPORTS AND GRAP#S

he testing process generates large amounts of data. Quality Center customizable graphs and reports help users analyze the data.

,s part of ,nalysis, !e can generate reports and graphs on requirements, test plans.cases,
test sets and defects

We can generate custom reports by providing filter, sort and group conditions +raphs can be vie!ed in pie chart or bar chart +raphs can be configured based on sum or count of key fields

REPORTS

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GRAP#S

GRAP# <I;ARD

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REQUIREMENT REPORT

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REQUIREMENT GRAP#S (BAR C#ART)

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REQUIREMENT GRAP#S (PIE C#ART)

REQUIREMENT GRAP#S (DATA GRID)

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DEFECTS = REPORT

DEFECTS = GRAP#S?
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