Formerly known as HP Quality Center/ALM, Micro Focus Quality Center/ALM has retained its relevance with the updated Micro Focus suite of tools.
In our last two Micro Focus Quality Center/ALM tutorials, we discussed the basic concepts and provided a guide for installation. In this tutorial, we will illustrate an example to further our discussion.
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For this example, let’s assume our Application Under Test (AUT) is Gmail.com or a similar email application.
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The following is a list of features that we need to test for High-Level Testing, without contemplating field-level validations:
- Successful login with correct credentials
- Login process with incorrect credentials
- Password retrieval
- Registration of new users
These features are part of a certain release that holds multiple cycles. We will discover how to detail this information through ALM. The items highlighted above are your needs on a business or testing level, also known as requirements.
We aim to learn how to write requirements, form test cases, associate them with requirements, devise test batches, conduct tests, formulate defects and link them back to test cases as well as requirements. We will also understand how to connect all the test objects (requirements, test cases, and defects) at various levels to Releases and cycles via these tutorials.
The Tutorial Covers the Following Subjects:
Release and Cycle
A Release is a significant change or a set of changes rolled out at a certain point in time.
Cycles are multiple iterations of testing efforts that facilitate the release.
For instance, considering the features listed above, if you wish to release features 1 and 2 on May 30, 2013, and the other two features on June 30, 2013, you could refer to the first roll-out as the “May release” and the second release as the “June release”.
Please refer to the table below: (click on an image to enlarge)
Key Takeaways:
- Each release has a predetermined set of requirements scheduled to be completed within a specified timeframe.
- Cycles represent different phases encompassed within a release.
- Both cycles and releases have assigned commencement and conclusion dates.
We’ve depicted the Release and Cycle data in the table above and have recorded all the essential details in this document.
With ALM, you can track release/cycle information from requirements, test cases, and defects, which ensures total transparency and traceability.
Steps to Create a New Release/Cycle in ALM
Step #1: Sign in to ALM with your username, password, and the applicable domain and project.
Step #2: Select the “Management -> Releases” option from the sidebar.
Step #3: Create a Release Folder: You can either generate a new release folder or create a release directly. To form a new folder, select “New Release Folder” from the menu, or right-click on the “Releases” root folder and select “New Release Folder”. Input the name and click OK. The newly created folder will appear under “Releases”.
Type in the folder name:
Step #4: Create a Release: Add a “New Release” under the newly created folder. You can select “New Release” from the menu, or right-click on the root folder and opt for “New Release” or use the Ctrl+R shortcut. Add the Name, start date, and end date.
You can also add a description and attach supporting documents if needed. Fill in all the required fields and click OK.
Provide Release Data:
Step #5: The Release is now included.
Step #6: Adding Cycles: Next, add Cycles under the newly created Release. Choose the “New Cycle” option from the menu or right-click on the Release and select “New Cycle”. Fill in the necessary details like name, start, and end dates.
Provide Cycle Data:
Step #7: The Cycle added earlier will now appear under the Release. Once added to ALM, this represents the May and June release data from our table.