1. 02b | Create and Configure Test Plans (2 of 2) Anthony Borton | ALM Consultant, Enhance ALM Steven Borg | Co-founder & Strategist, Northwest Cadence

2. Create Test Plan Properties Configure Test Settings Define Configurations Create Test Suites Configure Test Suites Module Overview

3. Microsoft Virtual Academy Define Configurations

4. What the Study Guide says… Define configurations –managing configuration variables –setting default configurations –adding new configurations –setting configuration state –deleting configurations

5. Why different configurations? Different configurations exist –SOE/MOE (Can you proactively test for upcoming releases?) –Users will often have varying: Browsers and browser versions Operating systems Architectures (x86 and x64) –Server side software may have different: Database versions (SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2) IIS versions (6.0/7.0/7.5)

6. Dealing with different configurations The traditional solution –A room with many PC’s around the outer wall with signs above them. Eg. Windows XP Pro/IE7/x86/2Gb RAM A better solution –Multiple virtual machines running on a testers local machine so they can easily switch between configurations A more ideal solution –Microsoft Lab Management running multiple network-isolated, test environments with auto refresh and auto deploy of updated releases.

7. Tracking different configurations Traditional approach –Test cases mapped to configurations in a matrix

8. Configurations To manage your configurations, choose Organize in the menu then choose Test Configuration Manager

9. Deleting Test Configurations You can delete test configurations that you do not require. If a test configuration is referenced in a test result or is a default configuration for a test plan or a test suite, you cannot delete that configuration. Alternatively, you can change the state of the configuration to inactive so that it can no longer be selected as a default configuration for a test suite or a test plan

10. DEMO Microsoft Virtual Academy Define Configurations

11. Microsoft Virtual Academy Create Test Suites

12. What the Study Guide says… Create Test Suites –creating query-based Test Suites –creating requirement-based Test Suites –creating static Test Suites –copying Test Suites –creating a Test Suite hierarchy –assigning Test Suite states

13. Different Types of Test Suites Requirement-based Test Suites –Groups test cases related to a specific requirement Static Test Suites –Groups test cases based on the tester manually adding test cases Query-based Test Suites –Groups test cases that match a filter the tester defines

14. Test Suites can be –In planning –In progress –Completed Change state using Plan Tab | Contents Conveying test suite state information Test Plan Test Suites TEST CASES 7: As a customer… End-to-end tests Test Configurations Windows 7 and IE8 Windows 8 and IE10 Assigned Build Date range Manual test settings Automated test settings

15. Copying Test Suites Sometimes you need to create a test suite that is the same or similar to one you have created in an earlier test plan. Microsoft Test Manager allows you to just copy the test suite to the current plan. Once copied you can add or remove test cases from this copied test suite as required, without affecting the original test suite. Copying a test suite does not create duplicate copies of the test cases in your team project. The existing test cases in the test suite that you are copying are just added to the new test suite.

16. Cloning a Test Suite Cloning test suites by using tcm.exe creates new test cases in the destination test plan. These new test cases are copies of the test cases in your source test plan. After the copy, you can edit the test cases in either plan without affecting the other. Cloning test suites is useful when you want to work on two differing releases simultaneously. The source and target suites must be in the same team project collection. (MTM RTM)

17. Summary - Copying vs Cloning Copying Test Suites Cloning Test Suites

18. DEMO Microsoft Virtual Academy Create Test Suites

19. Microsoft Virtual Academy Configure Test Suites

20. What the Study Guide says… Configure Test Suites –assigning Testers –selecting configurations –ordering Test Cases within a Test Suite –setting defaults

21. Assigned to The Assigned to field for Test Cases is different to the typical Assigned To for other work item types such as Task. The person that writes a test case may not be the person who runs it.

22. Ordering Test Cases within a Test Suite You might want to list and run your test cases in a specific order. For example, you might want to run the simplest tests first, because if these tests failed then the subsequent tests in your test suite would be blocked

23. DEMO Microsoft Virtual Academy Configure Test Suites

24. Make sure you try a few different configurations Be mindful of idiosyncrasies of Test Case work items compared to other work item types Practice creating different Test Suite types

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