1. © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2011 Testing with IBM Rational Quality Manager V3.0.1 Module 1: Rational Quality Manager and the manual testing process

2. 2 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Module overview After completing this module, you should be able to:  Identify the benefits of using IBM Rational Quality Manager: – To create and run tests – To report test results  Describe the manual testing process as you will employ it in this course

3. 3 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Where are we? > = Current topic >Testing process overview  How Rational Quality Manager can help  Review the JKE Banking usage scenario

4. 4 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Testing process overview The testing process typically includes some version of these phases:  Test creation  Test execution  Test results reporting  Test maintenance, as needed

5. 5 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Testing terminology This course uses these terms: Application under test (AUT): This is the application that is being tested. Test execution: This is the process of completing a predefined set of actions that is designed to measure the quality of a specific area of the application under test. Test execution is also referred to as running a test. Verification: The process of checking the state or behavior of the application under test in specified conditions or in a response to a specific action, typically compared to a documented expected state or behavior

6. 6 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Challenges: Create tests Writing by hand means creating tests twice:  Create a test while sitting at a PC completing actions and writing steps on paper  Type handwritten steps into test document Redundant content is contained in many tests.

7. 7 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Challenges: Run tests Manually recording results while following test steps can present issues:  Tedious and repetitive typing  Many tests that are differentiated only by test values

8. 8 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Challenges: Report test results Reporting test results requires entering test results that are recorded by hand on printed test documents.

9. 9 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Challenges: Maintain tests Maintaining tests presents these challenges:  Constantly updating tests to reflect changes in the application under test  Making minor changes in the application requires updating many similar tests

10. 10 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Where are we? > = Current topic  Testing process overview > How Rational Quality Manager can help  Review the JKE Banking usage scenario

11. 11 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Rational Quality Manager features These features of Rational Quality Manager address common manual testing challenges:  Test execution assistance  Test verification assistance  Test data variables  Test content reuse  Test results reports

12. 12 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2011 Benefits of using Rational Quality Manager Rational Quality Manager features and benefits by test activity Test activityRational Quality Manager feature Benefit: Save time… Creating testsReuse of common test content Authoring tests Running tests  Execution assistance  Verification assistance  Test data variables  Typing in the AUT  Comparing actual to expected results  Testing different data values Reporting test results Centralized reporting through all phases of the project Tabulating test results for reporting Maintaining tests Reuse of common test content Updating many tests