IBM® Rational® Quality Manager is
designed for test teams of all sizes to use and supports a variety
of user roles and workflows. This topic describes one possible workflow
to support Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (C/ALM).
The following diagram shows one possible workflow through C/ALM
by using
Rational Quality Manager.
The test manager or test lead uses requirements from
IBM Rational Requirements Composer to
create a test plan and the associated test cases. The tester creates
manual test scripts and has the test manager or test lead approve
the test plan. The lab manager creates test environments to support
the test cases by using
IBM Rational Build Forge®.
Then the tester generates test execution records and checks the build
status by using
IBM Rational Team Concert.
When a build is available with the application under test, the tester
requests lab assets, runs the test execution records, and submits
and track defects in
Rational Team Concert.
These processes continue until the test plan quality goals and exit
criteria are met:
- Track builds
- Request lab assets
- Run tests
- Submit and track defects
At any point, the test manager or test lead can generate any
reports.
The diagram is provided only as an example. Your team might use
a different workflow. In addition, the diagram implies that each task
follows sequentially, whereas most tasks can be accomplished simultaneously.
Figure 1.
Workflow
diagram for C/ALM using Rational Quality Manager (Click on any box for more information, shift-click
to open in a new browser)