You create a master test plan by adding one or several
child test plans to an existing test plan. You can use preexisting
test plans as children or create new ones. A child test plan cannot
have children of its own.
About this task
To create a master test plan:
Procedure
- Open an existing test plan or create a new one.
- Add the Child Test Plans section to the test plan.
- In the area above the table of contents, click Manage
Sections.
- Select Show all sections to display
all of the available sections.
- In the Available Sections list,
select Child Test Plans and move it to the Selected
Sections list by clicking the Move right (
) icon.
- Optional: Move the child test plan to the top of the
list by using the Move up (
) icon.
- Click OK to close the Manage
Sections window.
- In the Table of Contents, click the Child Test
Plans section.
- To add an existing test plan to the master, click the Add
Existing Test Plan icon (
).
- Select one or more existing test plans from the list and
click OK.
Note: If you have a long
list of child test plans, you can sort the list be selecting one of
the choices in the Group by list.
- To create a new test plan and add it as a child, click
the Add New Child Plan icon (
) and provide a Name and Description. The new child
inherits the section information from the master.
- Optional: Click Roll Up Objectives to
include child test plans in the calculation of quality objectives.
Quality objectives include the overall quality goals for
a release, or the entrance or exit criteria. Rational® Quality Manager includes
several automatically-calculated quality objectives, such as Execution
Record Pass Rate and the Number of Open Sev1 Defects allowed. Roll
up means that when the child objectives are added to the master,
the children will be included in the calculation. For example, lets
say that the exit criteria for the master specifies that there must
be fewer than five severity one defects. If the master already has
two severity one defects, and a child has four, then the exit criteria
for the master will not be met if you include the child quality objectives.
- Click Save to save the new master
test plan.