This section describes the defect phase of the quality
management lifecycle.
Defects overview IBM® Rational® Quality Manager provides
a powerful set of capabilities for submitting, tracking, and managing
defects. You can manage defects within the tool itself or you can
integrate with other tools, such as IBM Rational Team Concert or IBM Rational ClearQuest®.
Submitting a blocking defect
While viewing a test execution
record, you can add a new
defect and designate it as blocking. You can also designate an existing
defect as blocking. If your team has set up cross-server communication
with IBM Rational Team Concert,
you can file these defects and track their status in Rational Team Concert.
Submitting defects during test execution
During test execution, you can create new defects or add
existing defects and attach them to specific steps in a script. If
your team has set up cross-server communication with IBM Rational Team Concert,
you can file these defects and track their status right in Rational Team Concert.
Checking for duplicate defects IBM Rational Quality Manager incorporates
tools to help you check for possible duplicate defects.
Submitting defects from AppScan Tester Edition to Rational Quality Manager
You can submit defects to Rational Quality Manager directly from
a report in Rational AppScan® Tester
Edition. Defects contain information about security issues, such as advisories
and fix recommendations, so that developers can fix the problems before they
get into production.
Configuring the Rational Quality Manager defect work item
You can configure the defect work item in Rational Quality Manager to
include your own release and iteration numbers. To do this, you must
install and use the Rational Team Concert client
that is included with Rational Quality Manager.