These topics provide a brief overview of the Rational® ClearQuest® Test
Manager concepts and user roles.
Rational ClearQuest Test Manager is a feature that manages the components
of a testing environment:
- Test plans
- Test cases
- Test requirements
- Test configurations
- Test scripts
- Test results
Test plans identify test cases, that is, the ways in which users are
likely to use the product. Test scripts are written to ensure that the requirements
for the test cases are met. The results returned when the test scripts run
are evaluated to determine project status, in particular, the progress toward
completing the work represented by the next milestone in the project. The
hierarchical relationship between these files, documents, and data is represented
by records in a
Rational ClearQuest database.
The records in the database are organized in a test planning hierarchy.
Rational ClearQuest Test
Manager supports three phases of testing:
- Planning
The asset registry record is first created and then test plan,
test case, and configured test case records are created to support the planning
hierarchy.
- Authoring
Test scripts are created and then associated with test case
and configured test case records.
- Execution
Configured test case or test suite records are executed and
then test results are reviewed and, if appropriate, committed to the Rational ClearQuest database
to create test log and suite log records.
Taking the Getting Started tour of Rational ClearQuest Test
Manager
To start the Getting Started tour, click , click Overview,
and then click Rational ClearQuest Test Manager tour.