As projects grow in scope, both testing complexity and demands on the testing team increase. Homegrown methods for managing those tests start letting you down. Even as you spend more time managing individual tests, it becomes clear that you’ve lost track of the larger picture—what the results of your testing mean for the quality of your software and the efficiency of your testing program.
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Seapine ALM 2011.1 What’s New webinar. The recording is now available on YouTube if you missed the webinar or want to watch it again. Q&A from the session follows.
Google Apps for Business is becoming very popular and a large number of companies use Gmail for business. This allows you to use your own domain but Google runs your email server for you.
If you also use TestTrack, you can use your Gmail hosting service to send TestTrack notifications via email or even import emails if you use the TestTrack email tracking feature.
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Folder types in TestTrack is a great feature that enables you to set a number of folder options, including choosing the folder icon that is displayed in the TestTrack folder view. Folder icons help you easily recognize specific folder types, as shown in the following screenshot.
Time tracking in TestTrack is a feature that has been written about on this blog here and there. Time tracking is a pretty straightforward concept. You estimate how long it will take to complete a task and, as you progress, you report on how much effort you have put in and how much time you think there is left to complete the task.
However, time tracking in TestTrack TCM can be tricky because there are two objects, the test case and the test run, to track time for. It can be confusing to know which object you are placing an estimate on and what it really means.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponTestTrack TCM Test Runner allows testers to execute test runs, create problem statements and log defects from a web browser. If you have a test environment or test lab setup that restricts you from installing additional software for executing tests or logging defects, then TestTrack TCM Test Runner is just the thing you need.
This video shows you have to use TestTrack TCM Test Runner to execute a test run and log a new defect for development.
Interactive filters makes finding items in TestTrack quick and easy. With interactive filters, users are prompted to select criteria when a filter is applied. This means you can create a single filter to show items in any workflow state, for example. This video walks you through creating and using interactive filters.
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TestTrack filters can solve a number of requests from finding to sorting data, filters also play a big role in automation rules. Filters can be published as RSS feeds, can be interactive and dynamic, and can also be used in most list views, reports and folders.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponCommunication between testers and developers is key to ensuring the right information gets to the right people. During testing, a number of bugs will be discovered and those bugs need to be sent to the development team. Also, the more information testing can provide the easier development can trace and resolve the bug in questions. The type of information provided by testing can be very basic from error numbers to screen captures etc.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponDid you know that you can embed your test variant value in test steps? I didn’t! I attended the latest TestTrack SDK Expert Series webinar, and Jeff talked about embedding test variants in test steps. Here’s how it works.
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