Quality Center 10.00 New Feature List

New Features with Quality Center 10.00:  New Version Control functionality  New Project Baseline functionality  New Management module (includes former Releases module)  Expanded Business Components module  New Test Resources module  New Dashboard module for centralized reporting and dashboard views  Changes to module tabs  Changes to module menus and buttons  Miscellaneous usability improvements

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 1 New Version Control functionality (if enabled on a project):

 Version Control can be enabled and disabled on a per project basis so some projects may have it while others might not.

 Projects with Version Control enabled require users to: o Check out entities before making ANY changes. o Check entities back in before other users can view and modify them.

 Projects with Version Control enabled allow users to: o Prevent changes to entities by others until ready. o See who has an entity checked out (but not see their changes). o View prior versions of entities. o Compare any two versions to see exactly what changed. o Restore prior versions to current.

 Entities that are under Version Control include: o Requirements (including attachments and rich text). o Business Components (including snapshots). o Test Plans (including attachments). o Test Resources (in the new Test Resources module). o QTP assets (when QTP is used with Quality Center).

 Test Plan folders, Test Lab runs, Defects, Releases, and Cycles are NOT versioned.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 2 New Project Baseline functionality:

 Baselines snapshot the present state of multiple entities at a single point in time.

 Baselines captured at various stages of project development allow you to save the entities and some of their relationships for future reference.

 Entities included in Baselines are chosen by folder in each module.

 Libraries are created to identify all of the folders to include with each Baseline.

 Baselines can be compared revealing which entities changed and what changes occurred.

 Test Sets can execute tests within a Baseline (by pinning the tests) to avoid conflicts with new changes to those tests.

 Entities that can be captured by a Baseline include: o Requirements (including attachments and rich text). o Business Components (including snapshots). o Test Plans (including attachments and Test Plan folders). o Test Resources (in the new Test Resources module).

 Test Lab runs, Defects, Releases, and Cycles are NOT captured by Baselines.

 The Import Library button is available only with the Quality Center 10.00 Premier Edition. It allows you to import baselines from other projects into any other project. Once imported, changes made to entities in either project captured by additional baseline snapshots in the imported library can be identified and synchronized if desired.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 3 New Management module (includes former Releases module):

 The QC 9.2 Releases module was renamed to: Management.

 The Management module contains two tabs:

o Releases. o Libraries.

 The Releases tab contains the same Releases and Cycles section from QC 9.2.

 The Libraries tab contains the new Baseline functionality.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 4 Expanded Business Components module:

 Flows (collections of related components often used together): o Simplifies working with sets of related components (like login activities). o Updated Flows automatically update in all Tests that contain them.

 Ability to convert manual tests to BPT components.

 Parameter Promotion options.

 User defined fields & workflow scripting.

 Choices when copying components between projects.

 Expanded Dependencies tab and new History tab.

 Dynamic Dates (run-time date parameters as date strings relative to current date): o When test runs it resolves date and Last Run Results shows date used. o [Today+3 days], [Tomorrow–2 weeks], [MonthFromToday], [YearAgo–1 month].

 Analysis Reports and Graphs.

 Cross filtering and send components by email capabilities.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 5 New Test Resources module:

 Allows you to store test related artifacts in a global location with version control and baseline options.

 Provides the following defined types into which you can upload one file with the indicated extension(s): o Data table (.xls). o Environment variables (.xml). o Function library (.qfl, .vbs, .txt. o Recovery scenario (.qrs). o Shared object repository (.ts). o Test Resource (*.*).  Built in Resource Viewer will display the contents of some resource types.

 When connected to Quality Center, QuickTest Pro (QTP) stores its function library, object repository, and recovery scenario items in a BPT Resources folder in this module (instead of the Test Plan module).

 QTP can create dependencies between resources and tests that can be viewed in QC for identification and simple impact analysis.

 APIs enable other external testing tools to interface with this module as well.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 6 New Dashboard module for centralized reporting and dashboard views:

 ALL Public and Private customized reports and graphs now reside in this single module.

 An Analysis menu item still exists in other modules for “quick” out-of-box reporting.

 Create and organize new and customized standard reports and graphs as needed.

 Excel Report Generator reports exist here as well.

 In the Dashboard View multiple graphs can be arranged on a page for viewing convenience (expanding your browser improves the detail).

 In the graph Configuration tab there is a Cross Project Selection section that is enabled in the Quality Center 10.00 Premier Edition. This enables some cross project reporting capabilities.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 7 Changes to module tabs:

 Requirements module – Details view: o The Rich Text tab moved from the bottom up to the top next to Attachments. o A new History tab has been added next to the Rich Text tab providing the same info as the History button on the Requirement Details pop-up window.

 Requirements module – Risk Assessment view: o A new Risk Assessment tab has been added with Business Criticality and Failure Probability now sub-tabs of this tab.

o A new Functional Complexity tab has been added.

 Business Components module – Tree view: o The Used By tab has been renamed to Dependencies. This tab contains the information from the old Used By tab as a sub-tab along with two new sub-tabs: Resources and Application Area.

o A new History tab has been added next to the new Dependencies tab.

 Test Plan module – Tree view: o A new Test Parameters tab has been added next to the Test Script tab. This replaces the Test Parameters button in the Design Steps tab.

o A new Dependencies tab has been added next to the Linked Defects tab. o A new History tab has been added next to the Dependencies tab.

 Test Lab module – Tree view: o The Test Set Properties tab was removed and its sub-tabs relocated. The Notifications and On Failure sub-tabs became the new Automation tab. The Details and Attachments sub-tabs moved out to the main tab bar.

o The repositioned Details tab is now the first tab. Selecting a test set will default the display to the Details tab until the Execution Grid tab is selected. THIS MIGHT INITIALLY BE CONFUSING TO EXISTING USERS!

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 8 Changes to module menus and buttons:  Requirements, Components, Test Plan, Test Resources modules: o A new Versions menu is available for projects with Version Control enabled.

 Business Components module: o The Components menu has a new Send by E-Mail option. o A new Analysis menu has been added to the menu bar.

 Test Plan module: o The Tests menu has a new Convert to Component option. o A new Convert to Component button has also been added to the menu bar. o The Test Parameters button on the Design Steps tab has been replaced by the Test Parameters tab.

Miscellaneous Usability Improvements:  You can update a field value for more than one record at a time in the Requirements, Test Plan (grid only), and Defects modules.

 Manual test parameters are considered properties of a test instead of part of a design step making them easier to manage and reuse in multiple design steps.

 Performance is improved over WAN networks due to compression of HTTP traffic between the client and the server.

 Functional Complexity information can now be captured in the RBT (risk based testing) assessment for requirements.

 The tool bar on several modules now spans all panes making more of the tool buttons visible.

Mark Ford | IT System Analyst - Sr | Principal Financial Group | http://www.linkedin.com/in/markeford 9