HP ALM Tutorial

164 Pages·2015·4.33 MB·English

HP ALM
Software Version:12.50
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DocumentReleaseDate:December2015
SoftwareReleaseDate:December2015
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Contents
Welcome tothisTutorial 7
HowThisTutorialisOrganized 7
BeforeYouBegin 8
Chapter 1:IntroducingHP ALM 10
TheApplicationLifecycleManagementProcess 11
StartingALM 11
ALMWindow 14
TheMercuryToursSampleWebSite 16
Chapter 2:SpecifyingReleasesandCycles 21
DefiningReleasesandCycles 22
ViewingReleasesandCycles 23
Chapter 3:SpecifyingRequirements 25
DefiningRequirements 26
ViewingRequirements 29
ConvertingRequirementstoTests 31
Chapter 4:PlanningTests 36
DevelopingaTestPlanTree 37
DesigningTestSteps 38
DefiningTestParameters 40
DefiningTestConfigurations 42
CreatingandViewingCoverage 45
CreatingCoverage 46
AnalyzingCoverage 48
CopyingTestSteps 51
GeneratingAutomatedTestScripts 52
Chapter 5:RunningTests 54
TestSetTypes 55
DefiningTestSets 56
DefiningaFunctionalTestSet 56
DefiningaDefaultTestSet 60
AddingTeststoaTestSet 64
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AddingTeststoaFunctionalTestSet 64
AddingTeststoaDefaultTestSet 65
DefiningaBuildVerificationSuite 68
SettingSchedulesandConditionsforTestRuns 70
RunningTests 74
RunningTestsinaFunctionalTestSet 74
RunningaFunctionalTestSetintheTestLabmodule 75
SchedulingaFunctionalTestSetintheTimeslotsModule 76
RunningTestsinaDefaultTestSetManually 77
RunningwithSprinter 78
RunningwithManualRunner 82
RunningTestsinaDefaultTestSetAutomatically 84
ViewingandAnalyzingTestResults 86
ViewingTestResultsintheTestRunsModule 86
ViewingFunctionalTestSetResultsintheTestSetRunsTab 86
ViewingTestResultsintheTestRunsTab 87
ViewingTestResultsintheTestInstancePropertiesDialogBox 88
ViewingTestCoverage 90
ViewingCoverageProgress 92
Chapter 6:AddingandTrackingDefects 94
HowtoTrackDefects 95
AddingNewDefects 95
MatchingDefects 97
UpdatingDefects 98
LinkingDefectstoTests 101
CreatingFavoriteViews 103
Chapter 7:AlertingonChanges 107
TriggeringanAlert 108
CreatingFollowUpAlerts 110
Chapter 8:AnalyzingALMData 112
GeneratingProjectReports 113
GeneratingGraphs 118
GeneratingEntityGraphsintheAnalysisViewModule 119
GeneratingBusinessViewGraphsintheAnalysisViewModule 124
GeneratingPredefinedGraphs 128
SharingGraphs 129
GeneratingBusinessViewExcelReports 131
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GeneratingDashboardPages 135
Chapter 9:CreatingLibrariesandBaselines 140
CreatingLibraries 141
CreatingBaselines 142
ComparingBaselines 143
Chapter 10:CustomizingProjects 147
StartingProjectCustomization 148
AddingaNewProjectUser 150
AssigningaUsertoaUserGroup 152
DefiningaUser-DefinedField 154
CreatingaProjectList 156
CreatingBusinessViews 159
Chapter 11:Conclusion 162
SendUsFeedback 163
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WelcometothisTutorial
Welcome to this Tutorial
WelcometoHPApplicationLifecycleManagement(ALM).ALMempowersorganizationstomanagethe
coreapplicationlifecycle,fromrequirementsthroughdeployment,grantingapplicationteamsthe
crucialvisibilityandcollaborationneededforpredictable,repeatable,andadaptabledeliveryofmodern
applications.
Thistutorialisaself-pacedguidethatinstructsyouhowtousetheALMapplicationtoorganizeand
manageallphasesoftheapplicationlifecycle.Tosuccessfullycompletethistutorial,youshould
performthetutorialintheorderinwhichtheinformationispresented.
Note: TolearnhowtoworkwiththeHPALMPerformanceCenterEdition,refertoHPALM
PerformanceCenterQuickStart.
How This Tutorial is Organized
Thistutorialcontainsthefollowinglessons:
Chapter Description
"IntroducingHP ALM"on Introducesyoutotheapplicationlifecyclemanagementprocess,andfamiliarizesyouwiththe
page10 ALMuserinterfaceandthesampleMercuryToursWebsite.
"SpecifyingReleasesand Showsyouhowtodefinereleasesandcyclesandmonitortheirprogressandquality.
Cycles"onpage21
"SpecifyingRequirements" Showsyouhowtodefinerequirements,viewtherequirementstree,andconvertrequirements
onpage25 totests.
"PlanningTests"onpage Showsyouhowtocreateatestplantree,defineteststeps,definetestconfigurations,linktest
36 configurationstorequirements,andautomatemanualtests.
"RunningTests"onpage54 Showsyouhowtodefinetestsets,scheduletestruns,andrunmanualandautomatedtests.
"AddingandTracking Showsyouhowtoaddnewdefects,updatedefects,andmanagedefects.
Defects"onpage94
"AlertingonChanges"on Showsyouhowtokeeptrackofchangesmadetoyourrequirements,tests,anddefectsasyou
page107 performyourprojecttesting.
"AnalyzingALMData"on Showsyouhowtomonitortheapplicationlifecyclemanagementprocessbycreatingreports
page112 andgraphs.
"CreatingLibrariesand Showsyouhowtocreatelibrariesandbaselines,andhowtocomparebaselinestotrack
Baselines"onpage140 changesinyourproject.
"CustomizingProjects"on Showsyouhowtosetupprojectusers,andhowtocreateprojectfieldsandlists.
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Chapter Description
page147
"Conclusion"onpage162 SummarizestheALMapplicationlifecyclemanagementprocessandsuggeststhestepsto
considerforeachphase.
Before You Begin
Toworkwiththistutorial,considerthefollowingspecifications:
Specification Description
ALM Editions HPALMisalsoavailableinseveraleditionswhichprovidesubsetsofALMfunctionality—HPALMEssentials
Edition,HPQualityCenterEnterpriseEdition,HPQualityCenterCommunityEdition,HPQualityCenterExpress
Edition,andHPALMPerformanceCenterEdition.ThistutorialassumesthatyouareworkinginHPALMEdition
orHPQualityCenterEnterpriseEdition.Someofthelessonsandexercisesinthistutorialarenotapplicableif
youareworkinginHPALMEssentialsEdition,HPQualityCenterCommunityEdition,orHPQualityCenter
ExpressEdition.Todeterminewhicheditionyouareusing,contactyourALMsiteadministrator.
Note:IfyouareworkingwiththeHPALMPerformanceCenterEdition,refertoHPALM
PerformanceCenterQuickStart.
ALMDemo l ThedemoprojectisavailablefromtheALMHelppage(selectHelp>DemoProject)andisobtainedby
Project importingtheALMDemofileusingSiteAdministration.Formoreinformationonimportingprojects,refer
totheHPApplicationLifecycleManagementAdministratorGuide.
Toensurethatyougetthesameresultsastheonesspecifiedinthistutorial,makesurethatyouworkona
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newcopyoftheALM_Demoproject.Formoreinformation,contactyourALMsiteadministrator.
ALMprojectscanbeversioncontrolled.Someofthescreenshotsinthistutorialassumeaversion-
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controlledproject,anddisplayadditionaliconsandoptions.Formoreinformationonversioncontrol,refer
totheHPApplicationLifecycleManagementUserGuide.
Thistutorialalsocontainsstepsrelatedtofunctionaltesting.Functionaltestingisrelevantonlyifyouare
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usingALMEditionwiththeLabManagementextensionenabled.Fordetailsonenablingprojectextensions,
refertotheHPApplicationLifecycleManagementAdministratorGuide.Runningautomatedtestsalso
assumesthatyouhaveaworkingUFThostsetupforyourproject.Formoredetails,seeHPUnified
FunctionalTestingbelow.
MercuryTours MercuryToursisasampleapplicationthatsimulatesaWeb-basedsiteforreservingflights,hotelrooms,
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carrentals,cruises,andvacationdeals.
l MercuryToursisavailableathttp://newtours.demoaut.com/.
HPUnified Toruntheautomatedtestsinthistutorial,UnifiedFunctionalTesting(UFT) mustbeinstalled.
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Functional
TointegrateALMwithUFT,downloadandinstalltheHPUFTadd-inandtheHPALMConnectivitytoolfrom
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Testing
theHPApplicationLifecycleManagementToolspage.FordetailsonALMtools,refertotheHPApplication
LifecycleManagementInstallationandUpgradeGuide.
HP Sprinter Torunmanualtestsinthistutorial,youcanuseManualRunner,HPSprinter,orboth.Forenhanced
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functionalityandavarietyoftoolstoassistinthemanualtestingprocess,runmanualtestswithSprinter.
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Specification Description
ToruntestswithSprinter,downloadandinstalltheSprinteradd-infromtheHPApplicationLifecycle
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ManagementAdd-inspage.FormoreinformationonALMadd-ins,refertotheHPApplicationLifecycle
ManagementInstallationandUpgradeGuide.
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Chapter 1: Introducing HP ALM
ALMhelpsyouorganizeandmanageallphasesoftheapplicationlifecyclemanagementprocess,
includingdefiningreleases,specifyingrequirements,planningtests,executingtests,andtracking
defects.
Inthislesson,youwilllearnabout:
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TheApplicationLifecycleManagementProcess 11
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StartingALM 11
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ALMWindow 14
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TheMercuryToursSampleWebSite 16
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