HP Quality Center – Test Management Tool : Dibyendu Saha Finance Transformation Focus on Results
Agenda HP Quality Center Portfolio Services for Quality Center HP Quality Center 10 Integration With Other Tools Questions / Answers
Why Test Management Tool Avoid the errors that human make when they compile reports received from various people. The tool captures all the information entered by the users and gives the report to the management instantaneously. Sends mail or trigger an alert based on the type of data captured by the end user. Customizable to the need of the organization Process compliance
Why Test Management Tool More consistent Reliable in compilation of reports All the reports are instantaneous and hence the status of delivery is clearly visible to management. Security Traceability Matrix Managing Change Request Create Life Cycle for Requirement, Test Case & Defects.
Business outcomes APPLICATIONSSTRATEGY Project & Portfolio Management Center CIO Office CTO Office SOA Center SAP, Oracle, SOA, J2EE,.Net Quality Center Performance Center Application Security Center Quality Management OPERATIONS Business Service Management IT Service Management Business Availability Center Operations Center Network Management Center Service Management Center Client Automation Center Data Center Automation Center Business Service Automation Universal CMDB Operations Orchestration Part of the industry’s most comprehensive IT management portfolio Quality Center HP Quality Center
Foundation Shared data repositoryCentral administrationWorkflowsOpen APIs Quality Center Enterprise and Premier editions Dashboard HP Quality Center Center Management Functional Validation QuickTest Professional Service TestQAInspect Security Testing Release Management Requirements Management Risk-based Test Management Defect Management Business Application Validation Change Impact Testing Service Test Management (add on) QA Lab Management (add on) Business Process Testing HP Quality Center
Develop Unit Test Build SCM Develop Unit Test Build SCM Develop Unit Test Build SCM StrategyDevelopment and Delivery Develop Unit Test Build SCM Operations HP Solutions Business imperative Technology decision Requirements Definition Requirements Management System Validation Integration Test Security Test Performance Validation Design Functional Test Application Release Project assignment Impact- analysis Go Test plan Prep. Spec. Exec. Com pletion Evaluation Go Client Monitoring Management and Reporting TMap Demand Management Manage what matters to the business
Supports key stakeholders from across IT and the business Test execution Create test cases Test basis Assign test techniques Determine test depth Determine risk classes Customer Formulate assignment and collect test goals Single global platform that enables a consistent, repeatable process for: Requirement management Test planning and scheduling Test cycle management Defect tracking Real time reporting of progress and status Business process testing (add-on) All these features in one platform HP Quality Center overview
Quality Center Starter Edition Existing Quality Center edition for application teams managing small releases, max 5 concurrent users Quality Center Enterprise Existing Quality Center edition for application teams managing medium to large releases —Versioning —Baselining —Risk-Based Testing updated —Centralize Reporting and Dashboard —Manage automation ressources Quality Center Premier New Quality Center edition for large global CoE organizations managing enterprise releases —Manage templates for projects customization —Share assets between projects (requirements, tests, components, scripts) —Synchronize defects between projects —Cross-projects reporting —High availability New! Quality Center Core Portfolio
Key benefits Manage test strategies and processes based on business risk Enable centralized management of manual and automated test assets Enable standardized testing and quality process to boost productivity Enforce processes and build guidance for offshore resources Ensure all business critical requirements are planned for testing Key capabilities Develop, manage and plan manual and automated tests including custom test types Real-time test status and progress reporting Bidirectional traceability allows tracking requirement and defect coverage Define multiple requirement types and interdependencies Public Risk-Based Test Management
Key benefits Provide visibility into releases and cycles followed by QA teams Evaluate and improve quality processes over the lifetime of application Requirements can be associated with cycles for agile development Improve effectiveness of go/no go decisions Key capabilities Manage requirements and tests according to application releases and QA cycles Compare planned vs. actual progress for each application release and QA cycle Assess release quality across multiple QA cycles Monitor quality across releases and cycles Public Release And Cycle Management
Manage multiple versions of tests Key benefits Allows distributed teams to collaborate on joint development of tests without over-riding each other’s changes. Key capabilities Version control is enabled for requirements, tests and test assets. A version of an asset can be checked out for update, then checked back in when changes are complete. Public Versioning
Reflect signoff and contracts as baselines Key benefits Compare baselines to assess changes Enable rollback of assets to key points in the application lifecycle Ability to use baselines in test execution Key capabilities Ability to capture a snapshot of requirements and tests at key points in the application lifecycle, including traceability links Control who can create and modify baselines Public Baselining
Track defects through all phases of application lifecycle Key benefits Mitigate risks by finding and resolving defects earlier in the application lifecycle Prioritize defects based on impact to the business Enhance communication and collaboration between testing and development teams Key capabilities Track defects from requirements through all stages of test management and execution Alert key stakeholders through automated s Enforce defect lifecycle process through custom fields and workflow Share defects across projects and initiatives (QC Premier) Public Defect Management
Key benefits Make business decisions based upon holistic view of quality status, defect trends and requirements coverage Allocate resources based upon current progress and status of application releases Report progress on test cycles Integrated dashboard provides simplified installation, configuration and maintenance Key capabilities Fully integrated Dashboard module to centralize HP Quality Center reporting tools including standard reports, excel reports and dashboard Custom, role-based, shareable reports Coverage graphs with drill down capability Integrated Personal Dashboard module for real-time progress, status and release views Public Reports, Graphs and Dashboard
HPQC – Quality Center A service to assess an organization’s quality maturity level from Process, Product, and People perspective. QC Performance Center & HP Loadrunner Integrate with HP Loadrunner & HP Performance Center QTP – Functional Automation Integrate the QTP Functional Automation with HP QC. Last but not least, it is configurable with rest of the HP tools i.e. Security Center, Agile Accelerator, HP Sprinter, HP Test Data Manager, QA Inspect, Web Inspect etc. Quality Center Offerings
Implement a complete quality management infrastructure Establish standardized processes and best practices Manage requirements, tests and business components Prioritize testing based on business risk Access testing assets anytime, anywhere Manage Agile testing efforts with the Agile Accelerator Employ integrated, innovative manual testing with HP Sprinter Schedule and execute tests automatically, 24x7 Analyze readiness with integrated graphs and reports Manage defects and trace them to tests and requirements Key Features
Project Planning & Tracking - Leverage ALM data to create KPIs and track them against key project milestones Cross-project reporting - Aggregate metrics and trends across multiple projects providing a holistic view. Asset Libraries (Requirements and Tests) for sharing and reuse across multiple projects Centralized Process Standardization - Create centralized templates to standardize and enforce workflows/process across multiple projects. Defect Sharing - Share defects across multiple projects (Helpful where an application touches multiple projects or where a developer wants all their defects from multiple projects in one view) The High Availability Server (Optional purchase for QC) to allow for scalability across large enterprises is included at no extra cost Key Features
Centrally manage and track all application projects Attain real-time visibility into the application lifecycle Centrally manage and enforce consistent workflows and processes Reduce duplication of effort across projects Provide an aggregated, cross-application project view of quality status and defect trends Facilitate collaboration and communication among internal and external stakeholder groups, across multiple projects Key Features
CPU Windows: Quad Core AMD64 processor Linux: Quad Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor Memory (RAM)4 GB minimum Free disk space8 GB minimum Operating SystemApplication Server Database Servers Web Servers Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 bit) Windows Server 2003 SP2 (64 bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64 bit) Sun Solaris bit Linux Red Hat bit HPUX v3 (64 bit Itanium) Linux Suse 10 (64 bit) JBoss 5.1 WebLogic 10.3 WebSphere Oracle SQL 2005 SP3 Oracle SQL 2008 SP1 JBoss 5.1 Apache 2.2 WebLogic 10.3 IHS Server IIS6 II7
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