Quality Center

HP Quality Center (QC) (formerly HP TestDirector for Quality Center) is a web-based test management tool by Mercury Interactive (now HP). It is based on client server technology and has five main modules/tabs: Releases, Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defects for management of testing processes. There can be additional modules as well, depending on the various add-ins installed, e.g., BPT (Business Process Testing). 

Modules

Releases

This module helps to manage releases and cycles (iterations). User can plan and track application release progress using this module

Requirements

This module is used for Requirement Management and Requirements Traceability of various Test cases stored in the QC Repository

Test Plan

This plan is used for creating or updating different Test Cases. The Test Cases are contained in different folders, which are displayed in a tree-like structure. It can store both Manual and Automated test cases. Manual Test Cases can be written locally or imported from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, with each 'Test Step' having Expected Result and ActualResult sections. QC supports automated scripts developed for different Automation Tools such as QTP, LoadRunner, and WinRunner. These scripts can be saved directly from the Tool into the Test Plan tab of QC. However, prior to this, the appropriate QC add-in needs to be installed to support an Automation Tool.

Test Lab

This tab is for execution of the test cases stored in the Test Plan module, which can be imported locally to the Test Lab screen and run. When a Manual Test case is executed, it opens up a pop-up window listing all of the Test Steps, and the user can update the status of each step with Passed, Failed or Not Complete. When an automated test case is run, QC invokes the Automation Tool which in turn executes the script, stores the result in the QC repository, and displays it on the UI.

Defects

All defects are logged in this tab. These defects can be mapped to the corresponding test cases that failed and hence to the Requirements tab. Defects can be filtered on the status of the defect or by the user.

Reports

The add-on package, QCReporting has been created which is dedicated to QC and produces media, where possible, in the following formats:

• PDF
• Microsoft Excel
• Screen table

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