Test tool development
Test tool are widely used to evaluate implementations. A test tool be more usefull if it can be used to evaluate multiple implementation. Test tool must always be caliberated and should be compliance to standards.
Test tool development
- At this step, the designed test automation solutions are developed and tested as quality tools and facilities. The key in this step is to make sure that the developed tools are reliable and reusable with
good documentation.
Test tool deployment
- Similar to commercial tools, the developed test tools and facilities must be introduced and deployed into a project or onto a product line. At this step, basic user training is essential, and proper user
support is necessary.
Review and evaluation
- Whenever a new tool is deployed, a review should be conducted to identify its issues and limitations, and evaluate its provided features. The review results will provide valuable feedback to the test automation group for further improvements and enhancements.
Open Source Test Management Tools.
Usage of tools in the Test Management is becoming the basic need & It will be tough to manage the activities associated there with out any support from the tools.
The commercial tools in this segment are costly and may not fit into upcoming organizations budget. So i have been looking at Open Source Test Management tools. In the last week, I have evaluated some open source test management tools.
The following are the requirements for Test Management Tool
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Capture the Requirements
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Design Test Cases
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Map Test Cases with Requirements
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Link Bug reports with Test Case ID after the test execution
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Test Execution Reports
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Version Management for the Test Cases
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Search Feature
The following tools are evaluated after the initial screening.
The above tools work with Apache, MySQL & PHP. Both the tools looks promising and the Test Link has some additional benefits in-terms of better reports and linking with popular issue trackers.
Color Test Tool.
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