Generating HP ALM test cases for RM requirements

After you have associated Rational requirements collections or modules with HP ALM test folders, you can check that each requirement has a corresponding test case and then generate and link any missing HP ALM test cases This ensures that you have thorough testing coverage and traceability for each requirement.

About this task

Before you can generate test cases for requirements in requirement collections or modules, you must associate requirement collections or modules to HP ALM test folders. See Linking Rational requirements and HP ALM test foldersLinking Rational requirements and HP ALM test folders Test cases are generated from the adapter resource page.

Procedure

  1. Locate the HP ALM test folder you are working with. you can do this in two ways. .
    • From HP ALM, locate the test folder you are working with and click Resource Landing Page to go to the web page for the adapter resource.
    • From you Rational requirements management dashboard, select Collections > Browse Collections and hover over the collection you are working with. From the preview, locate the Links section and click Validated By to go to the adapter resource page.

  2. Detailed information about the HP ALM test plan you selected is displayed, including a link to the Rational requirements collection in the Validates Requirements Collections section.
  3. Click the twistie next to the link to display a rich representation of the collection.
  4. Click Create Test Cases. A comparison is made between the tests in the HP ALM test plan and requirements from the Rational requirements collection. A list of any requirements without test plans is returned.
  5. Select the requirements for which you wish to create new test cases and click Create Tests. The tests are given the same title and description as the requirement they are linked to.

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