Adding quality objectives to a test plan

You can add any predefined or user-defined quality objectives to an individual test plan and adjust the objectives as needed during the testing cycle.

About this task

To add a quality objective to a test plan and track it during the testing cycle:

Procedure

  1. Add a quality objective to a test plan.
    1. In an open test plan, click either Quality Objectives, Entry Criteria, or Exit Criteria.
    2. Click the Add Row icon (Add table row).
    3. Select a row from the table.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Save to save the test plan.
  2. Track the quality objective at a later time.
    1. Open either the Quality Objectives, Entry Criteria, or Exit Criteria sections of a test plan.
    2. View the value in the Actual Value column.

      If the objective you are viewing is one of the predefined objectives, the Actual Value will be computed by the software. If the objective is user defined, type a value.

      Note: You can also type values for predefined objectives, but anything that you type will be recalculated automatically by the software. The process that recalculates these values runs every ten minutes by default.
    3. Select a Status from the list.
    4. Optionally, type a comment.
    5. Click Save to save the test plan.

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