IBM® Rational® Quality Manager is
designed to be used by test teams of all sizes and supports a variety
of user roles and work flows. This topic describes one possible flow
to using the key core capabilities of Rational Quality Manager:
test management, manual test scripts, defect management, and reporting.
The following diagram shows one possible work flow through the
core capabilities of Rational Quality Manager for
a test team. The test manager or test lead defines requirements and
then creates a test plan and test cases. The tester creates manual
test scripts and then runs the test cases and files any defects. The
Test manager or test lead can also create reports on various aspects
of the test plan and the status of the testing.
The diagram is provided only as an example. Your team might use
a different work flow. In addition, the diagram implies that each
task follows sequentially, whereas in reality most tasks can be acted
on simultaneously.
Figure 1.
Workflow diagram of Rational Quality Manager core
capabilities (Click on any box for more information, shift-click
to open in a new browser)