Creating master test plans

You create a master test plan by adding one or several child test plans to an existing test plan. You can use preexisting test plans as children or create new ones. A child test plan cannot have children of its own.

About this task

To create a master test plan:

Procedure

  1. Open an existing test plan or create a new one.
  2. Add the Child Test Plans section to the test plan.
    1. In the area above the table of contents, click Manage Sections.
    2. Select Show all sections to display all of the available sections.
    3. In the Available Sections list, select Child Test Plans and move it to the Selected Sections list by clicking the Move right (Move right) icon.
    4. Optional: Move the child test plan to the top of the list by using the Move up (Move up) icon.
    5. Click OK to close the Manage Sections window.
  3. In the Table of Contents, click the Child Test Plans section.
  4. To add an existing test plan to the master, click the Add Existing Test Plan icon (Add).
  5. Select one or more existing test plans from the list and click OK.
    Note: If you have a long list of child test plans, you can sort the list be selecting one of the choices in the Group by list.
  6. To create a new test plan and add it as a child, click the Add New Child Plan icon (Create testplan) and provide a Name and Description. The new child inherits the section information from the master.
  7. Optional: Click Roll Up Objectives to include child test plans in the calculation of quality objectives.

    Quality objectives include the overall quality goals for a release, or the entrance or exit criteria. Rational® Quality Manager includes several automatically-calculated quality objectives, such as Execution Record Pass Rate and the Number of Open Sev1 Defects allowed. Roll up means that when the child objectives are added to the master, the children will be included in the calculation. For example, lets say that the exit criteria for the master specifies that there must be fewer than five severity one defects. If the master already has two severity one defects, and a child has four, then the exit criteria for the master will not be met if you include the child quality objectives.

  8. Click Save to save the new master test plan.

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