HP Quality Center or ALM Introduction and Installation
This tutorial covers HP ALM/QC
introduction, installing ALM, and understanding different components.
Introduction to HP Application
Lifecycle Management/Quality Center:
HP ALM formerly known as Quality
Center is a Test Management toolto
manage entire Quality Assurance and testing process for
an organization. Before being called HP Quality center it used to be Mercury
Test Director.
In my experience I have come across
very few projects (Manual and Automation) that did not use Quality Center
software. It is a very simple tool to use, extremely user friendly. Even if you
have never used it before, chances are you will be able to figure out how to in
a really short time. However, there is a lot of difference between being able
to navigate through the tool and being able to exploit its potential to benefit
your project.
So here is a tutorial to easily learn
Quality Center capabilities and use them successfully.
Download HP ALM/QC Trial: The current
version of HP ALM is 11.5. You can download the trial version from the
following link: Hp Quality
Center Download
It is a little tricky to install it
on your local machine. But you will be able to do so, if you have a compatible
machine and understand the components ALM has.
Briefly, the following are the
components:
- A server
- A client
- Database
Each component has a certain version
that is compatible with ALM.
For system requirement please refer
to the page: HP ALM System
Requirements
Why is ALM/QC used?
ALM helps make project management,
from requirements to deployment easier. It increases predictability and creates
a framework to manage projects from a central repository. With ALM you
will be able to:
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1.
Define and maintain requirements and
tests.
2.
Create Tests
3.
Organize tests into logical subsets
4.
Schedule tests and execute them
5.
Collect results and analyze the data
6.
Create, monitor and analyze defects
7.
Share defects across projects
8.
Track progress of a project
9.
Collect metrics
10.
Share asset libraries across projects
11.
Integrate ALM with HP testing tools
other third party tools for a complete automation experience.
Application Lifecycle Management
(ALM) flow:
How to start ALM
Step #1: To start ALM type the address http://<ALM
Platform Server Name>[<:Port number>]/qcbin
Step #2: Click “Application LifeCycle Management” in the
below window.
Step #3: Enter the user name and password. “Authenticate
“button gets activated. Click on it. The Domain and Project fields get
activated. Depending on your login credentials you have access to certain
projects. (This information is set by your ALM Admin). (Click on image to enlarge)
Step #4: Choose the Domain and Project as required and click
“Login”. Once you are logged in, ALM window opens up and displays the module in
which you were working last.
Domain is
nothing but a logical division of departments for your organization. Example:
Banking, Retail, Health Care etc.
Projects are
the different teams working within the domain. For example in a Retail project,
they could be working on the front end store Point of sale app or the back end
inventory module.
The Domain and Project information is
set by the ALM Admin.
Step #5: The user domain, Project and user information is
displayed on the upper right hand corner. Also notice the side bar. It contains
the components from the ALM flow.
- Dashboard
- Management
- Requirements
- Testing
- Defects
ALM is all about these components and
we will learn what each one is for. Even though Dashboard is the first in
the list, we will discuss it last in our series, simply because it is an
overall monitoring feature and it will be more practical to see the data that
we actually create.
In next tutorial, we will continue HP
ALM/QC training by taking an example of sample application. This session will
cover what HP ALM can do for your project and how best you can manage all your
testing related activities at one place.
Ended to You.
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