10/29/2018 0 Comments Hp Quality Center User GuideWhat is Quality Center? HP Quality Center (QC), a test management tool, is now popularly known as Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) tool, as it is no longer just a test management tool but it supports various phases of the software development life cycle. We are starting HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Quality Center (QC) tutorial series. This will be a complete online training in 7 in-depth tutorials. Note – HPE ALM is now Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) software.l We have listed all HP ALM tutorials on this page for your convenience. List of All HP ALM Quality Center Tutorials: • Tutorial #1: • Tutorial #2: • Tutorial #3: • Tutorial #4: • Tutorial #5: • Tutorial #6: • Tutorial #7: • Bonus Tutorial #8: This first tutorial will give you a complete overview of the tool along with simple examples and concerned screenshots for your easy and better understanding of the tool. It’s recommended you follow these tutorials sequentially. I’m sure, once you are done with reading, you won’t need any other training to start using this tool on your projects. What You Will Learn: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Tutorial #1: Introduction to HP ALM (QC) Tool HP ALM is a software that is designed to manage the various phases of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) right from requirements gathering to testing. Earlier, it was known as HP Quality Center (QC). HP QC acts as a test management tool while HP ALM acts as a project management tool. HP QC is named as HP ALM from version 11.0. I am sure that this tutorial will really be a guide to those who are new to this tool. Advantages of using this tool The list given below explains the various advantages of using this tool: • Easy to understand and easy to use. • Provides integration with external tools such as HP UFT for automation testing and HP Load Runner for performance testing. • Visibility of the project status to all stakeholders of the project. • Reduces risk associated with managing several artifacts of the project at various phases. • Reduces cost and time. • The flexibility of usage. Features The following are the list of features provided by this tool: • Release Management: To achieve traceability between test cases to release. • Requirement Management: To ensure if the test cases cover all the specified requirements or not. • Test case management: To maintain the version history of the changes done to test cases and act as a central repository for all the test cases of an application. • Test Execution management: To track multiple instances of test case runs and to ensure the credibility of the testing effort. • Defect Management: To ensure if the major defects uncovered are visible to all major stakeholders of the project and to make sure the defects follow a specified life cycle till closure. • Reports Management: To ensure if reports and graphs are generated to keep a track of the project health. QC Versus ALM HP Application Lifecycle Management tool provides the core functionality of HP Quality Center along with the following features: • Project planning and Tracking: This tool allows the users to create using ALM data and tracks them against the project milestones. • Defect Sharing: This tool provides the ability to share defects across multiple projects. • Project Reporting: This tool provides customized project reporting across multiple projects using pre-defined templates. • Integration with third-party tools: This tool provided integration with third-party tools such as HP LoadRunner, HP Unified Functional Testing and REST API. HP ALM Version History HP QC was earlier known as Test Director, which was a product of Mercury Interactive. Later, Test Director was acquired by HP and the product was named as HP Quality Center. HP Quality Center was named as HP Application Lifecycle Management from version 11.0. The below table explains the version history: S.No Name Version 1 Test Director V1.52 to v8.0 2 Quality Center V8.0 to v10.0 3 Application Lifecycle Management V11.0 to v11.5x HP ALM Architecture The below diagram explains a high-level view of the architecture. The following are the list of components: #1) HP ALM Client: HP Application Lifecycle Management tool uses Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology and Oracle or MS SQL server at the backend. HP ALM Client is the browser using which a user can access this tool. When a user tries to access ALM using its URL, HP ALM client components will be downloaded to the user’s local machine that helps the users to interact with HP ALM Server.
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