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1. My Tasks Name Support uploading video G P 14 v g Total 1 Show rows 16 Vv 4 Mavis then studies the details written by David and start implementing the function Let s assume that Mavis has now finished implementing the function Click Complete in the Add Follow Up tab to finish up the Task At this moment the Task is entirely completed as both turns have been completed Page 17 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start Show me the Progress of the Development To ensure prompt delivery it is important for a project manager to have a clear picture on development progress periodically and see if things get done on schedule 1 Logout A3 Platform 2 Login as David the project manager 3 Open the Process tab at the top of A3 Platform Sample Project M 4 _ Task 100 5 Page 18 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start Test and Report Issues Bugs hy NY Create Task gt Plan Testing je L pi To make sure Task is done as expected testing is needed Earlier in this guide we have created a Test Case to test the Task for developing user interface for the video upload function The Task is now completed It s time to test it During testing any issue bug found should result in the creation of Issue Record N Do Task N Test and Requirement Report Issue 1 Logout A3 Platform 2 Login as Susan the tester JA Platform Login Username susan Password eeecee E Remem2. Revisions 1 Discussions 0 3 Click New Tasks Add Existing Remove Progress by child Subject N PI 1 vil 4 Enter the Name of the Task Support uploading video 5 The support of video upload function involves several parts First we need to design the user interface Then a programmer will implement the user interface and the function In A3 Platform a part of work is said to be a turn Enter the following Details first The user interface must contain the following components Video file path Upload button Caption Description Page 11 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start Tags New Add Existing Remove Progress by child Default 1 0 gt 11 gt Requirements 7 Project Sample Project v Template None bad Support uploading video Details Assignee None v jah Add Tum The user interface must contain the following components Video file path Upload button Caption Description Tags 6 Justin the programmer is responsible for completing this Task Select Justin to be the Assignee Assignee None wi Lai Add Tum nents None David Justin Mavis vy Business Analyst Customer Programmer atus Y In Progress Project Manager System Analyst anned Finish Dat System Architect 1 Tester ours To assign a Task to multiple people click on the and select the people to assign 7 When the user interface design is ready the
3. Test Description field Enter paragraphs that contain The entered description can show more than 1000 characters in completely Description field Test Tags field Enter tagl tag2 tag3 in Tag tagl tag2 tag3 can show field completely Steps p Insert before Move Up Move Down Decrease Indent Increase Indent Cancel Remove Help Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Rem r r 1 Test Video filepath field Enter C MyVideo mov C MyVideo mov can in the Video filepath show completely field prenne svn PASSE RSR SERRE PRESSE SERRES SRE 2 Test Caption field Enter Sample Movie in Sample Movie can Caption field show completely sommes SE a nee NA AE a E 3 Test Description field Enter paragraphs that The entered description contain more than 1000 can show completely characters in Description field SZ DC CET Tag field show completely Verify By David 10 Remember Susan The tester Select Susan to be the assignee of this Test Case Assignee Nonel v e the video ug None t David Justin Mavis Susan Business Analyst Customer IS Not Yet Start Programmer co Project Manager System Analyst t Cancel Ren System Architect Tester Expected Resource sauvent 11 Click Save 12 David has finished his tasks Let s logout Click Logout at the top right of A3 Platform Page 14 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start Do Tasks Test and Reco
4. Select the root node Sample Project Articles Articles lt lt 3 Expand the drop down menu of New Article and select New Folder from the drop down menu Edit Save Delete Uf New Article New Folder T sampie om Artic 4 Inthe New Folder dialog box enter User Manual as folder name and click OK to confirm 5 Click New Article 6 Inthe New Article dialog box enter How to upload a video as article name and click OK to confirm 7 This creates a blank article Enter some text in it You can make use of the toolbar on top of the article for formatting Articles Artide How to upload a video 4 23 Sample Project Articles Name How to upload a video 4 LA User Manual eo FA E How to upload a video B Z U x x il Ii nat all uwi 66 2 E en E 9 Ar A Styles Format Font family Font size 1 4 E How to upload a video Click on Upload Video Fill in the file path of the video file to upload Enter the caption compulsory Enter the description compulsory Enter the tags optional Click Upload aoe SN Er 8 Click Save Page 22 of 23 A Platform Quick Start Export an Article to PDF 1 Expand the drop down menu of Export and select Export to PDF from the drop down menu New Article Edit Save Delete Upload Select Label Articles Artide How ti 4 Gi Sample Project
5. task should be passed to Mavis for implementing the function Add a new turn for this part of work Click Add Turn next to Assignee Assignee Justin vi Add Tum 1ents 8 Enter the details in the new Details field presented Implement the function Accept the following file types and reject the rest mov flv avi mp4 swf Save the uploaded file to movies folder Warn when caption or description is empty 9 Select Mavis to be the Assignee Details Assignee Mavis v ja Add Tum 7 Implement the function Accept the following file types and reject the rest mov flv avi mp4 swt Save the uploaded file to movies folder Warn when caption or description is empty 10 This Task is an important one We want to complete it as soon as possible Hence set the priority from 2 green to 5 red Click on the green icon next to the name of the Task and select the red one ace must contain the th 11 Click Save Up to now we have one Task created under the Requirement of video upload function and the Task involves two turns designing user interface and implementing the function Page 12 of 23 A Platform Quick Start Write Test Cases Na 3 N Test and XY Create Task SE Testing Do Task R P A hg f eport Issue To make sure that the implemented system meets the customer s expectation it is important to test it before release The best way for quality assurance is to create Test Case
6. A Platform Quick Start Last Update Sep 07 2011 Copyright 2002 2011 Visual Paradigm International Ltd AS Platform Quick Start Record Customer Requirements gt D SS NS Record N ha N Test and Requirement gt Create Task FA Plan Testing P Do Task PA Report Issue Ci 4 fi A fA We usually begin a project by collecting requirements and expectations from end user s of the system we are going to develop After that we use A3 Platform to document and store these requirements In this section we will continue to login as David project manager and create several Requirements in A3 Platform 1 Click Back to A3 Platform to exit the configuration screen 2 At the top of the page you can find a number of tabs Home Process Calendar They give you access to different core parts of A3 Platform Open the Process tab Sample Project A 3 Each cell in the process matrix represents an intersection of discipline e g Business Modeling phase e g 1 0 and iteration e g I1 As a project manager David has rights to add update delete extra rows and columns by clicking on Configure Process at the top left corner Note we are not going to cover process configuration in this guide Now click on the cell that intersects Requirements 1 0 and T1 1 0 Discipline 01 Sep 30 Sep 01 Oct 31 Oct 01 Nov 30 Nov 01 Sep 30 Nov Business Modeling Requirements No Requirement No T
7. Articles Name How to upload a video 2 Keep the page How to upload a video selected in the Export to PDF window Click Export Export to PDF 4 MET Sample Project Articles 4 IL User Manual How to upload a video 3 Save the PDF file to somewhere in your machine Open it and take a look Ty Sample_Project_Articles_2011 09 01_18 58 pdf Adobe Reader i kN File Edit View Window Help ABELA ea OSa Ble e Dm R 6 It LP User Manual How to upload a video z Click on Upload Video Fill in the file path of the video file to upload Enter the caption compulsory Enter the description compulsory Enter the tags options Click Upload An wWN Page 23 of 23
8. Video mov in show completely the Video filepath Success i field dh 7 i Failure 1EST Caption nela Enter Sample Movie in Sample Movie can Caption field show completely Partial Success Page 19 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start 6 Step 2 is passed too Set the result to Success 7 Unfortunately step 3 failed Select Failure for the result of step 3 Lwupuwnj em MIE Vwllipwiwriy 3 Test Description field Enter paragraphs that The entered contain more than description can show 1000 characters in completely Success Description field j Failure 4 Test Tags field Enter tag1 tag2 tag3 tag1 tag2 tag3 can Partial Success in Tan fiald nhm nnmnlatah 8 Describe the problem by entering the remark Missing scrollbar Result Remark 4 Success a _ Success Failure v Missing scrollbar 9 We have to pause the testing due to the failure of step 3 Post the test result by clicking Post A follow up is made A O Susan 4 18 48 Steps 1 Test Video filepath field gt Success 2 Test Caption field gt Success 3 Test Description field gt Failure Missing scrollbar 10 We need to request Justin the programmer to fix the problem found Click Issues on the left Followups 1 Issues New Issue Add Existing Issue Remove Issue Tasks 0 Subject Issues 0 N Discussions 0 Time Logs 11 Click New Issue 12 Enter the Na
9. ask You can see the empty bars labeled No Requirement and No Task They show the number of Requirements and Tasks created and completed under this cell We will talk in more detail later in this guide 4 We want to create Requirements in the selected cell Click on the plus button inside the bar No Requirement No Requirement No Requirement 5 You are brought to the Requirements page where you can read create and edit Requirements Page 9 of 23 A Platform Quick Start 6 10 11 Enter the Name of Requirement Support uploading video Name Support uploading videol I Description Describe the Requirement in detail by entering the Description as shown below support common video formats disallow uploading files that are not video e g a text file enforce user to provide caption and description entering of tag is optional Description support common video formats disallow uploading files that are not video e g a text file enforce user to provide caption and description entering of tag is optional I Click Save Let s create one more Requirement Click New Requirement at the top left Summary Requirement Create Similar Requirement Configure Name Support uploading video Name the Requirement Support commenting video Enter the following Description allow anonymous commenting disallow the use of forbidden words Name Suppor
10. ate with Teammates Team members can add feedbacks or comments to a Task to report progress and or to reply another s feedback We call such feedback a follow up In this section Justin is going to ask David a question about the Task assigned by making a follow up 1 We are reading the Task Support uploading video Click on Followups below the Task Followups 0 gt Add Follow Up zest Ask Question Sub Tasks 0 Issues 0 Test Cases 1 Discussions 0 Status Not Yet Started v In Progress Complete Progress Time Logs grim Attachments Attach a file More 2 Click on the Ask Questions tab Add Follow Up Ask Soman 3 The text area under the Ask Question tab is where we enter the content to post Enter What are the maximum length of caption description and tags Add Follow Up Ask Question Question What are the maximum length of caption description and tags 4 Select David to be the person to ask Ask to David Se Expire after 3 hour E Expire at id MMM HH v MM 5 Click Ask at the bottom right corner A follow up is made ti a TA Justin What are the maximum length of caption description and tags A heathy 18 08 will expire after 2h 59m Answer Answer a IMMM Notify David 6 Logout A3 Platform 7 Login as David In the Home page we can see the Task Support uploading video appear in My Tasks pan
11. ber Me Logn 3 Close the welcome message You should be at the Home page You can see in the My Testings pane that a Test Case has been assigned to you Click on the test case to open it My Testings ae Name le Test the behavior of UI components in video upload push gt Ie iie ERN 1 viii 22 M Total 1 Show rows 16 Y 4 Scroll down the page Under the Follow Up section we have a table with several steps defined We shall follow the steps to perform the testing Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Remark 1 Test Video filepath field Enter C MyVideo mov C MyVideo mov can in the Video filepath show completely field 2 Test Caption field Enter Sample Movie in Sample Movie can Caption field show completely 3 Test Description field Enter paragraphs that The entered description contain more than 1000 can show completely characters in Description field 4 Test Tags field Enter tag1 tag2 tag3 tag1 tag2 tag3 can in Tag field show completely Status Not Yet Started x In Progress Complete Progress 0 wv 10 50 100 Assignee Susan va Attachments Attach a file More Assign Back to David Complete In Progress Post 5 Let s assume that we are now performing the testing The first step is passed Set the result of step 1 to Success Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Remark 1 Test Video filepath field Enter C MyVideo mov can v C My
12. e Click to open it My Tasks Name Support uploading video eS KIK Bid v fe e Total 1 Show rows 16 Y Page 16 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start 8 Let s give Justin an answer Add a follow up with content 200 chars for caption and tags 3000 chars for description Click Answer a a A Justin What are the maximum length of caption description and tags DEH 18 08 will expire after 2h 58m Answer 200 chars for caption and tags 3000 chars for description A TT Notify David 9 Logout A3 Platform 10 Login as Justin again Open the Task Support uploading video from Home page Done Once a Task is done the assignee should set the progress of the Task to 100 and progress to Completed to indicate its completeness A quick way to accomplish this 1s to click the Complete button directly 1 Click on Complete at the bottom right of the Add Follow Up tab Add Follow Up Follow Up Ask Question Status Not Yet Started v Lin Progress Complete Progress 0 Y 10 50 100 Assignee Justin v Attachments Attach a file More Assign Back to David Semele te in Progress Post This adds a follow up message Since David has setup two turns for this Task Justin s completion will result in passing the Task to Mavis the assignee of the next turn 2 Logout A3 Platform 3 Login as Mavis In the Home page we can see the Task Support uploading video appear in My Tasks pane Click to open it
13. me of the issue Missing scrollbar for Description field 13 Enter the Details Unable to show description completely due to the absent of horizontal and vertical scrollbar New Issue Add Existing Issue Remove Issue Project Sample Project Y Template None v Missing scrollbar for Description field Details Assignee None wi kb Add Tum Unable to show description completely due to the absent of horizontal and vertical scrollbar 14 Enter the Steps Enter a paragraph that contains over 1000 characters in Description field Observe the result Page 20 of 23 A Platform Quick Start 15 Enter the Suggested Solution Support horizontal and vertical scrollbar Steps Enter a paragraph that contains over 1000 characters in Description field Observe the result Suggested Solution Support horizontal and vertical scrollbar 16 Set Justin to be the assignee pesionee non ad nt of horizontal None David Justin ty Susan Business Analyst Customer Programmer Project Manager System Analyst System Architect None Tester gt None 17 Click Save Page 21 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start Write a Product Manual The Article feature helps you write user s manual guide to teach users how to use your system Let s have a try Create an Article 1 Open the Articles tab SS E ly 2 The left hand side of the page shows the articles as well as their structure
14. ocess 6 At the center of the form you can find the Steps section That is where you define the steps of this Test Case Click on the text box of step 1 and enter the first step Test Video filepath field Steps Insert before Move Up Move Down Decrease Indent Increase Indent Cancel Remove Help Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Rem 1 Test Video filepath field Page 13 of 23 AS Platform Quick Start 7 Press Tab to move on to the Procedures column Enter the Procedures Enter C MyVideo mov in the Video filepath field Steps insert before Move Up Move Down Decrease indent Increase Indent Cancel Remove Help Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Rem 1 Test Video filepath field ine Video filepath field Verify By David da N 8 Press Tab again to move on to the Expected Result column Enter C MyVideo mov can show completely Steps Insert before Move Up Move Down Decrease Indent Increase Indent Cancel Remove Help Steps Procedures Expected Result Result Rem 1 Test Video ath field 21 72 bah LIPIA MINAH mI SUEY VIVES TNI Gani the Video filepath field show completely 9 Press Enter to complete step 1 and move to step 2 Repeat the previous steps to add step 2 3 and 4 __ Steps Procedures _ Expected Result Test Caption field Enter Sample Movie in Caption Sample Movie can show field completely
15. rd K Plan Testing Report I A f eport Issue Requirement Create Task PA Pal LE P David the project manager has created and assigned Tasks to Justin the programmer It s time for Justin to begin his work Study Tasks 1 Login A3 Platform as Justin amp A Platform Login Username justin Password eeecee E Remember Me 2 Close the welcome message You should be at the Home page In it you can see in the My Tasks pane that an urgent Tasks priority 5 has been assigned to Justin My Tasks 3 Name Support uploading video P1 v 44 2 amp Total 1 Show rows 16 Y 3 We usually take care of the more urgent Tasks first if there is more than one assigned Task Click on the Task Support uploading to open it My Tasks ga Name Support uploading video So P 4 vili 1 G Total 1 Show rows 16 Y 4 Study the Task and start working on it Notice that only the part specifically for Justin is shown Meanwhile that for Mavis is hidden EE New Task 7 Create Similar Task Configure Search Refresh Edit Print Watch G Show Link lt gt _ Support uploading video ID 71 Details Progress 0 Assignee Justin The user interface must contain the following components Video file path Upload button Caption Description Tags Implement the function Assignee Mavis Page 15 of 23 A Platform Quick Start Communic
16. s around Tasks and to perform the Test Cases once the Task is done In this section we will go through the steps to create Test Cases Record Requirement 1 Click on the Task Support uploading video to open it New Add Existing Remove Progress by child Default 1 0 gt 11 gt Requirements Lz E Subject Sub By Assignee Progress F Support uploading video G David Justin elle Pj vue Total 1 Show rows 20 v 2 As we want to create Test Case from this Task click on Test Cases below the Task to create Test Cases there Followups 0 Test Cases New Add Existing Remove Progress by child Sub Tasks 0 Honea aj Name issues 0 Test Cases 0 N Discussions 0 Time Logs 3 Click New on the right hand side New Add Existing Remove Progress by child Name 4 Enter the Name of the Test Case Test the behavior of UI components in video upload page 5 Enter the Details This test case is designed to test the behavior of components inside the video upload page Note that it does not test the logic of the upload process New Ada Existing Remove Progress by child Project Sample Project ii Test the behavior of UI components in video upload page Test Case Details Assignee None Vv jk This test case is designed to test the behavior of components inside the video upload page Note that it does not test the logic of the upload pr
17. t commenting video Description allow anonymous commenting disallow the use of forbidden words I Click Save Open the Summary tab You can see the two Requirements listed there Location 1 0 gt 11 gt Requirements lz Requirement New Requirement Configure Table Show Sub Requirements ID Subject 1 Support uploading video 2 Support commenting video Page 10 of 23 A Platform Quick Start Realize Requirements through Tasks Create Task gt gt Plan Testing Do Task i rere and eport Issue f Any Once all the Requirements are collected and documented we shall proceed to creating Tasks from the Requirements emerged In the previous section we have created a Requirement to support video uploading In this section we are going to ask Justin programmer to design and code the upload function Record w Requirement 1 Click on the Requirement Support uploading video under the Summary tab to open it Location 1 0 gt 11 gt Requirements Summary Requirement New Requirement 7 I Configure Table Show Sub Requirements ID Subject 1 Support uploading video 2 Support commenting video 2 We want to derive Tasks from this Requirement Click on Tasks below the Requirement to create Tasks Followups 0 o Tasks 0 N New Add Existing Remove Progress by child Subject Sub Requirements 0 Test Case Templates 0
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