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1. TS000003 Edit TS000004 Edit TS000005 n Show rows per page 4 Displaying page a a of 12 _ Step 3 User enters books name and author User taken to next screen in wizard Macbeth William Shakespeare 0 step 2 then clicks Next Vv Step 4 User chooses book s genre and sub User sees screen displaying all Play Tragedy genre from list entered information O qv Step 5 User clicks submit button Confirmation screen is displayed If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information 5 2 1 7 Editing Test Steps To modify an existing Test Link you simply need to click on the lt Edit gt button to the right of the step or just click on the cells in the row That will open up the special dialog box used for editing the parameter values associated with a specific linked test case Edit Linked Test Case Parameters Please fill out the parameters for this linked test c
2. Document Filename10 ppb Web Page capture htm 1 2 Date Editing Screenshot jp amp Screen Captures Specifications 3 Test Results 1 amp Error Logging in Screen shi Document Filename11 htm aa Document Filename2 xls gt Add Cancel Comment This is a related document gt Add Cancel You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 5 3 4 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the test step artifact since its creation An example test step change history is depicted below Incident Associations v Any v 2 May 2006 Expected Result User taken to first User taken to next screen in Fred Bloggs Modified screen wizard 4 Mar 2005 Expected Result User taken to first screen Joe P Smith Modified Show rows per page i lt Displaying page 1 a of 1 gt Pi The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system
3. gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the requirement To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box Add Existing Document Add Existing Document Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Documents Source Code Documents Source Code 4 EditExistingBook Expected Result Screensh Design 3 Document Filename1 doc Misc Documents Web Page capture htm amp Development 2 Date Editing Screenshot jp E Document Filename10 ppb am
4. To filter the list by one of the displayed fields you simply choose an item from the appropriate drop down list or enter a free text phrase then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates incident numbers To change the column that is sorted or to change the direction of the current sort simply click on the up down arrow icon in the appropriate column The currently sorted column is indicated by the larger white arrow with the back border Clicking on Filter gt Clear Filter removes any set filters and expands the host list to display all automation hosts in the current project and clicking on Filter gt Save Filter allows you to save the filter to your My Page for use in the future The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter 5 9 2 New Host Clicking on the lt New Host gt button adds a new automation host to the list with a default name and token 5 9 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes the automation hosts whose check boxes have been selected in the host list 5 9 4 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the list of automation hosts this is useful when new hosts are
5. This will display a list of all the incidents that have been reportedly resolved in this release This is useful for double checking that all the resolved incidents for a release have indeed been fixed gt Verified in this Release This will display a list of the incidents that have been verified as being fixed in this release This is useful for generating release notes for a specific release indicating what changes and enhancements have been made in the release Regardless of the mode each incident is listed together with the type status priority name owner detector detection date and a link to the actual incident details see section 6 2 Test Cases Custom Props Test Runs History Detected in This Release v E a Cannot log into the application Incident O z Not able to add new author Ooa 2 Cannot add a new book to the system Bug Show rows per page Incident Owned By AY inc AY Edit Ce a mi or IN000001 Edit IN000002 a IN000007 gt Edit 1 lt Displaying page Fa of 1 gt PI 41 Nov 2003 1 Nov 2003 4 Nov 2003 New Fred a New Joe P Smith Assigned Fred Bloggs To change between the three modes outlined above simply select the desired mode from the drop down list contained within the header of the incident list table You can perform the following actions gt Refresh updates the list of incidents from the server useful if other people are adding incidents to this re
6. comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates incident numbers There are also several aggregate filters that are used to filter on multiple values at once e g filtering status on All Open will return any incident that is in one of the open statuses new open assigned reopen To change the column that is sorted or to change the direction of the current sort simply click on the up down arrow icon in the appropriate column The currently sorted column is indicated by the larger white arrow with the back border In the screen shot above we are filtering on type bug and sorting by decreasing priority Clicking on Filter gt Clear Filter removes any set filters and expands the incident list to display all incidents for the current project and clicking on Filter gt Save Filter allows you to save the filter to your My Page for use in the future The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter 6 1 2 New Incident Clicking on the lt New Incident gt button takes you to the new incident screen This is essentially the same screen as the incident details screen shown in section 6 2 except that the lt Update gt button is replaced by an lt Insert gt button and depending on how the workflow has been configured for your project certain fields may be disabled For more
7. the Project Home dashboard is initially loaded in view mode which means that the various widgets on the page are displayed with minimum visual clutter no toolbars or control icons that makes it easy to scan the items on the page and see the health of the status of the project at a glance To switch the page to edit mode you should click on Modify Layout Settings hyperlink Once in edit mode each of the widgets displayed on the project homepage can be minimized by clicking on the arrow icon in the top left of the window or closed by clicking on the cross icon x in the top right of the window In addition the widgets allow you change their settings by clicking on the settings icon 4 This allows you to customize your view of the project to reflect the types of information that are relevant to you If you have closed a widget that you subsequently decide you want to reopen you can rectify by clicking the Add Items hyperlink at the top of the page and locating the closed item from the list of Closed Widgets When you load your Project Home for the first time it will consists of the following main elements Vv Project Overview Requirements Summary Requirements Coverage Release Task Progress Task Graphs Late Finishing Tasks Late Starting Tasks Top Open Issues Top Open Risks Test Execution Status Release Test Summary Incident Summary Incident Open Count Requirement Inci
8. 11 1 Reports Configuration The configuration page for each report differs slightly but the general format is illustrated below e spiraTeam Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Lbrary Information System v My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Reporting gt Requirements Detailed Report Role Manager lt lt Back to Reports Home Requirements Detailed Report gt Requirements Summary gt Requirements Detailed You can filter the results displayed by various parameters as well as choose which elements of the report are displayed gt Requirements Plan gt Requirements Traceability Please choose from the various options below to specify how you would like this report to appear Report Format Format HTML MS Word 2003 8 XML 2 Report Elements Requirements Details Artifact Change History 0 O Associated Tasks gu o 0 o Requirements Details Standard Field Filters Author Importance Owner Status Created On Last Modified Requirement Task Progress Test Coverage Requirement Name Actual Effort Plan Effort Task Effort Release Requirements Details Custom Property Filters URL Difficulty Al Requirement Type If would like to save this report for future use please give it a name below before clicking the Create Report button Report Name C would like to share this repo
9. Edit RQ000006 gt Edit RQ000007 P Edit RQ000008 PEt RQ000009 gt Eait RQ000010 Peat RQ000011 gt Edit RQ000013 gt Edit RQ000019 gt Edit RQ000022 gt Edit m lt Displaying page 1 sof 1 gt Pm Show ig____ ows per page Once you have the requirement positioned at the correct place that you want it inserted just release the mouse button and the requirement list will be refreshed with the requirement moved to the desired location To move multiple items simply select their checkboxes and then drag and drop one of the selected items 2 Alternatively you can simply select the check boxes of the requirements you want to move and then select the Edit gt Cut menu option This will cut the current requirements selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the requirements to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The requirements will now be moved into the destination location you specified 4 1 12 Exporting Requirements To export a requirement or set of requirements from the current project to another project in the system all you need to do is select the check boxes of the requirement s you want to export and then click the Tools gt Export icon This will then bring up a list of possible destination projects Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System 7 Help T D spiraTeam sad
10. Q Library System Release 1 SP2 1 0 2 0 o Tasks 1 Apr 2004 30 Apr 2004 RLO00003 Edit O amp Library System Release 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 0ct 2004 27 Oct 2004 i r RLO00004 P Edt z o o D Library System Release 1 1 SP1 1 1 1 0 No Tasks 1 Nov 2004 30 Nov 2004 RL000005 Edit a Library System Release 1 1 SP2 1 12 0 No Test j as 1 Dec 2004 31 Dec 2004 RL000007 Edit Q Library System Release 2005 1 2 0 0 1 Apr 2005 2 Apr 2005 RL000006 gt Edit Show rows per page ld lt Displaying page h aof 1 gt gt gt indent lt Outdent To filter the list by any of the displayed columns you either choose an item from the appropriate drop down list or enter a free text phrase depending on the type of field then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates release numbers In the screen shot above we are filtering on Iteration No Clicking on lt Clear Filters gt clears all the set filters and displays all the releases for the project In addition if you have a set of filters that you plan on using on a regular basis you can choose the option Filter gt Save Filter to add the current filter to the list of saved filters that appear on your My Pa
11. The lower part of the right pane contains tabs that can display different information associated with the build Each of the tabs Incidents Revisions and Test Runs is described separately below 7 5 1 Incidents This tab displays the list of incidents that have been fixed in the current build The grid can be sorted and filtered by using the appropriate controls Ce ae PT aT Pf _ R Ability to be accessed by Mozilla Issue Assigned Joe P Smith Joe P Smith IN000032 X Management of children s loans Issue Assigned 3 Medium Joe P Smith Joe P Smith IN000033 Show rows per page 4 Displaying page i s of 1 gt gt 7 5 2 Revisions This tab displays a list of the source code revisions that were included in the current build The grid can be sorted and filtered by using the appropriate controls Test Runs Content A AY Properties A AY No amp revo016 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 20 Dec 2011 Yes Show rows per page 4 4 Displaying page Fa of 1 gt PI 7 5 3 Test Runs This tab displays a list of all the tests that have been executed against the current build The grid can be sorted and filtered by using the appropriate controls o p m Rim amp ee T TE Ability to create new book 3 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0002 a 0 0h 1 2h Build 0001 TR000015 E Ability to edit existing book 2 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0001 Passed o 0 1h 12h Build 0001
12. The resource details page will show you what a resource has been assigned and time values for the items A small table on the left will show current configured values for the project for of hours per workday of days per week and how many non work hours per month there are Resource Details Name system Administrator E Mail administrator mycompany com Hours Tes Department Days Week Project Role Project Owner Non Work Hours Month Show rows per page Tabs along the bottom will show assigned requirements and tasks incidents test cases and test sets The views for each item are a subset of available columns to show progress and completion information for all items listed Clicking on an artifact s name will take you to the artifact details page 9 1 1 Reqs amp Tasks This tab displays the list of requirements and child tasks that are assigned to the current resource e Ea o o o o o o o Ability to delete existing books in the system a g Ability to completely erase all books stored in th 1 Critical Ee E a Ability to create different editions a Develop new edition entry screen A Create edition object insert method A Write edition object insert queries 9 1 2 Incidents This tab displays the list of incidents that are assigned to the current resource Regs amp Tasks Mac lac Bac Da Da la a lacy Cannot add a new book to the system Ability to associate multiple authors Test System Li
13. Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System _Y Help a gt m spiraTeam a My Page Project Home anning Testing Tracking Reporting t Requirements Releases dblnset Delete indent lt Outdent Show Level Y h Refresh Th Edit 2 Tools Showthide columns Y Y Filter Role Manager ask Progre mportanc statu Releas Par par Ca Lav D Functional System Requirements Not Coveret In Progress T Online Library Management System in Progress Completed Completed 1 0 0 0 0001 Completed 10 00 0001 Completed 1 0 0 0 0002 Completed 1 1 0 0 0001 RQ000007 Completed 1 1 0 0 0001 RQ000008 gt Edi Completed 1 1 0 0 0002 RQ000009 Completed 12 0 0 RQ000010 in Progress RQ000011 in Progress RQ000013 Egy Planned RQ000019 Requested RQ000022 C Edition Management a l Author Management a Subject Management T Administration Functions Show 15 W rows per page z i A pat in The requirements list consists of a hierarchical arrangement of the various requirements and functionalities that need to be provided by the system in question The structure is very similar to the Work Breakdown Structure WBS developed in Microsoft Project and users of that software package will find this very familiar to use When you create a new project this list will initially be empty and you will have to start using the lt Insert gt button to start a
14. Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Lirary information System Help T p spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements Releases Iterations Role Project Owner Gp inset 3 Delete g gt indent lt Outdent Show Level w Refresh Copy F Expot Show hide columns v Y Clear Fitters V Requirement Name TestCoverage Task Progress Importance Status Author Release Req Edit n ummm ame l awa l ea o nal Eee 00000000000000 l Ability to edit existing books in the system i iy syrnprorery srese wr E ed 3 J Edition Management a 2 Author Management jE Subject Management a amp Administration Functions a Ability to add new books to the system Ability t it existin BD Ability to delete existing books in the system Ability to associate books with diferent subjects 5 Ability to associate books with diferent authors he ks in th Not Covered Not Covered Not Covered Not Covered Not Covered Not Covered 7 u In Progress In Progress Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed In Progress In Progress Planned Requested Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith RQ000001 Edit RQ000002 RQ000004 a RQ000005
15. 15 Nov 2003 4 Nov 2003 Fred Bloggs one vje JoePSmtn Y P Smith v Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs IN000017 IN000004 IN000011 IN000015 IN000016 IN000012 IN000008 IN000013 IN000014 IN000010 gt Edit _ Edit 4 lt Displaying page a of 1 gt bi If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change five incidents from Resolved status to Closed you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes Note that in the case of incidents you need to have Project Owner permissions for the pro
16. Development amp Screen Captures E Test Specifications a me Documentation Test Results E Error Logging in Screen sh Training my SEN drm 3 4 G Test Scripts e tt var a E amp Document Filename10 ppb amp Date Editing Screenshot jp _ Document Filename11 htm Document Filename2 xls r gt Add Cancel Comment This is a related document gt Add Cancel You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 5 2 9 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the test case artifact since its creation An example test case change history is depicted below Req Coverage Custom Props Test Runs 2 May 2006 Step Expected Result User taken to first screen User taken to next screen in wizard Fred Bloggs 2 May 2006 Name Library System v1 0 0 Library System Release 1 Fred Bloggs Modified 4 Mar 2005 Step Expected Result User taken to first screen Joe P Smith Modified 4 Mar 2005 Owner Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Modified Show 15 Y rows
17. Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs TCO00006 TC000007 TC000008 TCO00009 TC000015 ep insert 3 Delete gt Indent lt p Outdent gt Execute Once you have chosen the destination release test set requirement clicking lt Add gt will add the selected test cases to the destination release test set requirement 5 1 14 Viewing the Test Status for a Release By default when you view the list of test case cases it will display an aggregate status for all releases of the project l e the test list will include all the test cases in the system regardless of which release they apply to and the execution status will reflect the most recent test run regardless of which release it was for To change the test case list to just display test cases and execution status for a particular release simply change the release selected in the drop down list located below the toolbar on the right hand side from Any to a specific release Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting _ e spiraTeam Test Cases Test Sets dh inset 3 Delete Role Manager 2 ident lt Outen Auten heat i Tos Y Ener Author OO O Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs TC000002 Fred Bloggs TC000003 Fred Bloggs TC000004 Fred Bloggs TC000005 Fred Bloggs TC000006 Joe P Smith TC000007 Joe P Smith TC000008 Joe P Smith TC000009 4
18. My Assigned Tasks gt Quick Launch However these are not the only widgets available If you click on the Add Remove items hyperlink it will display the list of any additional widgets that are available Add Remove Items Close Select the catalog you would like to browse Closed Widgets 0 Available Widgets 1 Available Widgets d My Saved Reports Add to Left Side w Add Close You can add the additional widgets by selecting the appropriate checkbox choosing the destination location left side vs right side and then click the Add button The additional widgets available in the My Page are gt My Saved Reports gt My Weather gt My Subscribed Artifacts gt My News Feeds 3 2 1 My Projects This section lists all the projects you have been given access to together with the name description project group and date of creation To view the description of the project simply position the mouse pointer over the link and a tooltip window will popup containing the description When you initially view the page all of the projects will be shown as links in normal type with a gray background When you click on a project to view you will be taken to that project s home page and that project will be set as the current project That project will now appear in your home page in bold type with a white background see above screen shot To change the currently selected project simply click on the link of ano
19. The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the test case list as well as a list of the peer test case to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer test cases by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the test cases list page The navigation list can be switched between three different modes e The list of test cases matching the current filter e The list of all test cases irrespective of the current filter e The list of test cases assigned to the current user The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular test case You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt or lt Save and New gt button at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt or print it by clicking lt Print gt Using the lt Email gt button on the toolbar you can send an email containing details of the test case to an email address or another user on the system Email this artifact to Project User Fred Bloggs Select a user in the project to send to Email Addresses A list of email addresses separated by Message Subject Leave blank for default You can
20. gt indent lt Outdent gt Execute O oO o o o o O O o o o o oO O Show Once you have the test case folder positioned at the correct place that you want it inserted just release the mouse button and the test case list will be refreshed with the item moved to the desired location To move multiple items simply select their checkboxes and then drag and drop one of the selected items 2 Alternatively you can simply select the check boxes of the test cases you want to move and then select the Edit gt Cut menu option This will cut the current test case selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the test cases to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The test cases will now be moved into the destination location you specified 5 1 12 Exporting Test Cases To export a test case or set of test cases from the current project to another project in the system all you need to do is select the check boxes of the test case s you want to export and then click Tools gt Export Tests This will then bring up a list of possible destination projects aE ie spiraTeam ee Test Cases Automat dhinsern 3 Delete indent lt Qutdent Show Levei Displaying 10 out of 14 test case s for this release HV Wl Teet Cace ame Pot tens SS Please select the project you want to export to W a 4 t My Page Project Home Planning Testing Welcome Fred Blo
21. have failed to delivery projects on time and on budget In addition many systems built this way will fail to provide the expected business value as there is no ability to quickly refine the requirements as the project progresses Consequently software development has been transformed with these new ideas and concepts with new methodologies such as Extreme Programming XP Scrum Kanban DSDM and AUP becoming common However the traditional tools of project management requirements specifications high level project plans GANTT charts white board schedules and top down task management are too cumbersome and not well suited Spiraleam provides a complete Agile Project Management System in one package that can manages your project s requirements releases iterations tasks and issues in one environment fully synchronized 2 Functionality Overview This section outlines the functionality provided by SpiraTeam in the areas of requirements management test case management release planning iteration planning incident tracking task management and project user management 2 1 Requirements Management Spiraleam provides the ability to create edit and delete project scope requirements in a hierarchical organization that resembles a typical scope matrix Each requirement is associated with a particular importance level ranging from critical to low and a status identifier that designates where the requirement is in
22. i My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Sets Test R Automation Hosts Role Project Owner dpinsert 3 Delete indent lt Outdent Stowleve Y Refresh ChEdit Tools Show hide coms Y Y Filter Execution Status Planned Date Last Executed Owner Status D gt 0 Fated v E z znl Ary v Any v amp Functional Test Sets 5 Feb 2007 In Progress TX000008 a i Testing Cycle for Release 1 55 Feb 2007 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith In Progress TX000001 2 Testing New Functionality 4 10 Feb 2007 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs in Progress TX000005 amp Regression Test Sets Completed TX000009 Show 15 v rows per page 4 lt Displaying page of1 r To filter the list by any of the displayed columns you either choose an item from the appropriate drop down list or enter a free text phrase depending on the type of field then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates test set numbers In the screen shot above we are filtering on test sets that contain at least one failed test case In addition if you have a set of filters that you plan on using on a regular basis you can choose the option Filter gt Save Filter to add
23. link to the actual test run details See section 5 6 In addition you can choose to display any of the custom properties associated with the test run Custom Props sonmi canre v ee a Ability to create new author 1 Dec 2003 a Ability to edit existing book 1 Dec 2003 8 T Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 Show 15 w rows per page cd Sd for Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 internet Explorer TROO0004 perating em I Any y TR000003 Windows XP TR000001 l4 lt Displaying page of 1 gt pi The customize columns drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test run list as columns To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names The displayed columns can be any standard field or custom property You can also filter the results by choosing items from the filter options displayed in the sub header row of each field and clicking the Apply Filter link In addition you can quickly sort the list by clicking on one of the directional arrow icons displayed in the header row of the appropriate field 5 8 3 Comments The Comments tab allows users to add and view discussions relating to the test set Test Cazes Test Runs it Custom Pr
24. points to any additional information about the project group and the names of the owners of the project group 3 5 2 Project List This section lists all the active projects that make up the group together with the name description project group and date of creation To view the description of the project simply position the mouse pointer over the link and a tooltip window will popup containing the description 3 5 3 Requirements Coverage This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of requirements test coverage for the entire project group The Passed Failed Blocked Caution and Not Run bars indicate the total count of requirements that have tests covering them allocated across the execution status of the covering tests Under the main bar graph is displayed a table containing each project in the group and a colored bar illustrating the specific requirements coverage distribution for that project That way you can see both the aggregate coverage and also the relative coverage for the projects You can configure in the widget settings whether you want to see the aggregate bar graph and or the project specific requirements coverage 3 5 4 Task Progress This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of tasks by progress category for the entire project group The On Schedule Late Finish Late Start and Not Started bars indicate the total count of tasks t
25. the overall execution status for the test case in that run and a link to the actual test run details See section 5 6 In addition you can choose to display any of the custom properties associated with the test run incidents Test Cases Custom Props ha kee OS ie Moe p 4 Soa eo s re A gt i nia is a is Any TR C Z Ability to edit existing book 1 Dec 2003 i TR000010 Z Ability to create new author 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle 1 0 0 0 TR000004 or Release 1 0 R j i Z Ab ity to edit existing book 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle 1 0 0 0 Passed TROO0003 or Release EJ Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 10 0 0 Opera Windows 2003 TR000012 C al E Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle 1 0 0 0 Internet Explorer Windows XP TR000001 gt AT En EIET IN PE aa Aan AE or Releas Q Show 15 v rows per page 4 lt Displaying page of 1 gt gt The customize columns drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test run list as columns To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names The displayed columns can be any standard field or custom property You can also filter the results by choosing items from the filter options displayed in the sub header row of each field and clic
26. to store an automated test script gt Automation Engine this should be the name of the test automation engine that the test script should be executed with This list is populated by a system administrator using the administration section of the application as described in the SpiraTeam Administration Guide Script Type This should be set to either attached or linked If you choose to attach the test script the large text box at the bottom will be enabled allowing you enter edit the test script directly in SpiraTeam If you choose linked the test script is stored externally and SpiraTeam just stores a reference to it The repository option is never selectable within SpiraTeam and will be automatically set by Rapise when it attaches a test script to the test case Filename If you are attaching the test script to the test case then this field just needs to contain the filename of the test script no folders or path needed whereas if you are choosing to link the test script you need to follow the exact format that will be expected by the test automation engine For details please refer to the specific test automation engine in the SpiraTest Team Automated Test Integration Guide Document Type Spiraleam only This should be set to the document type that you want the test script associated with Document Folder Spiraleam only This should be set to the document folder that you want the test script to be
27. 0 0 0001 RQ000007 Edit Completed Li 0001 RQ000008 Edit Completed 1L 1 0 0 0002 RQO00009 Edit Completed 12 00 RQ000010 Edit In Progress RQ000011 j In Progress RQO000013 Edit Planned RQ000019 Edit Requested RQ000022 Edit z e r gt n n If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change five requirements from In Progress status to Completed you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 4 1 7 Show Level Choosing an indent level from the Show Level drop down box allows you to quickly and easily view the entire requirements list at a specific indent
28. 1 0 Verified In Release 1 0 1 0 Notes Operating System Associations Artifact Type Name Created By Comment Date Test Run Sample Test Fred Bloggs Test Run Sample Test 01 Nov 2006 Incident The book listing screen doesn t sort Joe P Smith This incident and bug are related 16 Mar 2004 Requirement Ability to create new users in the system Joe P Smith Test Run Sample Test 01 Dec 2003 File Attachments Filename Description Author Date Uploaded Bug Stack Trace txt Joe P Smith 04 May 2006 Error Logging in Screen shot gif Captured screen shot of the error that was raised when attempting to log in to the library application Fred Bloggs 24 Apr 2006 11 5 Task Reports 11 5 1 Task Summary Report This report displays all of the tasks tracked for the current project The task s details are displayed ina summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Task Name Description Status Priority Owned By Created On Last Modified Release Requirement Start Date End Date Complete Est Effort Actual Effort Write edition object Not 1 Fred 01 Dec 11 Mar 12 Mar 3 hours 0 23 insert queries Started Critical Bloggs 2003 01 Dec 2003 1 0 0 0 0003 RQ12 2004 2004 0 mins j Develop edit author Not Joe P 01 Dec 07 Mar 08 Mar 8 hours 0 details screen Started Smith 2003 01 Dec 2003 1 0 0 0 0002 RQ15 2004 2004 mins Creat
29. 16 hours 0 mins hours 0 mins 5 hours 0 mins 3 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 8 hours 0 mins 5 hours 0 mins 3 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins Actual Effort 188 hours 40 mins 188 hours 40 mins 95 hours 0 mins 15 hours 30 mins 7 hours 20 mins 5 hours 20 mins 2 hours 50 mins 16 hours 50 mins 7 hours 20 mins 6 hours 0 mins 3 hours 30 mins 15 hours 10 mins Test Traceability Requirements Traceability TC2 TC8 TC13 TC3 TC8 TC8 TC12 TC4 TC8 TC6 TC13 TC4 TC8 TC12 TC4 TC8 TC12 Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Test Name Functional 1 Tests N A Tests that Ability to the user can create new create a book new book in the system Description Priority Test Step Test Step Description Test Step Expected Result Test Step Sample Data Status Author Owner Est Duration Created On Last Modified Fred Fred 01 Dec 13 Oct 2009 Bloggs Bloggs 2003 15 07 47 Fred Fred 1 01 Dec 13 Oct 2009 Critical 15 07 47 Bloggs Bloggs 0 2003 Call Login to Application User clicks link to create book User enters books name and author then clicks Next User chooses book s genre and sub genre from list User clicks submit button Not Run User taken to first screen Not Run in wizard User taken to next screen in wizard Macbeth William Shakespeare Not Run User sees screen displa
30. 2 4 Iteration Planning As described in section 2 3 in addition to high level project releases SpiraTeam can also track the individual iterations that comprise a release giving the project manager the option to manage agile methodology projects within the SpiraTeam environment Unlike the release planning stage where high level requirements are estimated and scheduled the iteration planning phase involves assigning each of the requirements incidents and tasks in the project backlog against a specific iteration until the available effort in the iteration has been completely allocated When you first create iterations you specify the start and end dates together with the notional number of project resources assigned to the iteration and any non working days SpiraTeam uses this information to calculate the planned effort available to the iteration from which it will subtract the estimated task and incident effort values to determine how much effort is available to schedule 2 5 Incident Tracking Spiraleam provides the ability to create edit assign track manage and close incidents that are raised during the testing of the software system under development These incidents can be categorized into bugs enhancements issues training items limitations change requests and risks and each type has its own specific workflow and business rules Typically each incident is raised initially as a New item of type Incident Follo
31. 2004 1 Dec 2003 C The book listing screen doesn t sort Incident z Ability to create new book Test Run 3 Ability to add new books to the system Requirement 1 Dec 2003 History Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th This incident is related to the test step Test Run Ability to create new book Test Run Ability to create RQ000009 TS000002 IN000006 TR000001 RQ000004 new book Show rows per page i 4 Displaying page a of 1 gt P gt Create a new requirement from this incident You can perform the following actions on an association from this screen gt Delete removes the selected association to the other artifact This will only delete the association not the linked artifact itself gt Refresh updates the list of associations from the server useful if other people are adding associations to this incident at the same time gt Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of associations gt Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all associations for the current incident are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the associations allows you to edit the comment field inline directly on this screen To create a new association simply click the
32. 6 1 Change Password In addition to being able to update your user information you can optionally change your password at the same time To change your password on the Change Password tab fill in the three boxes with your current password and your new password repeated for verification Then when the lt Update gt button is clicked the system will update your password otherwise you will simply get a warning message indicating what needs to be corrected Email Preferences To change your password you must enter your current password and the password you would like to change it to Current Password New Password Confirm Password Note If your SpiraTest user profile is linked to an account stored in an external LDAP server you may find the change password option is disabled This is because the system uses the password held in the external server To change the password in this case please contact your system administrator who will be able to help you change the password in your LDAP environment 3 6 2 Email Preferences Change Password Email Address administrator mycompany com Enable Email Notifications If disabled you will not get any notifications from Spira Team Here you can configure the email address that the application will send notifications to and whether or not you want to receive email notifications lf the Enable Notifications cannot be changed it means that the system is either not configure
33. Ability to create new book2 Fred Bloggs Test Case TC000002 gt Delete Add New Association Please choose the artifact that you want to add an association to Artifact Type Artifact ID From this screen you can either delete an existing artifact association or add a new association from the current document to a pre existing artifact in the system To add the association you just need to select the type of artifact being associated requirement test case incident etc and the numeric ID of the artifact For example to add an association to Requirement RQ00005 you would choose Artifact Type Requirement and Artifact ID 5 11 Reports Center This section describes the reporting features of SpiraTeam including an overview of each of the report types that are available When you click on the Reports tab on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the reports home page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System M Help e spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Reporting Role Manager Library Information System Reports Center Add tlems Y Incident DateRange Graphs Graph Name Incident Progress Rate v Filter An v Date Range 91 2 1231 m incident Progress Rate Requirement Reports gt Requirements Summary gt Requirements Detaled gt Requiremen
34. Bloggs DC000047 4 lt Displaying page fi of 1 gt P The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a test set simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document or web link to the test set you need to click on the Add New hyperlink to open the Add Attachment dialog box Add New Document Add New Document a Add New Document Type File Screensho Type File L Screensho Type Filename owsa URL Screenshot Description Description L Document Type Functona Specification Document Type Functons Specification Docume
35. Coverage In this mode the right pane contains the test coverage information for the requirement in question Custom Props Attachments History Associations Available Test Cases Test Coverage O amp G amp Functional Tests Tcoo0002 Ability to create new book E Abilit to create new bool C TC000008 Z Book management E Ability to edit existing book is TC000013 4 Adding new book and author to Not Run Ability to create new author EJ Ability to edit existing autho 2 Ability to reassign book to di G Regression Tests O amp G Scenario Tests maa 4 n gt Create Test Case From This Requirement S v The test coverage box indicates the test cases that are currently mapped against the requirement To add test cases to this requirement choose from the list above and click Add You can use the Remove and Remove All buttons to remove tests that no longer cover the requirement The pane consists of two lists of test cases the one on the left being the hierarchical list of the test cases belonging to the project arranged in test folders The right box which will initially be empty contains the list of test cases mapped to this requirement The test cases in this box include columns for their ID name and execution status Hovering the mouse over the names of the test cases in either box will display a tooltip consisting of the test case name place i
36. Custom Props To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button All existing comments are listed in order by entered date To create a new comment enter the text into the text box and then click the Save button 7 2 5 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for releases To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the release These can be either freetext or drop down lists In the example below you can enter Notes and or the Operating System that the release is intended for Incidents Test Cases Test Runs Attachments History The following are the custom properties of this artifact Notes This is the first version of the system Operating System Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save or Save and New to commit the changes 7 2 6 Test Runs This view displays the list of all the test runs executed against the release Each test run is listed together with the date of execution the name of the test case the name of the tester the release version of the system that the test was executed against the name of the test set if applicable
37. Enhancement Enhancement Resolved Duplicate Closed Assigned Open Assigned Duplicate Closed Open Resolved Assigned Open Not Reproducible Resolved Assigned Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Reporting saga 25 Nov 2003 25 Nov 2003 2 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 Dec 2003 8 Dec 2003 10 Dec 2003 25 Nov 2003 18 Nov 2003 17 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 4 Nov 2003 Any Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Help Role Project Owner N IN000025 IN000029 IN000035 IN000040 IN000045 IN000046 IN000050 IN000055 IN000059 IN000026 IN000022 IN000019 IN000016 IN000012 IN000008 i lt Displaying page 2 Sof 4m h The incident list screen displays all the incidents entered for the current project in a filterable sortable grid The grid displays the incident number together with fields such as incident type bug issue risk etc status new open etc priority name assigned owner detection date detector closed date etc The choice of columns displayed is configurable per user per project giving extensive flexibility when it comes to viewing and searching incidents In addition you can view a
38. Failed Passed Failed Not Run Not Run Not Run Not Run Actual Duration 90 mins 90 mins 75 mins Release Creator Owner Created On Planned Date Last Modified Last Executed Passed Failed Caution Blocked Not Run Notes 05 Feb 2007 13 Oct 2009 0 0 Last Execution Date 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 Execution Date 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 This printable report is useful when you want to be able to conduct the testing activities offline on paper or when testers need paper copies of the test script in addition to using the online test execution wizard In either case this report simply displays all of the test cases defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test case list together with their detailed test steps and a list of any attached documents Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Test 2 Ability to create new book Tests that the user can create a new book in the system Test Steps Step Description Expected Result Sample Data Status User opens up browser and enters application URL The browser loads the login i i Cl Passed C Failed http www _libraryinformationsystem com beta web page santa Rbraryinformationsysiom combete Cl Blocked C Caution User taken to main menu Login iibrarian Paseword passwonit Cl Passed C Failed screen i Cl Blocked C Cauti
39. IN 000007 gt Unable to Reprod 2 nas 219 el rouca Name Cannot add a new book to the system gt Duplicate Incident Status i Detected By lt lt BacktolncidentList Type Detected Release 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 Ale y Display Curent Fiter Priority 1 Critical Resolved Release 1 0 1 0 Library System Release 1 SP1 vY Z Cannot log into the application Severity 3 Medium Verified Release 2 Not able to add new author X Clicking on link throws fatal error Owner Fred Bloggs Fixed Build Database not backing up correctly Creation Date 11 4 2003 12 00 00 AM Last Updated 12 20 2011 11 46 59 AM X Cannot install system on Oracle 9i The book listing screen doesn t sort 2 Cannot add a new book to the sys T Editing the date on a book is clunky T Editing the date on an author is clunk Doesn t let me add a new category Validation on the edit book page K Quote handling issues throughout When click on the button to add a book enter the new information and click submit get a subscript out of range error R The tables get cutoff on low res mode Permissions not updating when chan E This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window where you can quickly jump to other incidents as well as execute workflow transitions see below the upper part of the right pane contains the incident detailed information itself and the bottom part of the righ
40. In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 5 4 Execute Test Case s This section describes how a tester can follow the steps defined for a series of test cases and record what actually happened in the process In addition recorded failures of test cases can be used to automatically generate new incidents that will be added to the incident tracking module see section 6 You start test case execution in SpiraTeam by either selecting test cases or test sets on their respective page s and then clicking the lt Execute gt button or by clicking the Execute link on the test cases test sets listed on your personalized home page under My Test Cases or My Test Sets If you execute a test set then the values of the selected release and custom list properties for the test run are automatically populated from the test set whereas if you directly execute a test case itself those values can be chosen by the tester Regardless of the route taken to launch the test execution module the first screen that will be displayed will look like the following Da a Welcome System Administrator Lbrary Infomation System Y My Profile Administration Log Out Searct D Help e spiraTeam See My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Case Execution Test Sets JestRuns Automation Hos
41. Inflectra website 5 6 5 Custom Properties In this mode the tab displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for test runs To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that have been set during the test run Test Run Steps Automation The following are the custom properties of this artifact S O O Web Browser Opera Operating System Windows 2003 For test runs custom properties are most commonly used to capture and record the system configuration that the test was performed on for example the operating system hardware platform and web browser 5 6 6 Attachments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays the list of documents that have been attached to the test run The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types Test Run Steps Remove DocumentName AY Type AY Edited On AV Author AY IDAY es a ae oc a Erlan eee Screen Shot 48 KB Fred Bloggs 24 Apr 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000003 Show 15 Y rows per page lt lt Displaying page a of 1 gt Pb The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addi
42. Information Last Updated In this mode each of the widgets displayed on the page can be minimized by clicking on the arrow icon in the top left of the window or closed by clicking on the cross icon x in the top right of the window This allows you to customize your page to reflect the types of information that are relevant If you have closed a widget that you subsequently decide you want to reopen you can add them back to the page display by clicking the Add Items hyperlink at the top of the page In addition the various widgets have a settings icon that allows you to customize how that widget appears The settings are specific to each widget and in general allow you to specify how many rows of data are displayed and what columns are displayed You can move and reposition the various widgets on the dashboard by clicking the mouse on the title bar of the widget you want to move and dragging it to the desired location This change will be remembered when you next login to the system Once you have the dashboard configured the way you like it you can click Return to Normal View to switch back to view mode When you load your My Page for the first time it will consists of the following main elements My Projects My Saved Searches My Assigned Requirements My Assigned Test Cases My Assigned Test Sets My Pending Test Runs My Assigned Incidents My Detected Incidents VV VV VV VV WV
43. Out Search Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting P e spiraTeam My Page M Welcome Fred Bloggs to Your Dashboard Modify Layout Settings Add Items My Projects Role Manager Display data for All Projects Current Project Quick Launch Project Name Group Internal Projects intemal Projects External Projects Project Creation Date 1 Dec 2005 1 Dec 2005 1 Dec 2005 Library Information System Library Information System Library Information System Library Information System gt Create Incident in 9 My Assigned Incidents Name z Abality to associate multiple authors W Test System Limitation Test Training item W Editing the date on a book is clunky z Test Training Item Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Enhancement Limitation Training Bug Training Change Request Enhancement 17 Nov 2003 4 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 4 Nov 2003 3 Dec 2003 7 Dec 2003 25 Nov 2003 4 Dec 2003 Library Information Limitation Library Information Risk K High Priority Late Tasks Z Not Executed Test Sets Library Information System Library Information System 10 Dec 2003 My Assigned Requirements My Detected Incidents Name Name Project Type 2 Ability to create different editions Library Information in Progress W Cannot lo
44. Role Manager Under the various tabs are several secondary menu options that are displayed when you hover the mouse over the appropriate tab as illustrated below gt My Page gt My Page described above gt My Timecard described in Section 3 7 gt Project Home gt Project Home described in Section 3 4 gt Project Group Home described in Section 3 5 gt Documents described in Section 10 gt Planning gt Requirements described in Section 4 gt Releases described in Section 7 gt Iterations described in Section 7 3 gt Planning Board described in Section 7 4 gt Testing gt Test Cases described in Section 5 gt Test Sets described in Section 5 7 gt Test Runs described in Section 5 5 gt Automation Hosts described in Section 5 9 gt Tracking gt Incidents described in Section 6 gt Tasks described in Section 8 gt Resources described in Section 9 gt Source Code described in Section 12 gt Reports described in section 11 Note The main tabs will take you to the appropriate artifact tyoe requirement test case incident etc for the currently selected project However if you haven t selected a project then clicking on any of the tabs will simply take you back to My Page so that you can select a project 3 3 1 Global Search Spiraleam includes a global search bar that can be used to search across project and artifact type for items that include the entere
45. S Test Cases Test Sets Role Manager GP insert 3 Delete gt indent lt Outdent ShowLevel v Refresh hedat Tools Show hide columns Y Fiter Displaying 9 out of 11 test case s for this release wa e data for All Releases v aw Vitel ie amp Functional Tests 5 Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000001 EN Abiy to ceatenew book m Foie rees vjen 0002003 Fanos WIE Ve vE EN Abiy ced enising book Caution 1Dec 2003 2 Ability to create new author Ea Loe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000004 2 Ability to edit existing author Blocked Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000005 2 Ability to reassign book to different author Passed Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes Tcoo0006 a Regression Tests 2 E 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith Yes TC000007 t amp Scenario Tests 2 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Yes TC000010 Edit Exception Scenario Tests 1 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Yes TC000011 amp E Person loses book and needs to report loss Joe P Smith Yes TC000012 Edit z Adding new book and author to library Joe P Smith Yes TC000013 Edit amp Common Tests 2 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000015 Edit Z Open Up Web Browser Passed o o 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000016 EI Login to Application 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Yes TC000017 Show rows per page E rS EnaE page E Ra of 1 gt If you click lt Edit gt on more than one
46. TC000012 Adding new book and author to library Joe P Smith TC000013 amp Common Tests 2 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000015 Open Up Web Browser 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000016 j E Login to Application 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000017 Show 15 rows per page To filter the list by any of the displayed columns you either choose an item from the appropriate drop down list or enter a free text phrase depending on the type of field then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates test case numbers In the screen shot above we are filtering on Owner None In addition if you have a set of filters that you plan on using on a regular basis you can choose the option Filter gt Save Filter to add the current filter to the list of saved filters that appear on your My Page The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter a i Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out Help spiraTteam a My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Sets Role Manager Gmer B0ade pmen Gouen sorie ates heat F Tas Y Ener Displaying 4 out of 11 test case s for this release Display Y Apply Filt
47. Task Burndown this graph shows the remaining work that needs to be done for each release iteration in the project with separate lines for the estimated remaining and completed effort For each of the three graphs you can click on the Display Data Grid link to display a grid of the underlying data that is represented in the graph and also there are options to save the graph in a variety of different image formats 3 4 18 Tag Cloud This widget lets you see the list of document tags being used in the project Tag Cloud ums women DOOK Man ageme Nt error functional specification libraries u ear aeea wren sper ee Stack trace testing user interface wireframe The size of the tag name indicates the relative frequency of its usage in the project Clicking on a document tag will open up the Document List page see section 10 1 with the filter set to the tag you clicked on This will display a list of related documents that have been tagged with the same tag name 3 4 19 Recent Builds This widget displays a list of the most recent builds that have been performed as part of the current release or iteration Recent Builds Creation Date Build 0015 edec 3 12 2004 12 00 00 AM Build 0014 Succeedec 3 11 2004 12 00 00 AM Build 0013 3 10 2004 12 00 00 AM Build 0012 3 9 2004 12 00 00 AM Build 0010 3 6 2004 12 00 00 AM For each build it will display whether the build succeeded or failed the date the build occurred and the name o
48. Tasks 60 On 0 Covering 0 Failed 01 Dec 2003 0 Passed 01 Dec 2003 0 Blocked 0 Caution Late 29 Not Started 42 Tasks 60 On 0 Covering Schedule 0 Failed 6 Running 01 Dec 2003 0 Passed Late 01 Dec 2003 0 Blocked 4 Starting 0 Caution Functional System Requirements In Fred Progress Bloggs 145 hours 0 190 hours 188 hours mins 0 mins 40 mins Online Library Management System In Fred 145 hours 0 190 hours 188 hours Progress Bloggs i i mins 0 mins 40 mins 11 2 2 Requirements Detailed Report This printable report displays all of the requirements defined for the current project in the order they appear in the requirements list For each individual requirement the name priority author status and coverage status are displayed along with tables containing the list of covering test cases linked incidents requirements associated tasks attached documents and the change history Req 4 Ability to add new books to the system The ability to add new books into the system complete with ISBN publisher and other related information Priority 1 Critical Status Completed Author Fred Bloggs Creation Date 01 Dec 2003 Coverage 3 Covering 1 Failed 1 Passed 0 Blocked 0 Caution Last Modified 01 Dec 2003 Owner Joe P Smith Planned Effort 15 hours 0 mins Release 1 0 0 0 Task Est Effort 16 hours 0 mins Task Actual Effort 15 hours 30 mins URL http www libraries org Difficulty Moderate Req
49. Test s Automation Host Role Project Owner dpinsert Delete indent lt Outdent Srowleve YV Refresh Edit S Tools Show hide cokems Y Y Eiker m a z J La C Functional Test Sets 5 Feb 2007 in Progress Tx000008 a Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 2s207 e 1 Dec 2003 doe P Smh YE inProgess VE gt Update Cancel I Testing Cycle for Release 1 1 Anaw E Dec 2093 meP Smh Y Not Started Y Fred Bloggs Deferred TX000006 Completed TX000009 Fred Bloggs Completed TX000003 Completed TX000004 gt Edit Update 10 Feb 2007 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs in Progress Tx000005 lt lt 4 Displaying page of 1 gt gt If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change the owner of five test sets from Fred Bloggs to Joe Smith you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column lf you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can ei
50. You can add documents to the current folder delete existing documents from the project refresh the list of documents export documents to another project apply a filter and clear the current filter In addition there is the option to either display just the documents in the current folder or all documents in all folders The latter is useful when you want to search for a specific document by keyword or tag name 10 1 1 Add New Document To add a new document to the project you just need to click on the lt Add Document gt icon in the toolbar and the Add New Document dialog box will be displayed Add New Document Add New Document Type File URL Screenshot Type File CURL Screenshot Filename Screenshot e O Document Type Functional Specification gt Upload Cancel Version Tags gt Upload Cancel There are three different types of item that can be uploaded into the document repository gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and added to the current folder gt To adda web link URL to the current folder you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Up
51. You can expand or collapse the list of existing resolutions by clicking the appropriate expand or collapse icon To add a new resolution to an incident all you need to do is enter the new resolution comment in the text box above the list and then click lt Save gt Your resolution will now be added to the existing items in the list 6 2 4 Schedule In this mode the main pane displays the general schedule and completion status of the specific incident You can enter edit the start date closed date i e the due date estimate actual and remaining effort From these values the system will display the calculated percent completion progress indicator and projected final effort Comments Custom Props Attachments History Associations Start Date 11 6 2003 A Progress 0 Estimated Effort Projected Effort 0 3 hours Actual Effort e hours hours hours 6 2 5 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for incidents To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the incident These can be either freetext or drop down lists In the example below you can enter Notes and or the Operating System that the incident was observed on Reso
52. allows you to specify how many rows should be displayed in each page helping accommodate different user preferences 5 5 1 Sorting and Filtering You can easily filter and sort the list of test runs as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System v Help es spiraTeam _ My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Sets Test Runs nates 3 0nte crowncecoums WE ae 1 5 out of 5 test runjs for this project a Ba Ability to create new author 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle for Manual Joe P Smith 1 0 0 0 15h TR000004 Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Manual Release 1 0 Role Project Owner o 9 w Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith 1 0 0 0 13h TROOO001 Edi X Automated Automated Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs 1 1 0 0 0003 12h TROOOO19 Edit 1 1 0 0 0003 1 2h TR000013 gt Edit k Displaying page 1 aofi 0O E Ability to edit existing book 4 Dec 2003 o z Ability to create new book 4 Dec 2003 Show 15 rows per page h Refresh 3 Delete To filter the list by any of the visible fields you simply choose an item from the appropriate drop down list and for the other fields you enter a free text phrase then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE compariso
53. and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in Spiraleam with the incident To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 6 2 7 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the incident artifact since its creation An example incident change history is depicted below Modified Modified Modified Modified Modified Modified Fred Bloggs Modified Joe P Smith Modified 1 4 Displaying page a o of 1 gt P 2 Jun 2011 2 Jun 2011 2 Jun 2011 2 Jun 2011 2 Jun 2011 2 May 2006 Status Open Assigned 5 Mar 2005 Status New Open 4 Mar 2005 Type Owner Joe P Smith Co
54. application These details will vary depending on the type of automated tool being used but typically they include the name of the automated test runner the number of assertions raised the name of the corresponding test case in the tool the status of the test run and a detailed error message and stack trace in the case of a failure An example test run as reported from the NUnit automated test runner is illustrated below Test Run Steps Custom Properties Attachments Runner Name NUnit Assert Count 1 Message Expected 1 but 2 was found Test Name _01_TestCreateBook Details Object variable or With block variable not set Description An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code Exception Details System_NullReferenceException Object variable or With block variable not set Source Error 215 Response Write lt option selected value amp MonthCheck MonthCount amp gt amp MonthCount amp lt option gt ne 216 Else e 217 Response Write lt option value amp MonthCheck MonthCount amp gt amp MonthCount amp lt option gt amp vbCrLf e 218 End If ne 219 Details on how to use SpiraTeam in conjunction with an automated testing tool are provided in the SpiralTeam Automated Testing Integration Guide which can be downloaded from the
55. appropriate screen capture Note that the entire test run is saved once you first start execution so you can always step away from your computer and then resume testing at a later date by locating the test run on your My Page under My Pending Test Runs and choosing to resume testing 5 5 Test Run List When you click on the Testing gt Test Runs global navigation link you will initially be taken to the test run list screen illustrated below eS gt r spiraTeam i Test Cases Test S Te Refresh Print Displaying 1 15 out of 19 test run s for this project L My ses 2 Delete Show hide columns alee Project Home Welcome Fred Bloggs Lbrary Infomation System Y Y Filter Planning 2 Ability to create new book T Ability to edit existing book B Ability to create new author T Ability to create new author Ability to edit existing book Ability to create new book 2 Ability to edt existing book T Ability to create new book 4 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 2 Dec 2003 2 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0003 11 3 1 00 11 00 1 1 2 0 0002 1 1 0 0 0002 11 0 0 0001 1 1 0 0 0001 M My Profile Administration Log Out Sear ch Tracking a Help Role Manager TR TR000018 TR000019 TR000020 TRO00017 TROOO0016 TROO0015 TR000014 TR000013 1 Dec 2003 i i TR000011 1 Dec 2003 TR000010 1 Dec 2003 assed TR000008 1 De
56. attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the test step To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box Add Existing Document Add Existing Document Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Documents Source Code Documents Source Code 3 EditExistingBook a GJ Expected Result Screensh Design Document Filename1 doc Misc Documents amp Development r Test 3 amp Documentation a 3 Training Test Scripts i F m a a rn at innesa d aa p 4 rt p
57. book User taken to first screen in wizard TS000002 gt Edit clicks Next Shakespeare F qv Step 4 User chooses book s genre and sub genre User sees screen displaying all entered Play Tragedy TS000004 Edit from list information C 0 vy Step 3 User enters books name and author then User taken to next screen in wizard Macbeth William mast TS000003 gt Edit Cl qv Step 5 User clicks submit button Confirmation screen is displayed TS000005 gt Edit Show rows per page 4 4 Displaying page hofie To change the order of the test steps please click on the test step link icon and drag it to the appropriate place in the list Note Test steps that are marked with a hyperlink and test case icon e g Call Login to Application in the screen shot above are in fact linked test cases Linked test cases are a useful way of reusing existing test steps from other test cases For example if you want to have a set of steps be in more than one test case e g a login step then you would create a separate test case just containing these steps then have all the other test cases just link to it This avoids the need to have duplicate test steps throughout the project In addition if you click on the step number hyperlink e g Step 2 you will be taken to the test step details page which allows you to perform additional editing of a specific test step as well as attach documents associate pre existing incidents and view the change hi
58. cases Thus if the requirement is covered by two test cases one of which passed and one of which wasn t run the graph will display a green bar 50 passed and an equal length gray bar 50 not run To determine the exact requirements coverage information position the mouse pointer over the bar chart and the number of covering tests along with the pass fail blocked caution not run breakdown will be displayed as a tooltip For those requirements that have at least one task associated with them they will display a block graph that illustrates the relative numbers of task that are on schedule green late starting yellow late finishing red or just not started grey These values are weighted by the effort of the task so that larger more complex tasks will be change the graph more than the smaller tasks To determine the exact task progress information position the mouse pointer over the bar chart and the number of associated tasks along with the details of how many are in each status will be displayed as a tooltip 4 1 1 Insert Clicking on the lt Insert gt icon inserts a requirement above the currently selected requirement i e the one whose check box has been selected at the same level in the hierarchy If you want to insert a requirement below an existing item you can use the Insert gt Child Requirement option instead If you insert a requirement without first selecting an existing requirement from
59. consists of a link that will take you back to the source code revision list as well as a list of other revisions associated with the current file This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer revisions by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the main revision list page The top part of the main pane allows you to view the details of this revision in the version control system including the description of what was changed the date that the change was made and the name of the person who made the change The lower part of the main pane can be switched between two different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Files mode but it can be switched to Associations as well The functionality in each of these two views is described below 12 4 1 Revision Files This view displays the list of files that were changed in the current revision 18 Jan 2010 18 Jan 2010 18 Jan 2010 18 Jan 2010 18 Jan 2010 w Document Filename1 doc Fred Bloggs fs Document Filename10_pptx Document Filename11 htm Fred Bloggs Deleted Fred Bloggs Replaced Fred Bloggs Added Undefined Ba Document Filename2_xls Document Filename21 cs Fred Bloggs Each file in the list is displayed with its name the file size who made changes to the file what action was performed on the file added deleted replaced updat
60. copied version directly above the original one 5 2 1 5 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the list of test steps This is useful if other people are making changes to the test list and you want to make sure that you have the most current version 5 2 1 6 Show Hide Columns By default the test step list screen will display the Description Expected Result and Sample Data fields However the Expected Result and Sample Data fields are optional and can be hidden if necessary to make more space If you have configured custom properties for test steps you can use the Show Hide features to display one or more of your custom properties instead These fields will then be editable in this grid view 5 2 1 7 Editing Test Steps To modify an existing Test Step you simply need to click on the lt Edit gt button to the right of the step or just double click on the cells in the row That will switch the selected row into Edit mode The various columns are turned into editable text boxes and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Req Coverage Custom Props Test Runs Attachments History Show hide columns Vv 0 Step Test Step Description Expected Result Sample Data Status Step Id Edit step 1 Call Login to Application TC17 TS000001 ani O Wstep2 Br uRlemoOm BIruUklenow Bl URl emom User clicks link to create Diets cliente Sarcdl aeailh book in wizard
61. details on setting and up configuring workflow for your project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide 6 1 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes the incidents whose check boxes have been selected in the incident list 6 1 4 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the list of incidents this is useful when new incidents are being added by other users and you want to make sure you have the most up to date list displayed 6 1 5 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the incident list as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 6 1 6 Edit Each incident in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just double click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column ee es gt s
62. display the Add New Association popup dialog box Add New Association Please choose the type of artifact that you want to add an association to Incident Please choose the artifact that you want to add an association to a Enter Artifact ID IN b Choose from list 2 Editing the date on a book is clunky Doesn t let me add a new category Quote handling issues throughout X Permissions not updating when changed Comment gt Add Cancel You need to choose the specific incident you want to link to either by choosing the item from a scrolling selection box or entering the ID of the incident directly if known In either case you can also add a comment that explains the rationale for the association Finally to delete an existing incident association except for those due to test runs select the check box next to its name and click the lt Delete gt hyperlink This will only delete the association not the linked incident itself 5 3 2 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for test steps To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the test step These can be either freetext or drop down lists In
63. item in the test case list described in section 5 1 you are taken to the test case details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System Y Help s d z spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Case Details TestSets TestRuns Automation Hosts Role Manager Display Current Filter v Test Case J Ability to create new book TC 000002 Functional Tests Name Ability to croni new book 8 Ability to create new book Ability to edit existing book CO E ih 5 p E Ability to create new author Tests that the user can create a new book in the system E Ability to edit existing author 4 Ability to reassign book to different amp Regression Tests amp Scenario Tests amp Exception Scenario Tests Author Est Dur hours 5 Person loses book and needs to Owner Creation Date 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM PS Adding new book and author to libr Priority encodicn Gielen Passed amp Common Tests Open Up Web Browser Active Last Executed 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM z Login to Applicaton New Test Case Ability to add new This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the test case detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right pane contains related information about the test case
64. iteration in the currently selected release To change the release itself you use the drop down list at the top right of the page to change to a different release 7 3 1 Scheduling Requirements Tasks Incidents to Iterations To assign a new requirement task or incident to the iteration schedule you either position the mouse pointer over a single item s icon dragging it to the desired iteration or you select several checkboxes in the requirements tasks incident list and then drag all the selected items in one go Once the requirement task incident s have been added to the iteration the utilized effort for the iteration will increase and the available effort will decrease by the same amount Displaying the iteration plan for the selected release M Include Tasks Selected Release 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 v9 le o a E 1 0 0 0 0001 3 1 2004 3 4 2004 J 1 0 0 0 0002 3 5 2004 3 8 2004 EJ 1 0 0 0 0003 3 9 2004 3 12 2004 Available Utilized Remaining Available Utilized Available Utilized Remaining 96 0h 32 0h 64 0h 24 0h 32 0h 72 0h 31 8h 40 3h DHIN Uelele exis d DOOKS te syste J U mag gt Create damere ed 5 oO 2 Ability to edit existing authors in the system 16 0h L Ability to edit existing authors in the system O 4 Refactor author screen to include delete button C 4 Develop edit author details screen 8 0h Develop new edition entry screen C amp Create autho
65. lt Add gt hyperlink which will display the Add New Association popup dialog box Add New Association Please choose the type of artifact that you want to add an association to Olncident ORequirement Test Step Please choose the artifact that you want to add an association to s a Enter Artifact ID b Choose from list G Functional Tests O F Ability to create new book O Ability to edit ing book gt Add Cancel Comment Once you have selected the appropriate artifact type you will then be able to choose the specific artifact you want to link to In all cases you can choose the item from a scrolling selection box or you can either enter the ID of the artifact directly if known In either case you can also add a comment that explains the rationale for the association If you re adding an association to a test step then there are actually two selection boxes one to choose the overall test case and the other to choose the specific test step 6 2 9 Creating a Requirement from an Incident Sometimes you may have a situation where an enhancement has been logged in the incident tracker and now that it has been approved it needs to be converted into a formal requirement so that test cases and tasks can be generated from it To aid this process there is a shortcut link on the Associations tab that allows you to create a new requirement from the current incident and have it be automatically add
66. more detailed description of the incident along with a resolution if any by positioning the mouse pointer over the incident name hyperlink and waiting for the popup tooltip to appear If you click on the incident name hyperlink you will be taken to the incident details page described in section 6 2 Clicking on any of the pagination links at the bottom of the page will advance you to the next set of incidents in the list according to the applied filter and sort order There is alsoa drop down list at the bottom of the page which allows you to specify how many rows should be displayed in each page helping accommodate different user preferences 6 1 1 Sorting and Filtering You can easily filter and sort the list of incidents as illustrated in the screen shot below s spiraTeam My Page Incidents Tasks Project Home Planning Testing pNewincdent 3 alte iReresn coy F Epon Y Fuer ite 1 14 out of 14 incident s for this project Cannot add a new book to the system ao Database not backing up correctly Bug E Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Bug Cannot add a new book to the system Bug Validation on the edit book page Bug Session handling Bug g 2 The homepage hangs whilst loading 2 Quote handling issues throughout Editing the date on a book is clunky The book listing screen doesnt sort 2 Editing the date on an author is clunky The tables get cutof
67. on Fea E 2 Ability to create different editions 1 Critical Fred Bloggs gt Edit gt Edit gt Edit gt Eait_ gt Eait_ gt Edit Each of the requirements and associated tasks is displayed together with its name description by hovering the mouse over the name priority progress indicator current owner estimated effort actual effort projected effort and numeric task identifier Clicking on the task name will bring up the Task Details page which is described in more detail in section 8 2 This allows you to edit the details of an existing task You can perform the following actions on a task from this screen gt New Task inserts a new task in the task list under the specified requirement with a default set of values The task will be associated with the specified requirement and current release iteration gt Delete Task deletes the task from the project gt Refresh updates the list of requirements and tasks from the server useful if other people are adding requirements and or tasks to this release iteration at the same time gt Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of requirements and all their associated tasks it does not filter the tasks themselves gt Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all requirements associated with the current release iteration are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the requir
68. on a test set item in the test set list described in the previous section you are taken to the test set details page illustrated below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Search Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Sets gt Test Set Details Test Runs Automation Hosts Role Project Owner Display Curent Fiter v Test Set Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 TX 000001 yi Tast Sots Name Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 P e spiraTeam Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Release 1 1 Description STesting New Functionality This tests the functionality introduced in release 1 0 of the library system Exploratory Testing amp Regression Test Sets Regression Testing for Windows XP A ii Regression Testing for Windows Vis an Joe P Smith Creator Release P eysan TO oe Automation Host None v Creation Date 1 2 2007 12 00 00 AM Status in Progress v Last Executed Planned Date Last Updated 1 2 2007 12 00 00 AM Test Runs Comments Custom Props Attachments History This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the test set detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right pane contains related information about the test set The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the te
69. on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 4 2 7 Associations In this mode the main pane displays a list of any incidents or other requirements that are associated with this requirement Test Coverage O 2 Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Custom Props Incident O Ability to delete existing books in the system Requirement x Cannot add a new book to the system Show rows per page Incident Attachments Created On AV 14 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 4 Nov 2003 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith This bug IN000005 affects the requirement These two RQ000006 requirements are related Test Run Ability to create new book IN000007 1 1 Displaying page Fa of 1 gt gt The requirements in this list are ones that a user has decided are relevant to the current one and has created a direct link between them In the case of incidents the association can be either due to the creator of an incident directly linking the incident to the requirement or it can be the result of a tester executing a test run and creating an incident during the test run In this latter case the check box to the left of the association will be unavailable as the link is not editable Each association is displayed with the type of artifact requirement vs incident name of the artifact being linked to the name of the person who created the association and a comment that describes why the
70. open to the help item that is most closely related to the screen you happened to be on when you clicked the Help link 3 3 4 Choose Project Choosing a project from the list of your assigned projects in the drop down menu allows you to quickly and easily jump between projects regardless of the page you happen to be on When you choose a project you will be taken to the same page in the selected project assuming that you have permissions to view that page You can use CTRL click to open the new project in a separate browser tab 3 4 Project Home When you click on either the Project Home tab or the name of the project in the My Page project list you will be taken to the homepage of the specific project in question Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out _ a spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Project Group Home Project Home Documents Library Information System PRO00001 Modify ayoul Settings Add Items Display data for All Releases Project Overview Top Open Issues View All Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch Description library Group Internal Projects Web Site www libraryinformationsystem org an Owner s System Administrator Management of children s loans System may require process changes Requirements Summary View Details Status 1 C
71. release iteration 7 1 13 Creating Test Sets from Releases As a shortcut you can click the Tools gt Create Test Sets option to create new test sets from the list of selected releases The created test sets will include all of the test cases associated with this release This is useful in regression testing when you have created a new release and want to be able to quickly assign a tester to ensure that all the functionality in the release works as expected 7 1 14 Printing Items To quickly print a single release iteration or list of releases iterations you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 7 1 15 Right Click Context Menu SpiraTeam provides a shortcut called the context menu for accessing some of the most commonly used functions so that you don t need to move your mouse up to the toolbar each time To access the context menu right click on any of the rows in the release list and the following menu will be displayed E Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 e Iteration 001 Iteration 002 Iteration 003 B iteration 001 B iteration 002 E iteration 003 B iteration 001 B Iteration 002 E Iteration 003 Libra Open Item K Open in New Tab New Release s EJ New Iteration E Edit Items 3 Delete gt Indent lt Outdent Ch Copy Items Ch Cut Items System Release C
72. removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document or web link to the incident you need to click on the Add New hyperlink to open the Add Attachment dialog box There are three different types of item that can be attached to an incident gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g hitp mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields
73. system Develop edit book detais screen Create book object update method Write book object update queries Ability to delete existing books in the system Type Requirement 2 In Requirement Requirement Requirement Task Task Task Requirement Task Task Task Requirement Status In Progress Progress Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Priority 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 11 2 4 Requirements Traceability Matrix This report displays a matrix of the requirements in the system with their list of covering test cases and associated mapped requirements Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Requirements Forward Traceability This section displays a list of all the requirements with the associated test cases requirements Req Name RQ1 Functional System Requirements RQ2 Online Library Management System RQ3 Book Management RQ4 Ability to add new books to the system RQ5 Ability to edit existing books in the system RQ6 RQ7 RQ8 RQ9 RQ10 RQ11 RQ12 Ability to delete existing books in the system Ability to associate books with different subjects Ability to associate books with different auth
74. the automation host detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right pane displays different information associated with the automation host The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the host list as well as a list of the peer automation hosts to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the peer hosts by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the host list page The navigation list can be switched between two different modes e The list of hosts matching the current filter e The list of all hosts irrespective of the current filter The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular automation host You can edit the various fields name description token etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt or lt Save and News gt button at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt or discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt 5 10 1 Test Runs This view displays the list of all the test runs executed against the automation host Each test run is listed together with the date of execution the name of the test case the name of the tester the release version of the system that the test was executed against the name of the test set if applicable the overall execution statu
75. the current filter to the list of saved filters that appear on your My Page The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter 5 7 10 Copying Test Sets To copy one or more test sets simply select the check boxes of the test sets you want to copy and then select the Edit gt Copy menu option This will copy the current test set selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the test sets to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The test sets will now be copied into the destination location you specified The name of the copied test sets will be prefixed with Copy of to distinguish them from the originals 5 7 11 Moving Test Sets To move test sets in the hierarchy there are two options 1 Click on the icon the test set folder you want to move and then drag the icon to the location you want it moved The background of the destination location will change as the icon is dragged over it to illustrate where it will be inserted Once you have the test set folder positioned at the correct place that you want it inserted just release the mouse button and the test set list will be refreshed with the item moved to the desired location To move multiple items simply select their checkboxes and then drag and drop one of the selected items 2 Alternatively you can simply select the check boxes of the test sets you want to move and then select the Edit g
76. the development lifecycle requested planned in progress and completed In addition each requirement is mapped to one or more test cases that can be used to validate that the functionality works as expected This mapping is called the Requirement Test Coverage since the test cases cover the requirement so that if all the tests can be executed successfully then the requirement is validated At the same time from a development perspective the team begins initial estimation of the lowest level requirements in the requirements matrix to determine the complexity and associated resourcing Once the high level release schedule has been determined the requirements can then be prioritized and scheduled against the appropriate release according to their business priority Once the release is underway the requirements are further decomposed into their constituent low level project tasks that can be assigned to the project team The system will track the progress and revised estimates for the tasks and display them against the requirements so that risks to the schedule can be quickly determined 2 2 Test Case Management Spiraleam provides the ability to create edit and delete project test cases that are stored ina hierarchical folder structure that resembles Windows Explorer Each test case consists of a set of test steps that represent the individual actions a user must take to complete the test These test steps also contain a descr
77. the list the new requirement will simply be added at the end of the list Once the new requirement has been inserted the item is switched to Edit mode so that you can rename the default name and choose a priority status and or author 4 1 2 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes all the requirements whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items are summary items the child requirements are also deleted If all the children are deleted from a summary item it changes back into a non summary item 4 1 3 Indent Clicking on the lt Indent gt button indents all the requirements whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items are made children of a requirement that had no previous children it will be changed from a detail item into a summary item 4 1 4 Outdent Clicking on the lt Outdent gt button de indents all the requirements whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items were the only children of a Summary requirement item then that item will be changed back from a summary item to a detail item 4 1 5 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the requirements list This is useful as other people may be modifying the list of requirements at the same time as you and after stepping away from the computer for a short time you should click this button to make sure you are viewing the most current requirements list for the project 4 1 6 Edit Each requ
78. the person who committed the revision and whether the revision was a change of the actual content or just a change of the properties of the content Clicking on the hyperlink for the revision name will take you to the Revision Details page for that revision See section 12 4 below 12 4 Source Code Revision Details When you click on a revision hyperlink in either the project revision log or the file revisions tab described above you are taken to the revision details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Searc Testing Tracking Reporting r spirateam we My Page Project Home Planning Incidents Tasks Resources Source Code gt Revision Details Aj rev0011 Aj rev0012 Aj rev0009 A rev0010 A rev0015 Source Code Revision 4 rev0012 Notes The artifact was changed in this version to fix the issue with the data access component Ajj rev0016 Aj rev0013 Aj rev0014 Edited By Build Last Edited Fred Bloggs F Build 0011 12 20 2011 1 43 55 PM Content A Properties A A rev0003 Aj rev0004 n TAIATA Associations This page is made up of three areas the left pane is for navigation the upper part of the main pane contains the details of the revision and the bottom part of the right pane contains the list of files that were changed in this revision and the list of artifacts that the revision is associated with The navigation pane
79. these to assign priorities Clicking on the risk item hyperlink will take you to the incident details page for the risk in question See section 6 2 You can configure in the settings whether to use Priority or Severity for the display and also how many rows of data to display 3 6 My Profile When you click on either the My Profile link in the global navigation you will be taken to the page in the system that allows you to view and edit your personal profile Please review the information listed below and make any changes if necessary Click Update to save changes User Namel ID fredbloggs US 000002 First Name Middle Initial e Last Name RSS Token V Enable RSS Feeds Email Preferences Regional Settings To change your password you must enter your current password and the password you would like to change it to Current Password New Password Confirm Password You can change your user information including your first name last name and middle initial Clicking the lt Update gt button will commit the changes whereas clicking lt Cancel gt returns you back to either Project Home or My Page depending on whether you have a project currently selected or not If you want to be able to subscribe to RSS feeds of the information assigned to you in the My Page make sure that the Enable RSS Feeds checkbox is selected and an RSS token has been generated in the textbox underneath 3
80. to log into the application with a emer log valid username incident 01 Nov panes and password 2003 PP the system throws a fatal exception When try and click on the button to add a new author the 01 Nov system simply 2003 displays the main screen and does nothing When click on the logout link instead of 01 Nov logging out I get ncident 2003 an ASP session not valid error 01 Dec 2003 Not able to add new author 01 Dec 2003 Clicking on link throws fatal error 01 Dec 2003 11 4 2 Incident Detailed Report This printable report displays all of the incidents tracked for the current project sorted by incident number For each individual incident the name type priority status opener owner and close date are displayed along with tables containing the detailed description and resolutions as well as a tabular list of attached documents linked requirements incidents and the change history Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Inc 1 Cannot log into the application When trying to log into the application with a valid usemame and password the system throws a fatal exception Type Incident Priority Status New Severity Opened By Fred Bloggs Opened On 01 Nov 2003 Assigned To Last Modified 01 Dec 2003 Detected In Release 1 0 0 0 Closed On Resolved In Release 1 0
81. to be implemented vs actually being implemented In addition it makes a distinction between those requirements simply requested and those actually planned for implementation so the project manager can see what the backlog is between the customer s demands and the plan in place Clicking on the View Details link at the top of the table simply brings up the project requirements list See section 4 1 whereas clicking on the individual values in the cells will display the requirements list with the filter set to match the importance and status of the value 3 4 3 Requirements Coverage This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of requirements test coverage for the project The Passed Failed Blocked Caution and Not Run bars indicate the total count of requirements that have tests covering them allocated across the execution status of the covering tests For example if a requirement is covered by four tests two that have passed one that has failed and one that has not yet been run the counts would be passed 0 5 failed 0 25 and not run 0 25 These fractional quantities are then summed across all the requirements to give the execution status breakdown of the covered requirements In addition to the five statuses for the covered requirements the sixth Not Covered bar depicts the total number of requirements that have no tests covering them putting the five other bars into perspective Typic
82. will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 7 4 Incident Summary Graph The incident summary graph shows how many incidents are currently in a project The number of incidents is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the incident information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed Incident Summary Graph Training Risk Limitation Issue Incident Enhancement Change Request Assigned Closed Duplicate Hew Mot Reproducible Open Resolved gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the incidents status and the individual bars are grouped by the type of incident Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separat
83. 0 1 0 0001 Iteration 001 80 hours 0 mins 13 Mar iteration 2004 1 0 1 0 0002 Iteration 002 48 hours mins 21 Mar Iteration 2004 25 Mar 2004 01 Apr 1 0 1 0 0003 Iteration 003 iteration 64 hours 0 mins 352 hours 0 11 7 Summary Graphs 11 7 1 Requirements Summary Graph The requirements summary graph shows how many requirements are currently in a project The number of requirements is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the requirement information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed X AxIS Group By Importance Requirement Summary Graph 10 Low 3 Medium 2 High 1 Critical D Completed In Progress Planned Requested gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the requirements status and the individual bars are grouped by requirement importance Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate th
84. 00004 d d O E Ability to edit existing author 0 1h Not Run TC000005 1J Ability to reassign book to different author 0 1h Not Run TC000006 E Book management 0 1h Not Run TC000008 O E Author management 0 1h Not Run TC000009 Show rows per page 44 Displaying page of 1 gt gt To change the order of the test cases please click on the test case icon and drag it to the appropriate place in the list To move the test cases you simply need to click the test case icon and drag it to the appropriate position in the list Whilst you are dragging the icon the border in the list will change color to indicate where it will be moved to To modify an existing Test Case you simply need to click on the lt Edit gt button in the right most column or just double click on the cells in the row That will switch the selected row into Edit mode The owner field can then be set at the test case level This is useful in situations where you want the different test cases in the set to be executed by different testers e g in integrated scenario tests Test Runs Custom Props History Priority st Act Last Execution Test Case Duration Duration Executed Status F 0 2 Ability to create new book 0 2h 1 3h 1 Dec 2003 TC000002 O 0 Test Case Name O E Ability to edit existing book 0 1h 1 5h 1 Dec 2003 TC000003 o z Ability to create new author 0 1h 1 5h 1 Dec 2003 TC000004 P O 3 Ability to edit existing author Not Run TC000005 O 3
85. 27 Edit i4 4 Displaying page of 1 gt gt Requested Not Covered No Tasks Requested Not Covered No Tasks Requested amp Requested OO OOO 0 0 00 0 08 Requested dp insert 3 Delete gt indent lt Outdent To filter the list by any of the displayed columns you either choose an item from the appropriate drop down list or enter a free text phrase depending on the type of field then click the lt Filter gt icon or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates requirement numbers In the screen shot above we are filtering on Status Requested In addition if you have a set of filters that you plan on using on a regular basis you can choose the option Filter gt Save Filter to add the current filter to the list of saved filters that appear on your My Page The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter Library Information System y Help Reporting s Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profle Log Out spiraTeam Planning Testing Tracking My Page Project Home Requirements Releases Iterations Role Manager dp insert 3 Delete gt indent lt p Outdent Snow Level Y Refresh Cheat Exot snowmsecou
86. 2_xls Document Filename21 cs File Type Size Associations This page is made up of three areas the left pane is for navigation the upper part of the main pane contains the details of the file and the bottom part of the right pane contains the list of file revisions stored in the version control system The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the source code file list as well as a list of other files in the current folder This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer files by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the main file list page The top part of the main pane allows you to view the details of the particular file in the version control system Clicking on the File Path hyperlink will actually open the file in a separate window and depending on the type of file it may display in the page or prompt you to download it to your local computer The Latest Revision hyperlink allows you to view details of the latest revision See section 12 4 below The lower part of the main pane can be switched between two different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Revisions mode but it can be switched to Associations as well The functionality in each of these two views is described below 12 2 1 Revisions This view displays the list of revisions that have be
87. Bloggs Fred JoeP Bloggs Smith Fred JoeP Bloggs Smith 11 3 4 Test Set Detailed Report This report displays all of the test sets defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test set list The test set s details and execution status are displayed along with sub tables containing the list of test cases test runs attached documents and the change history Test Set 1 Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 This tests the functionality introduced in release 1 0 of the library system Owner Release Status Planned Date Notes Operating System Joe P Smith 1 0 0 0 In Progress 05 Feb 2007 Test Cases Test Name TC2 Ability to create new book TC3 Ability to edit existing book TC4 Ability to create new author TC5 Ability to edit existing author TC6 Ability to reassign book to different author TC8 Book management TC9 Author management Test Runs Run Tester TR4 Joe P Smith TR3 Fred Bloggs TR1 Joe P Smith Release Library System Release 1 Library System Release 1 Library System Release 1 11 3 5 Printable Test Scripts Creator Creation Date Last Execution Last Updated Priority Critical Critical Critical High High High High Status Failed Passed Failed 0 05 Feb 2007 13 Oct 2009 01 Dec 2003 1 07 Feb 2007 13 Oct 2009 01 Dec 2003 3 Fred Bloggs 02 Jan 2007 01 Dec 2003 13 Oct 2009 Est Duration 8 mins 5 mins 10 mins 0 Status
88. C000012 Wi Ability to create new author Mi Step 1 TC16 Ms He LI Step 1 Please follow the directions outlined in the box below User opens up browser and enters application URL http www libraryinformationsystem com beta _ Ability to reassign book to dit _ Person loses book and needs _ Step 1 TC16 Expected Result Sample Data CI Step 2 terr The browser loads the login web page http www libraryinformationsystem com beta C step 3 C12 C Step 4 1012 CI Step 5 1012 _ Adding new book and author This will change the icon in the left hand navigation bar into a green square with a check mark in it Once all the test steps have passed you will be automatically be taken to the first step in the next test if it is the last test case being executed the lt Finish gt button will be displayed instead If the actual results differ from those expected you need to enter a description of the result observed and click the lt Fail gt lt Blocked gt or lt Caution gt button this is illustrated in the screen shot below P Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Search spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Case Execution Test Sets TestRuns Automation Hosts lt lt Back To Tests 8 8 8 Pass Pass All Blocked caution Fail gt Pause
89. Details Automation Hosts Role Project Owner F Save Delete Refresh Print Display Curent Fiter v Test Run Ability to create new book TR 000001 T 1 Dec 2003 7000001 e that the user can create a new book in the system 1 Dec 2003 TR000012 14 Dec 2003 TR000002 gt E 1 Dee 2003 R000003 Release 9 Estimated Duration 02 hours 2 41 Dec 2003 TR000004 14 Dec 2003 TR000005 Tester Name oe P Smith Y Actual Duration 13 hours 1 Dec 2003 TR000006 Test Set Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 3 Execution Date 42 1 2003 10 45 20 AM d 3 1 Dec 2003 TR000007 Test Case i TC000002 5 Execution Status Z 1 Dec 2003 TR000008 14 Dec 2003 TR000010 Build None ul Test Run Type Manual 1 Dec 2003 TR000011 2 Dec 2003 TR000013 Automation Custom Props gt A SAAD PTA Tate This page consists of three panes gt The left hand navigation pane displays a list of related test runs The display dropdown will let you choose whether the list contains test runs that are for the same release test case or test set or are just a filtered unfiltered list based on your last search in the main test run list page The main pane displays the details of the test run itself name description release test set estimated and actual duration tester name test run type automation host etc gt The tab control displays the list of test run steps popu
90. In addition to the bar chart there is also a display of the five most overdue test sets in the project 3 4 15 Incident Aging This section displays the number of days incidents have been left open in the system The chart is organized as a histogram with the count of incidents on the y axis and different age intervals on the x axis 3 4 16 Incident Test Coverage This section displays a bar graph that illustrates the execution status of any test cases that previously failed and resulted in the generation of an incident that has subsequently been resolved This is very useful when a test case was executed in Release 1 0 and an incident was logged That incident has now been resolved in Release 1 1 and is in a closed status but we need to know that the test case that caused the failure has been successfully re run Any test cases listed as Blocked Caution Not Run or Failed in this graph need to be executed to verify that all resolved bugs in the release have truly been fixed 3 4 17 Task Graphs This widget lets you quickly view the three main graphs used when measuring the progress of tasks in an agile methodology 1 Task Velocity this graph shows the total estimated and actual effort delivered in each project release and or iteration 2 Task Burnup this graph shows the cumulative amount of work outstanding for each release iteration in the project with separate lines for the estimated remaining and completed effort 3
91. Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 8 2 Task Details When you click on a task item in the lists displayed on either the main task list page or on the requirement release details pages you are taken to the task details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Search spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Incidents Tasks gt Task Details Resources Source Code 1 ee E Save yCopy Refresh Delete 2yPrint pEmail 3 Subscribe Display Task Refactor book details screen to include edition drop down TK 000016 RH Aha A a ao Ability to associate books with diff Name Refactor book details screen to include edition drop down Refactor book details screen to i a Modify book insert update queries t ao Ability to associate authors with st 2 Develop author subject association Description O Create author subject mapping inse A Create author subject mapping dele Create author subject mapping quer Priority 1 Critical v Owner Requirement Q Last Updated 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM Iteration 10 19 2004 10 23 2004 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM Comments Custom Props i Associations This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the task detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right
92. J Ability to reassign book to different author Not Run TC000006 O E Book management Not Run TC000008 d E Author management Not Run TC000009 Show 15 w rows per page k 1 Displaying paqe h lof h To add a new test case to the Test Set you need to click on the Add Test Cases hyperlink to display the popup dialog box Add Test Case to the Test Set Choose the test case s to add to the current test set O E0 Functional Tests 5 Ability to create new book T Ability to edit existing book 5 Ability to create new author E Ability to edit existing author F Ability to reassign book to different author gt Add Cancel You can then select the checkboxes of the individual test cases or whole folders of test cases that you want to add to the test set Once you have selected the desired items click the lt Add gt button to actually add them to the test set Test cases in SpiraTeam can have parameters defined which are available to specify the text that should be used to replace certain tokens in the test case In addition these parameters may be used by certain test automation engines In addition to being able to specify the parameter values when linking the test cases as test steps of a parent test case you can also specify the parameter values from the Test Set To view edit the parameter values being set by the test case you should either select the checkbox of a test set and click Edit Parameters at the top o
93. Pa r Pe spirafeam spiraPlan wo spiraTtest SpiraTest SpiraPlan SpiraTeam User Manual Version 3 2 0 Inflectra Corporation Date December 18th 2011 inflectraZ 5 10 Automation Host Details 90 Contents 6 Incident Tracking 94 4 iinioducion 2 6 1 Incident List 94 l 6 2 Incident Details 97 1 1 Quality Assurance 2 1 2 Project Management D 7 Release Management 105 2 Functionality Overview 3 fel ROCAR ma l 7 2 Release Details 111 2 1 Requirements Management 3 7 3 Iteration Planning 118 2 2 Test Case Kana 3 La Penni Board 120 A OCE oan 7 5 Build Details 124 2 4 Iteration Planning 4 2 5 Incident Tracking 4 8 Task Tracking 123 2 6 Task Management 4 8 1 Task List 123 2 7 Projects and Users 5 8 2 Task Details 126 2 8 Document Management 5 9 Resource Tracking 131 2 9 Source Code Tracking 5 9 1 Resource Details 131 2 10 Build Management 5 10 Document Management 133 2 11 Miscellaneous S 10 1 Document List 133 3 User Project Management 8 10 2 Document Details 135 3 1 Login Screen 8 11 Reports Center 138 Oren Fede 14 11 1 Reports Configuration 139 3 3 Global Navigation 11 2 Requirement Reports 141 31d Project POME 1 11 3 Test Case Reports 142 3 5 Project Group Home at 11 4 Incident Reports 146 San TOMle ee 11 5 Task Reports 147 pea EAG ee 11 6 Release Reports 148 4 Requirements Management 34 11 7 Summary Graphs 149 4 1 Requirements List 34 11 8 Snapshot Graphs 154 4 2 Re
94. TR000014 Py Ability to create new book 2 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0001 0 0h 1 2h Build 0001 TRO00013 Show 15 Y rows per page M 4 Displaying page i Fa of 1 gt gt 8 Task Tracking 8 1 Task List When you click on the Tracking gt Tasks global navigation link you will initially be taken to the tasks list screen illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs Library Information System ee gt r spiraTeam ee My Page Project Home Planning ts Tasks Resour l dh New Task 3 Delete Displaying 16 30 out of 43 task s for this project Retesh Cony Ebooks Sewhiecsiwre Y Y Eiter me ogres 1 f Ary v a Write author object update queries a Refactor author screen to include delate button 2 Winte edition object insert queries 2 Create edition object insert method a Create author object delete method a Modify book insert update queries to include autho L Refactor book details screen to include author dro a Create book subject mapping queries Z Create book subject mapping delete method 2 feate book subject mapping insert method Z Develop book subject association screen Z Modify F s to include editi 2 Refactor book deta reen to include edition dr Show 15 w rows per page Ca A e Not Started Not Started Not Started In Progress In Progress In Progress In Progress Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed _ My Profil
95. TestStatus Task Progress Start Date End Date Plan Effort Task Effort Release Id _ E C W i Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 E 1 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 216 0h 94 0h RLO00001 a Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 ox No Tasks 13 Mar 2004 30 Mar 2004 176 0h RLO00002 a Library System Release 1 SP2 1 0 2 0 E No Tasks 1 Apr 2004 30 Apr 2004 352 0h RL000003 E iteration 001 1 0 0 0 0001 No Tests 1 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 96 0h RL000008 iteration 002 1 0 0 0 0002 No Tests 5 Mar 2004 8 Mar 2004 24 0h RL000009 E iteration 003 1 0 0 0 0003 No Tests 9 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 72 0h RLO00010 P iia lt a 15 Oct 2004 27 Oct 2004 gt _168 0h RL000004 1 1 1 0 o Tasks 14 Nov 2004 30 Nov 2004 336 0h RL000005 B Library System Release 1 1 SP2 1 1 2 0 lo Tests o Tasks 1 Dec 2004 31 Dec 2004 320 0h RL000007 eration 001 1 1 0 0 0001 15 Oct 2004 18 Oct 2004 24 0h RL000017 eration 002 1 1 0 0 0002 19 Oct 2004 23 Oct 2004 72 0h RLO00018 S eration 003 1 1 0 0 0003 24 Oct 2004 27 Oct 2004 72 0h RL000019 Library System Release 2005 1 2 0 0 1 Apr 2005 2 Apr 2005 16 0h RL000006 s Y rows per page 4 lt Displaying page a a of 1 h kE Library System Release 1 SP2 Jay SE Sie gee 2Poo0R0n0 00000000 0 0 GP insert 3 Delete c gt indent lt Outdent Once you have the release iteration positioned at the correct place that you want it inserted just release the mouse button and the release list will be refreshed with the release iteration mov
96. This tab displays the list of recent actions that you have performed in the system across all projects Change Password Email Preferences SCE a EY ee ee se ee ee Sy cere ee SY PoE PoE 2 May 2006 Library Information System Incident H Cannot add a new book to the system IN 000007 Modified PR 1 2 May 2006 ny Information System Requirement Ability to add new books to the system RQ 000004 Modified 1 2 May 2006 Now Information System Test Step qv Ability to create new book TS 000003 Modified PR 1 2 May 2006 i Information System Release Library System Release 1 RL 000001 Modified R 1 2 May 2006 an Information System Test Case S Ability to create new book TC 000002 Modified 5 Mar 2005 an Information System Incident TD Cannot add a new book to the system _ IN 000007 Modified 5 Mar 2005 an Information System Incident R The book listing screen doesn t sort IN 000006 Modified 4 Mar 2005 Lay Information System Incident E the book listing screen doesn t sort IN 000006 Modified Show rows per page 1 4 Displaying page i of 1 gt gt You can search and filter the grid to find changes by project change date range artifact type and type of change added deleted modified 3 7 My Timecard When you click on My Page gt My Timecard the system will display a timecard that allows you to enter the effort worked on incidents and tasks currently assigned to you across all your projects Welcome Fred Blo
97. Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the release To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the Spiraleam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 7 2 9 View History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the release artifact since its creation An example release change history is depicted below Regs amp Tasks Custom Props Test Runs 2 May 2006 Need to create new book Ability to create new book Fred Bloggs Modified 4 Mar 2005 Version 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Joe P Smith Modified Show rows per page lt lt Displaying page i Sofih gt The change history displays the date that each change was made together
98. User enters books name and User taken to next Macbeth William TC000002 TS000003 An error page is displayed No such object author then clicks Next screen in wizard Shakespeare or with block variable at line 473 gt View Incidents Each test run step is displayed along with the description expected result suggested sample data a link back to the current version of the test step in question the actual result and the execution status for this step in this particular test run Where an actual result was recorded you will have an additional hyperlink View Incidents displayed This allows you to view any incidents that are associated with this particular test run step x Incidents List for Test Run Step R5000003 INO00007 Cannot add a new book to the system Bug ages 4 Critical 3 Medium Joe F Smith 4 Nov 2003 Joe P Smith Clicking on the link will open up a popup dialog box that displays a list of all the incidents associated with the selected test run step Each of the incidents listed will reflect the most up to date information regarding that incident including its type status priority name assigned owner detection date and who first detected it Clicking on the incident number hyperlink will take you to the details page for that incident which is described in section 6 2 5 6 4 Automation In the case of an automated test run this tab will display the details of the test run as reported from the test runner
99. aan Project Home anning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements Rele 3 Role Manager dh Insert PIPED S Gai giana level Refresh Edit 3 Tools Showhide columns Y Filter RequirementName Export items 2 y v aw v Any v Any ra gt Edit Please select the project you want to export to r In Progress RQ000001 Select Project viv In Progress RQ000002 Completed RQ000003 gt Export Cancel Completed RQ000004 Completed RQ000005 Ability to delete existing books in the system Completed RQ000006 Ability to associate books with different subjects Completed RQ000007 Ability to associate books with different authors Completed 110 00001 RQ000008 rae Ability to associate books with differant editions Completed 1 RQ000009 Ability to completely erase all books stored in th Completed RQ000010 T Edition Management ot Covere In Progress RQ000011 Planned RQ000019 Requested RQ000022 P T Subject Management T Administration Functions E Show 15 rows per page 44 Displaying page Sof 1 gt gt Once you have chosen the destination project and clicked the lt Export gt button the requirements will be exported from the current project to the destination project Any file attachments will also be copied to the destination project along with the requirements 4 1 13 Creating Test Cases from Requirements To quickly create test cases from a group of re
100. ad Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 9 3 Cumulative Incident Count Graph The cumulative incident count chart displays the cumulative total number of incidents logged in the system for the current project over a particular date range either for all incident types or for a specific incident type The report displays two data series one illustrating the total count of all incidents the other the total count of all open incidents i e with status not set to fixed or closed Graph Name Incident Cumulative Count Y Filter fe e Incident Cumulative Count In this version of the report the y axis represents the number of incidents and the x axis represents a specific week in the time span Each data point can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the point and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value You can also filter the type of incident being reported as well as change the date interval If you choose a smaller date range the x axis will switch from weekly to daily and if you choose a larger date range the x axis will switch to monthly Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the
101. age described in section 5 9 2 Clicking on any of the pagination links at the bottom of the page will advance you to the next set of hosts in the list according to the applied filter and sort order There is also a drop down list at the bottom of the page which allows you to specify how many rows should be displayed in each page helping accommodate different user preferences One special column that is unique to automation hosts is the Token field This needs to contain a short textual identifier that uniquely identifies each automation host in the project This will be used by each host computer to identify itself to SpiraTeam 5 9 1 Sorting and Filtering You can easily filter and sort the list of automation hosts as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Lerary information System v Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting e spiraTeam S Test Cases Test Sets Test Runs Automation Hosts Role Manager dP NewHost 3 Delte Retesh ume Y Y mer Displaying 1 3 out of 3 automation hosts s for this project oT an Fere Eoen v g W Windows XP Host WinXP 1 May 2009 AH000001 Internet Explorer Windows XP g W Windows Vista Host 1 WinVista1 2 May 2009 AH000002 Internet Explorer Windows Vista g 8 Windows 7 Host Win7 4 May 2009 AH000004 Internet Explorer Windows 7 Show 15 rows per page 14 lt Displaying page h of 1 gt
102. ally Simple Syndication RSS newsfeed This can be useful if you want to be able to be notified about recently assigned items without having to setup email notifications or being logged into SpiraTeam continuously If you don t see an RSS icon next to the widgets on your My Page it means that you have not enabled RSS newsfeeds in your profile For more details on configuring your RSS preferences please refer to section 3 6 My Profile Initially the page is loaded in view mode which means that the various widgets on the page are displayed with minimum visual clutter no toolbars or control icons that makes it easy to scan the items on the page and see what work has been assigned To switch the page to edit mode click on Modify Layout Settings hyperlink Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profle Administration Loa Out Seam Helo My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting My Page My Timecard Role Manager e spiraTeam Welcome Fred Bloggs to Your Dashboard Return to Normal View Add Items Display data for All Projects O Current Project Y My Projects RK Quick Launct Project Name Group Creation Date gt Create Incident in Library Information System Internal Projects 1 Dec 2005 aay aa ae a Tecan m Tw External Projects 1 Dec 2005 H W Ability to associate multiple authors Library Information Enhancement gt My Saved Searches EK Test System Limitation Library Inf
103. ally a project is in good health if the Not Covered bar is zero and the count of Passed requirements is greater than Failed Caution or Not Run The greatest risk lies with the Blocked Not Covered and Not Run status codes since the severity quantity of any bugs lurking within is not yet fully Known If you position the mouse pointer over any of the four bars the color of the bar changes slightly and the underlying raw data is displayed as a tooltip together with the percentage equivalent Clicking on the any of the bars in the chart will take you to the requirements list page see section 4 1 with the corresponding filters set When you filter the project home by release iteration this widget will filter the requirements coverage graph to only include requirements that are specifically mapped to the selected release iteration This is useful when you want to determine the test coverage of new requirements that are being added to the specific release iteration If instead you want to determine the regression test coverage for a release you should add the separate Requirements Regression Coverage widget to the page instead 3 4 4 Requirement Incident Count This section displays a count of the total number of incidents and the number of open incidents mapped against requirements in the system sorted by the requirements that have the most open incidents first This section is useful for deter
104. anges In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt or print it by clicking lt Print gt When you make changes to the release iteration s start date end date number of project personnel resources or number of non working person days the system will automatically calculate how many hours of effort planned effort are available in the release iteration for assigning tasks As you begin assigning tasks either through the Tasks tab or the Iteration Planning screen the total estimated effort of the tasks is subtracted from this planned effort to give the available effort The lower part of the right pane can be in one of eight possible modes that can be selected Incidents Reqs amp Tasks Test Cases Comments Custom Properties Test Runs Builds Attachments and History Each of the different views is described separately below 7 2 1 Incidents This is the default view for the release details page It displays the incidents associated with the selected release The incident list can be one of three modes gt Detected in this Release this will display a list of all the incidents that were detected during the testing of the selected release This is useful in determining if there are open incidents associated with a release that need to be dealt with gt Resolved in this Release
105. arameter to this test case Default Value The list of existing parameters is displayed in a grid followed by the option to add a new parameter and default value used when the test case is run directly rather than being called by another test case You can delete an existing parameter and also copy the parameter token to your computer s clipboard The latter option is useful so that you can insert the parameter token in the format oarameter name in the test step description expected result or sample data fields and have it converted into the parameter value during test execution 5 2 2 Requirements Coverage This view displays the name of the test case together with the requirements coverage information for the test case in question Test Steps teq Coverage Custom Props Test Runs Attachments History Available Requirements Requirements Coverage O amp E Functional System Requirements lA i Completed O Online Library Management Syst d JE Book Management A Ability to add new books to th fi Ability to edit existing books re Ability to delete existing boo a Ability ta associate books wit ood t i E Ahilitu ta acenriato hanke wit gt Create Requirement From This Test Case The requirements coverage box indicates the requirements that are currently mapped against the test case To add requirements to this test case choose from the list above and click Add You can use the Remo
106. ase Author A Ce yo e y av vy ore 5 Functional Tisis 5 j Fred Bloggs E Ability to create new book Passec Fred Bloggs E Ability to edit existing book sauton Fred Bloggs E Ability to create new author Joe P Smith Ability to edit existing author eked Joe P Smith Z Ability to reassign book to different author Passed Joe P Smith Regression Tests 2 Scenario Tests 2 Joe P Smith amp Exception Scenario Tests 1 Joe P Smith x Person loses book and needs to report loss amp Common Tests 5 5 Open Up Web Browser 4 Login to Application EJ New Test Case Abulity Show 15 rows per page 14 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 14 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs TC000001 TCO00002 TCO00003 TCO00004 TCO00005 TCO00006 TC000007 TC000010 TC000011 TCO00012 TC000013 TC000015 TCO000016 TC000017 TCO00018 4 4 Displaying pagel of2 pi The test case list consists of a hierarchical arrangement of the various test folders and test cases that the system being developed needs to be able to demonstrate The structure is very similar to the folder structure in Microsoft Windows Explorer and users will find this very familiar and intuitive to use Whe
107. ase login password password gt Update Cancel This allows you to edit the parameters being passed from the current test step to the linked test case without having to recreate the test link from scratch To commit the change click lt Update gt to close the dialog box or click lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information 5 2 1 9 Moving Test Steps To move test steps in the list click on the icon the test step link you want to move and then drag the icon to the location you want it moved The border of the destination location will change as the icon is dragged over it to illustrate where it will be inserted 5 2 1 10 Parameters Test cases can have parameters associated with them This enables one test case to be called several times by another test case as a link and have different parameters passed in each case making the operation different E g you could have a generic login to application test case that others call as an initial step which could be provided with different login information depending on the calling test case To view change the parameters associated with the current test case click on the lt Parameters gt icon in the toolbar and the list of current parameters will be displayed Edit Test Case Parameters The following parameters have been defined for this test case login Copy To Clipboard Delete password Copy To Clipboard Delete p Loopy 10 Llipboard Add a new p
108. ase and the underlying requirement that generated them giving the project manager unprecedented power in analyzing the in process quality of a system during its lifecycle This power is clearly illustrated in the Requirement Incident Count pane in the Project Home dashboard see section 3 4 4 6 1 Incident List When you click on the Tracking gt Incidents global navigation link you will initially be taken to the incidents list screen illustrated below m spiraTeam S My Page Project Home Incidents Task Resources Sourc ode dp New Incident 3 Delete Refresh Copy fi Tools Showhdecoums Y Y Filter Planning Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System 7 Tracking Displaying 16 30 out of 60 incident s for this project Ability to generate customized reports Ability to associate multiple authors w Section 508 compliance Issue E Test Trainin item Training Test System Limitation Limitation E Test System Limitation Limitation Test System Limitation Limitation E Test Change Request Change Request x Sample Risk 1 Risk Enhancement Enhancement Enhancement Configurable meta data columns x Integration of secunty with NTLMIPKI support for IBM DB2 x The homepage hangs whilst loading E Quote handling issues throughout Editing the date on a book is clunky Show 15 rows per page
109. association was made In the case of an indirect association due to a test run the comment will contain the name of the test run In addition when using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam you can select the checkbox marked Include Source Code Revisions and the system will also scan the source code repository for any revisions that are linked to this artifact Since that can take be slower than accessing SpiraTeam it is provided as an option that you can enable and disable Test Coverage Custom Props a E E E rev0012 rev0003 O z The book listing screen doesn t sort F Ability to associate books with different subjects Show rows per page Revision Revision Incident Requirement 15 Jan 2010 15 Jan 2010 15 Mar 2004 13 Mar 2004 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th IN000006 gt Edit RQ000007 F Edit i lt Displaying page a of 1 gt gt You can perform the following actions on an association from this screen gt Delete association not the linked artifact itself removes the selected association to the other artifact This will only delete the gt Refresh updates the list of associations from the server useful if other people are adding associations to this requirement at the same time gt Apply Filter Applies the entri
110. ate author object update method ae j fl C 4 Wate author object update quenes C White edition object insert queries Any v a Ability to edit existing subjects in the system eC Joe P Smith 3 0h a Ability to completely backup the database No Tasks Joe P Smith Ability to import from legacy system x No Tasks Fred Bloggs FA hi k 7 Ai t a Ability to create new users in the system to Tasks Fred Bloggs a Ability to modify existing users in the system EEAS No Tasks Joe P Smith This screen is divided into two sections gt The top part of the screen displays the iterations contained within the current release up to three per page together with the list of requirements tasks and incidents currently assigned to the iteration Also any of these item directly associated with the release itself are displayed in the first panel gt The bottom part of the screen displays the list of accepted unplanned not started requirements and tasks and unplanned open incidents that need to be scheduled for a specific iteration This is essentially the backlog of requirements and their associated tasks together with any outstanding incidents that need to be scheduled The requirements and tasks are shown in one tab and the incidents are shown in the other To navigate around the release you use the small black arrow buttons located at the top of the iteration panels These allow you to quickly move to the previous next
111. ation 11 Dec 2003 gt Unsubscribe Library Information 11 Dec 2003 gt Unsubscribe 3 2 14 My News Feeds This widget allows you to subscribe to an external newsfeed and have the results be displayed inside Spiraleam By default it will be set to the newsfeed from the Inflectra website that displays a list of recent company and product announcements You can add multiple instances of the widget to the dashboard allowing you to read multiple news sources at once Typical uses for this widget are to add news from project management and testing news sites blogs or to add information from other tools in your organization that can display their data in RSS format My News Feeds Headline Author Publish Date webmaster inflectra com 12 16 2011 webmaster inflectra com 11 7 2011 webmaster inflectra com 10 14 2011 webmaster inflectra com 10 6 2011 webmaster inflectra com 10 3 2011 3 3 Global Navigation Regardless of the page you are on SpiraTeam will always display the global navigation bar consisting of six section tabs My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking and Reports that correspond to the main activities that take place in the system the global search bar and three secondary links to My Profile and Log Out and Help Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Search om spiraTeam eee Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting My Page My Timecard
112. ays a list of any reports that have either been saved by the currently logged in user or those reports created by other members of the project that have been marked by that user as shareable gt The bottom left hand main pane displays a list of the printable reports available in the system categorized by the artifact they primarily relate to requirements test cases incidents and releases Clicking on any of the report hyperlinks will take you to the configuration page for the report in question see section 11 1 below for details gt The right hand pane is a dashboard that contains the set of graph widgets configured by the current user By default the dashboard will display the Incident Progress Rate Test Run Progress Rate Requirement Summary Test Case Summary Incident Aging and Task Burndown In addition to the graphs displayed by default you can click on the Add Items hyperlink to add additional graphs to the reporting dashboard Add Remove Items Close Choose which items you d like to add Closed Widgets 0 Available Widgets 11 Available Widgets Incident Date Range Graphs Testing Date Range Graphs Requirement Summary Graph Test Case Summary Graph Test Run Summary Graph Test Set Summary Graph Task Summary Graph Incident Summary Graph Requirement Graphs incident Graphs Task Graphs Add to Side Bar Add Each of the graphs is described in more detail in sections 11 7 11 9
113. being added by other users and you want to make sure you have the most up to date list displayed 5 9 5 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the host list as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 5 9 6 Edit Each automation host in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just double click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change five automation hosts from Active No to Active Yes you can click on the fi
114. bject delete method n In Progress ang Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0003 7000028 Show 15 rows per page ia lt Displaying page S of i gt gt If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change five tasks from Not Started status to In Progress you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 8 1 7 Copying Tasks To copy a task or set of tasks simply select the check boxes of the tasks you want to copy and then click lt Copy gt This will make a copy of the current task with its name prefixed Copy of to distinguish itself from the original Any file attachments will also be copied along with t
115. books in the system Open in New Tab _ Oo Ability to associate books with different subjects re Ability to associate books with different authors Ability to associate books with different editions cs Ability to completely erase all books stored in th d inser 1 Cieat Orica Critical lt Outdent Edition Management In Progress Ch Copy Items Ch Cut Items In Progress Planned E B Author Management E j Subject Management m Baste kimm s a Fa tM OMOLOGO You can now choose any of these options as an alternative to using the icons in the toolbar 4 2 Requirement Details When you click on a requirement item in the requirements list described in section 4 1 you are taken to the requirement details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System v Helo e spiraTeam S My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements gt Requirement Details Releases Iterations Planning Board Role Manager Rinse ase Copy Refresh Delete Print Email y Subscribe Display Current Filter v Requirement Ability to add new books to the system RQ 000004 3 Functional System Requirements Name Ability to add new books to the system Online Library Management Syst pr Description J Book Management Dability to add new books to th The ability to add new books in
116. c 2003 Testin cle for Passed TRO00007 Release 1 1 Testing Cycle for Passi TR000006 Release 1 4 1 Dec 2003 Passed TR000005 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle for 1000 i TR000004 Release 1 0 5 Ability to edit existing author Pa lity to edit mastin 14 Author management a Book management 2 Ability to reassign book to differant author 1 Dec 2003 e Ability to edit existing author 2 Ability to create new author Show 15 rows per page 4 lt 4 Displaying page i sof2 hp The test run list screen displays all the individual test executions performed in the current project ina filterable sortable grid The grid displays the test run number together with fields such as execution status name assigned tester execution date test set specified release etc The choice of columns displayed is configurable per user per project giving extensive flexibility when it comes to viewing and searching test runs In addition you can view a more detailed description of the test run by positioning the mouse pointer over the test run name hyperlink and waiting for the popup tooltip to appear If you click on the test run hyperlink you will be taken to the test run details page described in the next section Clicking on any of the pagination links at the bottom of the page will advance you to the next set of test runs in the list according to the applied filter and sort order There is also a drop down list at the bottom of the page which
117. ce usage for the current project or selected release a a A i IIl us amp Fred Bloggs Manager SS us000002 A Joe P Smith Observer F us000003 amp System Administrator Project Owner US000001 Show 15 v rows per page 4 lt Displaying page S of 1 gt gt This screen lists all the personnel project resources that belong to the current project together with the total value of the projected effort of all the work assigned to them the available effort based on the length of the current release iteration and the remaining effort the difference between the previous two values The effort is shown for tasks and incidents as well as a total of the two together You can display the workload for the project as a whole for a specific release including all child iterations or for a specific iteration There is a colored progress bar column called Allocation that graphically illustrates the of the person s available effort that has been scheduled If a person is over scheduled this bar will turn red In addition if any project resources have been assigned more work that they have time to complete during the length of the release iteration the background color of the remaining effort value will be also be colored in red indicating that you need to offload some of the work to other project resources Clicking on a resource name will take you to the Resource Details page 9 1 Resource Details
118. cident Associations ustom Properties Attachments History The following are the custom properties of this artifact Bale Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save or Save and New to commit the changes 5 3 3 Attachments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays the list of documents that have been attached to the test step The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types Custom Props K Cannot add a new book to the system Incident 4 Nov 2003 Joe P Smith Test Run Ability to create new book IN000007 Show 5 Y rows per page i 4 Displaying page a a of 1 gt The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a test step simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTes
119. d Date Z Create edition object insert method FredBloggs MEN 12 Mar 2004 None 1 Critical Z Develop new edition entry screen 12 Mar 2004 ZI Write author object delete query 10 Mar 2004 Requirement Incident Count Z Create author object delete method 10 Mar 2004 Requirement Name Ability to add new books to the system Late Starting Tasks View All Ability to associate books with different editions Ability to edit existing books in the system 11 Mar 2004 Ability to associate books with different subjects 9 Mar 2004 Ability to associate books with different authors 7 Mar 2004 Ability to completely erase all books stored in the system w 7 Mar 2004 Ability to create new users in the system 7 Mar 2004 TOTAL Copyright C 2006 2011 Infiectra Corporation SpiraTeam v3 1 Beta en US i n flectra ra This page summarizes all of the information regarding the project into a comprehensive easily digestible form that provides a one stop shop for people interested in understanding the overall status of the project at a glance It contains summary level information for all types of artifact requirements test cases incidents etc that you can use to drill down into the appropriate section of the application In addition to viewing the project home page you can choose to filter by a specific release to get the homepage for just that release and any child iterations In a similar manner to the My Page
120. d column is indicated by the larger white arrow with the back border In the screen shot above we have filtered on tasks that are finishing late sorted in order of decreasing priority Clicking on Filter gt Clear Filter removes any set filters and expands the task list to display all tasks for the current project and clicking on Filter gt Save Filter allows you to save the filter to your My Page for use in the future The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter 8 1 2 New Task Clicking on the lt New Task gt button creates a new task in the grid with an initial set of information You can click on the name of the task to edit its information 8 1 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes the tasks whose check boxes have been selected in the task list 8 1 4 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the list of tasks this is useful when new tasks are being added by other users and you want to make sure you have the most up to date list displayed 8 1 5 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the task list as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project ba
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122. d keywords in either the name or description field Search Results The following 8 results match your keyword s create book 2 TK2 Create book object insert method Library information System Code the business object that inserts a new book row in the database Monday December 01 2003 a TK5 Create book object update method Library information System Code the business object that updates an existing book record in the database Monda p Gay O ecember 01 2003 2 TK8 Create book object delete method Library Information System j aen Fia DANAN Monday December 01 2003 2 TK11 Create book subject mapping insert method Library information System See n ard 2702 Monday December 01 2003 2 TK12 Create book subject mapping delete method Library information System Rare ae If Monday December 01 2003 a TK13 Create book subject mapping queries Library Information System naim fann ar 2002 Monday December 01 2003 2 TK19 Create book object delete all method Library information System Monday December 01 2003 qv TS2 Ability to create new book Library information System User clicks link to create book fee Narre ar Ai An Monday December 01 2003 You can search for individual keywords by simply entering them in the search box and clicking the arrow button on the right You can search for phrases by enclosing the words in double quotes For example searchin
123. d over it to illustrate where it will be inserted a a Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System x spiraTeam x My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Sets Role Project Owner Gp inset 3 Delete g gt indent lt Outdent Show Level v Refresh Tools gt Execute Show hide columns Y Clear Filters E Displaying 9 out of 13 test case s for this release Display data for All Releases g Functional Tests 5 Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000001 B pnitinste E E Passed Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000002 amp lt 1 Ability to edit existing author Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000003 Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TCO00004 Ability to edit existing author Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000005 E Ability to reassign book to different author Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000006 amp Regression Tests 2 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000007 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000008 8 z Book management Z Author management 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000009 amp Scenario Tests 2 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith TC000010 Common Tests 2 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000015 E Open Up Web Browser 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Tc000016 E Login to Application 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000017 s si rows per page i lt Displaying page a a of 1 gt 3 Delete lt
124. d to send out notifications or the administrator has disabled user s ability to opt out of notifications being sent 3 6 3 LDAP Settings Change Password Email Preferences LDAP DN Not Linked This tab will show configured LDAP options for your account At this time no configurable options are on this tab it is for reference only 3 6 4 Regional Settings Please choose your desired region from the list below This setting determines which number date formats are used as well as which language is used throughout the application If you don t choose a value the application s default value will be used User Culture Use Application Default v This tab will display the current culture associated with your profile By default all profiles will be set to use the application s default culture This means that the language and number formats used in the application will be the ones decided by the person who installed the system However there are cases where you want to use a different language or number format for example a German employee working in the German office of a French company might want to use the German culture instead of French You can change the culture to any of the options listed in the dropdown list Note The system will only be installed with a certain number of language packs so in some cases a selected culture will only change the number formats and not the languages displayed 3 6 5 Actions
125. datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 9 4 Open Incident Count Graph The open incident count chart displays the net number of open incidents in the system for the current project over a particular date range categorized by incident priority either for all incident types or fora specific incident type Incident Open Count 1 Critical 2 High 3 Medium 4 Low Mone Sep 1 03 Oct 1 03 gt Display Data Grid Reset Zoom Save As JPEG B In this version of the report the y axis represents the number of incidents and the x axis represents a specific week in the time span The exact count of each bar in the stacked histogram can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value You can also filter the type of incident being reported as well as change the date interval If you choose a smaller date range the x axis will switch from weekly to daily and if you choose a larger date range the x axis will switch to monthly Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel S
126. dding requirements Requirements come in two main flavors summary items shown in bold type and detail items shown in normal type with a hyperlink When you indent a requirement under an existing requirement the parent is changed from a detail item to a summary item and when you outdent a child item its parent will return to a detail item assuming it has no other children This behavior is important to understand as only detail items are assigned a status themselves the summary items simply display an aggregate of the worst case assessment of their children s status Also only detail items can be mapped against test cases for test coverage thus only they have hyperlinks the summary items simply display an aggregate coverage status of their children Each requirement is displayed along with its importance priority ranked from Critical to Low its completion status from Requested to Completed the version of the software that the requirement is planned for and graphical indicators that represents its test coverage status and its task progress For those requirements that have no test cases covering them i e validating that the requirement works as expected the indicator consists of a white solid bar bearing the legend Not Covered For those requirements that have at least one test case mapped against them they will display block graph that illustrates the last execution status of each of the mapped test
127. dent Count VV VV VV VV VV VV WV However these are not the only widgets available If you click on the Add Remove items hyperlink it will display the list of any additional widgets that are available Add Remove Items Close Select the catalog you would like to browse Closed Widgets 0 Available Widgets 4 Available Widgets LJ Requirements Regression Coverage LJ Test Set Status O ncident Aging al Incident Test Coverage Add to Left Side You can add the additional widgets by selecting the appropriate checkbox choosing the destination location left side vs right side and then click the Add button The additional widgets available in the Project Home dashboard are gt Requirements Regression Coverage gt Test Set Status gt Incident Aging gt Incident Test Coverage gt Tag Cloud gt Recent Builds Each of the different widgets listed is described in more detail below 3 4 1 Project Overview This section displays the name of the project together with a brief description the web site that points to any additional information about the project and the names of the owners of the project 3 4 2 Requirements Summary This section consists of a summary table that displays the aggregate count of requirements in the system broken down by importance on the x axis and status on the y axis This allows the project manager to determine how many critical vs low priority enhancements are waiting
128. dget will filter the requirements coverage graph to include all requirements regardless of release iteration but only considering covering test cases that are associated with the selected release iteration This is useful when you want to determine the regression requirements test coverage of a specific release i e does running all the tests relevant to this release cover all the necessary requirements not just new requirements 3 4 14 Test Set Status This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of test cases in each execution status for each test set in the project Test Set Status View Details 20 Overdue Test Sets TXOOO001 45 Feb 2007 Tx000002 7 Feb 2007 Tx000005 10 Feb 2007 Failed Passed Not Run Blocked Caution Therefore if you have the same test cases stored in multiple test sets then this widget will display the total test case count for all combinations of test set This is useful if you have the same test cases being executed in different environments represented by different test sets and you need to make sure that the tests passed successfully in all environments If you position the mouse pointer over any of the five bars the color of the bar changes slightly and the underlying raw data is displayed as a tooltip together with the percentage equivalent Clicking on any of the bars brings up the project test set list see section 5 6 page with the appropriate filter applied
129. diagram If you position the mouse over the execution status indicator you will see the detailed execution information displayed as a tooltip For those releases that have at least one requirement task associated with them they will display a block graph that illustrates the relative numbers of task that are on schedule green late starting yellow late finishing red or just not started grey These values are weighted by the effort of the task so that larger more complex tasks will be change the graph more than the smaller tasks To determine the exact task progress information position the mouse pointer over the bar chart and the number of associated tasks along with the details of how many are in each status will be displayed as a tooltip Clicking on a release s hyperlink will take you to the release details page for the item in question see section 7 2 7 1 1 Filtering You can easily filter the list of releases as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System x Help aE i spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements Releases Iterations Role Project Owner gp insert 3 Delete gt Indent lt p Outdent Refresh Cheat lExpot Show hide columns Y Fiter 0O D Library System Release 1 oO QB Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 o Tasks 13 Mar 2004 gt E o
130. different projects you are a member of This typically means that the project manager has assigned you to be responsible for either developing the supporting test cases or decomposing the requirement into its detailed work breakdown structure of project tasks The requirement name is displayed along with its status requested accepted in progress etc and its importance 3 2 4 My Assigned Test Cases This section lists all the test cases you have been made owner of across all the different projects you are a member of This typically means that the project manager has assigned you to be responsible for executing the assigned test scripts To aid in this process the script name is displayed along with its last execution status failed passed or not run and date of last execution This enables you to see how recently the tests have been run and whether they need to be re run If you click on the test name hyperlink you will be taken to the details page for this test case see section 5 2 and the project that the test case belongs to will be made your current project If you click on the gt Execute link listed below it will actually launch the test case in the test case execution module see section 5 4 so that you can easily retest failed cases 3 2 5 My Assigned Test Sets This section lists all the test sets groups of test cases you have been made owner of across all the different projects you are a member of This typically
131. e Administration Log Out S Testing a _ Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Sm h Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Any 1 0 0 0 0002 1 0 0 0 9003 1 00 0 0003 1 0 0 0 0003 1 0 0 0 0003 1 0 0 0 0003 10000003 1 1 0 9 0001 11 001 1 1 0 0 0001 11 1 1 1 0 0 0001 11 0 0 9001 1 1 0 0 0002 1 1 0 0 0002 v mU TK000026 TK000027 TK000023 TK000022 TK000021 TK000028 TK000029 TK000015 TK000014 TK000013 TK000012 TK000011 TK000010 TK000017 TK000016 Help Role Manager M lt 4 Displaying page 2 of 3 gt pi The task list screen displays all the tasks entered for the current project in a filterable sortable grid The grid displays the task number together with fields such as priority name assigned owner start date end date scheduled release etc The choice of columns displayed is configurable per user per project giving extensive flexibility when it comes to viewing and searching tasks In addition you can view a more detailed description of the task by positioning the mouse pointer over the task name hyperlink and waiting for the popup tooltip to appear If you click on the task name hyperlink you will be taken to the task details page described in section 8 2 Clicking on any of the pagination links at the bottom of the page will advance you to the next set of tas
132. e lt Delete gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document to the test case you need to first click the Add New link to display the new attachment dialog box Add New Document j Add New Document B Add New Document Type File Ej Type ile i Screensho Type Filename ii URL Screenshot Description Description Document Type Functona Specification Document Type Functions Specificats Document Folder aot Foxe r Document Folder zoot Foge 4 Tags Tags Description Document Type e Document Folder Root Fouer Tags There are three different types of item that can be attached to a test case gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g htip mywebsite com Document 1 an optio
133. e graph Requirement Summary Graph Status Criti 2 High 3 Medium Completed 0 In Progress 0 Planned 3 4 Requested gt Download Data As CSV 2 Clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 7 2 Test Case Summary Graph The test case summary graph shows how many test cases are currently in a project The number of test cases is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the test case information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed X AXIS Group By Priority 7 Test Case Summary Graph E 3 Medium Mi 2 High Wi i Critical 0 z Blocked Caution Failed Hot Run gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the test case execution status and the individual bars are grouped by test case priority Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Di
134. e author Not Joe P 01 Dec 25 object update Started High method Write author object Not High Joe P 01 Dec update queries Started 9 Refactor author 27 screen to include delete button 24 2 High 07 Mar 08 Mar 5 hours 0 Smith 2003 01 Dec 2003 1 0 0 0 0002 RQ15 2004 2004 mins 26 01 Dec 2003 1 0 0 0 0002 RQ15 07 Mar 08 Mar 3 hours 0 Smith 2003 2004 2004 mins Not High Fred 01 Dec Started g Bloggs 2003 09 Mar 10 Mar 6hours 0 2004 2004 mins 01 Dec 2003 1 0 0 0 0003 RQ16 11 5 2 Task Detailed Report This report displays all of the tasks tracked for the current project The task s details are displayed along with a tabular list of attached documents and the change history Task Detailed Report This report displays all of the tasks tracked for the current project The task s details are displayed along with a tabular list of attached documents and the change history Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Task 23 Write edition object insert queries Requirement ID RQ 12 Status Not Started Release 1 0 0 0 0003 Priority 1 Critical Assigned To Fred Bloggs Created On 01 Dec 2003 Start Date 11 Mar 2004 Last Modified 01 Dec 2003 End Date 12 Mar 2004 Estimated Effort 3 hours 0 mins Complete 0 Actual Effort 11 6 Release Reports 11 6 1 Release Summary Report Th
135. e only If you position the mouse pointer over any of the five bars the color of the bar changes slightly and the underlying raw data is displayed as a tooltip together with the percentage equivalent Clicking on any of the bars will bring up the project test case list See section 5 1 with the appropriate filter applied In addition to the bar chart there is also a display of the total number of test runs recorded for the project and a list of the five most recent days of recorded test runs together with the daily count 3 4 10 Release Task Progress This widget allows you to quickly ascertain the task progress of each of the active releases that make up the current project in one snapshot Each release is displayed together with a graphical display that illustrates the completion percentage and status with different colored bars In addition if you hover the mouse over the graphical display it will display a tooltip that provides a more detailed description of the number of tasks in each status Release Task Progress vi Release Iteration asks Est Proj Task Progress 95 8h i 15 3h No Tasks 71 0h 70 7h E 0 9h 09h Wo Tasks 10 0h 35h E Each release will display the aggregate progress of any tasks directly assigned to itself together with the task progress of any child iterations that are contained within the Release Clicking on one of the releases will drill you down one level further and display the task pr
136. e taken to the source code repository file list screen illustrated below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting y e spiraTeam incidents Tasks Resources Source Code Role Project Owner test MyRepository Design Business Design Technical Design Development Test Documentation Training gt View Revision Log Oooaooo0o o00g0 o0 0 000000 0 vi Document Filename1doc Document Filename 10 pptx Document Filename11 htm 3 Document Filename xls 4 Document Filename21 cs Document Filename2 vb C Document Filename23 cpp B Document Filename24 java pa Document Filename25 pl Document Filename26 php E Document Filename 7 exe a Document Filename28 rb E Document Filename29 aspx Document Filename docx E Document Filename30 asp 1005 KB 87 KB 100 KB 180 KB 105 KB Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 id 4 Displaying page 1 Sof 2 gt Ph Show rows per page This screen consists of three ma
137. ease In either case it will insert the new release iteration above the currently selected item i e the one whose check box has been selected at the same level in the hierarchy If you want to insert a release iteration below a summary item you need to insert it first then indent it with the lt Indent gt button If you insert a release without first selecting an existing release from the list the new release will simply be inserted at the end of the list Once the new release has been inserted the item is switched to Edit mode so that you can change the default name active flag version number and creator 7 1 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes all the releases whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items are summary items then the child releases and iterations are also deleted In addition if all the children are deleted from a summary item it changes back into a detail item 7 1 4 Indent Clicking on the lt Indent gt button indents all the releases whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items are made children of a release that had no previous children it will be changed from a detail item into a Summary item Note you cannot indent a release or iteration if it is below an iteration as iterations are not allowed to have child items 7 1 5 Outdent Clicking on the lt Outdent gt button de indents all the releases whose check boxes have been selected If any of the i
138. ection consists of a Summary table that displays the aggregate count of incidents in the system broken down by priority on the x axis and status on the y axis This allow the project manager to determine how many critical vs low priority incidents are waiting to be addressed and how many new items need to be categorized and assigned Clicking on the View Details link at the top of the table simply brings up the incident list see section 6 1 whereas clicking on the individual values in the cells will display the incident list with the filter set to match the priority and status of the value By default this summary table displays the total count of all incidents regardless of type however my changing the drop down list to a specific incident type e g bug enhancement issue etc the project manager can filter the summary table to just items of that tyoe You can also configure in the settings whether to use Priority or Severity for the x axis 3 4 9 Test Execution Status This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of test cases in each execution status for the project Note that this graph does not consider past test runs when calculating the totals in each status Passed Failed Not Run etc it simply looks at each test case and uses the last run status as the best health indicator Thus if a test case that previously passed has subsequently failed upon re execution it will be considered a failur
139. ed etc and the most revision that exists for that file Clicking on the filename will take you to the appropriate file details page see section 12 2 and clicking on the revision hyperlink will take you the appropriate revision 12 4 2 Revision Associations This view displays a list of the SpiraTeam artifacts in the current project that are associated with the current revision This allows you to see which requirements incidents or tasks were affected by this specific change to the source code Files 18 Jan 2010 Ability to edit existing books in the system Fred Bloggs This requirement was implemented in this revision Requirement RQ000005 18 Jan 2010 Develop new book entry screen n a This task was completed in this revision Task TKO000001 Clicking on the hyperlink for the artifact will take you to the appropriate artifact page inside the project assuming your user has permissions to access that information Note that these associations cannot be modified in SpiraTeam as they are creating directly inside the version control system If you want to change add associations please refer to the appropriate section of the SpiraPlan Team Version Control Integration Guide Legal Notices This publication is provided as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement This publication coul
140. ed to the desired location To move multiple items simply select their checkboxes and then drag and drop one of the selected items 2 Alternatively you can simply select the check boxes of the release iteration you want to move and then select the Edit gt Cut menu option This will cut the current release iteration selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the release iteration to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The release iteration will now be moved into the destination location you specified 7 1 12 Exporting Releases Iterations To export releases iterations from the current project to another project in the system all you need to do is select the check boxes of the releases iterations you want to export and then click the Tools gt Export icon This will then bring up a list of possible destination projects Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out i Library information System Yj Help O spiraTeam S My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting rements Releases Iterations Planning B Role Manager dbinsert 3 Delete indent lt Qutdent Showleei Y Ry Refresh yEdit 2 Tools Showhide columns v Y Eiter V Release Name Version Tej Export Items End Di A i n Efor Task Effort x 5 Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 fm Please select the project you want to export to 43 Mar 2004 216 0h 94 0h N
141. ed Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 7 5 Task Summary Chart The task summary graph shows how many tasks are currently in a project The number of tasks is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the task information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed Task Summary Graph MB Not Started MB in Progress Mi Completed oO gt z 1 Critical 2 High 3 Medium gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the tasks priority and the individual bars are grouped by the status of task Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar anda tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the g
142. ed to the requirements list When that is performed an association is automatically added that links this new requirement to the original incident 6 2 10 Emailing the Incident Using the lt Email gt button on the toolbar you can send an email containing details of the incident to an email address or another user on the system Email this artifact to Project User Fred Bloggs Select a user in the project to send to Email Addresses A list of email addresses separated by Message Subject Leave blank for default Send Cancel You can specify the subject line for the email and either a list of email addresses separated by semicolons or an existing project user The content of the email body is specified by the email template configured in the Administration gt Notification Templates screen 7 Release Management This section outlines how to use the Release Management features of SpiraTeam to manage different versions of the system being tested in a particular project This is an optional feature of the system and you can manage the testing for a project successfully without tracking individual releases Typically when you develop a system it is important to ensure that features introduced in successive versions do not impair existing functionality this is known as regression testing In such situations you will want to be able to execute the same set of test scripts against multiple versions of
143. eenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the task To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the Spiraleam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the documeni s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 8 2 5 View History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on
144. ement or task allows you to edit the item inline directly on this screen Only columns visible will be editable gt Show Level Allows you to quickly expand collapse all the requirements in the list 7 2 3 Test Case Mapping This mode displays the test case mapping information for the release in question Incidents st Cases Custom Props Test Runs Attachments History Available Test Cases Test Coverage O 4G Functional Tests fatal TC000004 ay Ability to create new author Ej Ability to create new book a Tco00002 Ability to create new book E Ability to edit existing book o Tco00005 Ability to edit existing autho E Ability to create new author Remove lt TC000003 Ability to edit existing book 2 Ability to edit existing autho Prana TC000006 Ability to reassign book to di j Ability to reassign book to di TC000009 Author management O aE Regression Tests TC000008 Book mana jement O G Scenario Tests I Create Test Set From This Release 22 The test coverage box indicates the test cases that are currently mapped against the release To add test cases to this release choose from the list above and click Add You can use the Remove and Remove All buttons to remove tests that no longer cover the release The pane consists of two lists of test cases the one on the left being the hierarchical list of the test cases belonging to the project arranged in test folders The
145. en committed for the current file Revlon AY AmboraY Summa AY Sammut AV Conte AY Properties A AY Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 20 Dec 2011 20 Dec 2011 20 Dec 2011 20 Dec 2011 20 Dec 2011 20 Dec 2011 Each revision in the list is displayed with its name the name of the person who made the revision a description of what was changed the date the change was made and two flags that denote whether the content was changed and or if any of the properties of the file were changed Clicking on the revision name will take you to the appropriate revision details page see section 12 4 12 2 2 Associations This view displays a list of the SpiraTeam artifacts in the current project that are associated with the current file This allows you to see which requirements test cases incidents tasks etc are linked to the current file Clicking on the hyperlink for the artifact will take you to the appropriate artifact page inside the project assuming your user has permissions to access that information 1 Sep 2010 Ability to add new books to the system F
146. er ve Save Filter 3 ciear Filter Tet Edt o Pe Please choose a name for this filter i j TC amp Functional Tests 5 TC000001 4 Ability to reassign book to different author o TC000006 amp Regression Tests 2 gt Save Cancel eC Joe P Smith TC000007 ZJ Book management Joe P Smith TC000008 E Author management Passed 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000009 amp Common Tests 2 Sa 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000015 E Open Up Web Browser 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs TC000016 Show fis Y rows per page 14 4 Displaying page fi of 1 gt gt GP insert 3 Delete gt indent lt Outdent gt Execute 5 1 10 Copying Test Cases To copy one or more test cases simply select the check boxes of the test cases you want to copy and then select the Edit gt Copy menu option This will copy the current test case selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the test cases to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The test cases will now be copied into the destination location you specified The name of the copied test cases will be prefixed with Copy of to distinguish them from the originals 5 1 11 Moving Test Cases To move test cases in the hierarchy there are two options 1 Click on the icon the test case folder you want to move and then drag the icon to the location you want it moved The background of the destination location will change as the icon is dragge
147. er has decided are relevant to the current one and has created a direct link between them In the case of requirements and test cases the association can be either due to the creator of an incident directly linking the incident to the requirement or test step or it can be the result of a tester executing a test run and creating an incident during the test run In this latter case the check box to the left of the association will be unavailable as the link is not editable Each association is displayed with the type of artifact requirement test step test run incident the name of the artifact being linked to the name of the person who created the association and a comment that describes why the association was made In the case of an indirect association due to a test run the comment will contain the name of the test run In addition when using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam you can select the checkbox marked Include Source Code Revisions and the system will also scan the source code repository for any revisions that are linked to this artifact Since that can take be slower than accessing SpiraTeam it is provided as an option that you can enable and disable Schedule Custom Props Attachments ee ee en Revision 16 Jan 2010 rev0005 A rev0003 Revision 16 Jan 2010 19 Mar 2004 19 Mar 2004 O 2 Ability to associate books with different editions Requirement C Ability to create new book Step 2 Test Step 17 Mar
148. era Windows 2003 TR000012 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle Internet Explorer Windows XP TR000001 for Release 1 0 Show 15 rows per page m lt Displaying page fi of 1 gt Pm 5 Ability to create new book The customize columns drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test run list as columns To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names The displayed columns can be any standard field or custom property You can also filter the results by choosing items from the filter options displayed in the sub header row of each field and clicking the Apply Filter link In addition you can quickly sort the list by clicking on one of the directional arrow icons displayed in the header row of the appropriate field 5 2 7 Release Mapping This view displays the name of the test case together with the release mapping information for the test case in question Test Steps Req Coverage Custom Props Test Runs History Available Releases Mapped Releases v Names a S 1 0 0 0 Library System Relea RL000001 1 0 0 0 Library System Relea Active 1 0 1 0 Library S 1 0 2 0 Library System Relea RL000003 1 0 2 0 Library System Relea Active O E 1 0 0 0 0001 Iteration 001 RL000004 1 1 0 0 Library Sy
149. es in the filter boxes to the list of associations gt Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all associations for the current requirement are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the associations allows you to edit the comment field inline directly on this screen To create a new association simply click the lt Add gt hyperlink which will display the Add New Association popup dialog box Add New Association Please choose the type of artifact that you want to add an association to Incident Requirement Please choose the artifact that you want to add an association to a Enter Artifact ID IN b Choose from list 2 Editing the date on a book is clunky Doesn t let me add a new category Quote handling issues throughout Permissions not updating when changed Comment gt Add Cancel Once you have selected the appropriate artifact type you will then be able to choose the specific artifact you want to link to In all cases you can choose the item from a scrolling selection box or you can either enter the ID of the artifact directly if known In either case you can also add a comment that explains the rationale for the association 5 Test Case Management This section outlines how the use case test case management features of SpiraTest and SpiraTeam can be used to develop the business use cases for the system which specify how the d
150. est Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the host These can be either freetext or drop down lists Test Runs Custom Properties Attachments History The following are the custom properties of this artifact Web Browser Intemet Explorer Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save or Save and New to commit the changes 5 10 3 Attachments In this mode the main pane displays the list of documents screenshots or web links URLs that have been attached to the automation host The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types If you are using SpiraPlan or Spiraleam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document to the automation host you need to first click the Add New hyperlink to display the new attachment dialog box There are three different types of item that can be attached to an automation host gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The documen
151. ew Functionality Exploratory Testing Regression Testing for Windows XP 10 Document Management This section outlines the document management features of SpiraTeam that can be used to upload manage and share documents between the different members of the project This module includes support for uploading files and URLs versioning of documents the ability to organize into folders and categorize and search using meta tags In addition the document management features are fully integrated into the rest of the system so that documents attached to other artifacts e g requirements test cases etc are automatically connected to the project documentation repository 10 1 Document List When you click on the Project Home gt Documents link on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the project documents list screen illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System v Help e spiraTteam eee My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Project Group Home ProjectHome Documents Role Manager Document Folders ja Add Document Delete Retesh Expor Y Eiter teren Cerros T amp Design Documents Misc Documents i Moana iaa tor Rock k UML Diagram Joe P Smith poer DC000007 Screen Captures Sraphical Design Mockups p Screen Layout Joe P Smith Joe P Smith DC000013 aean o a ee UML Diagram Fred Bloggs 23 A
152. f on low res modes Permissions not updating when changed 2 Doesn t let me add a new category 0 a a o o a o o o o o a a o pa T Open Open Assigned Resolved Closed Not Reproducible Resolved Assigned Open Assigned Closed Closed Resolved CE Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Tracking Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out SoA Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Reporting 21 Nov 2003 20 Nov 2003 21 Nov 2003 Role Manager n IN000017 IN000004 IN000005 IN000007 IN000011 IN000015 IN000016 IN000012 IN000008 IN000006 IN000009 IN000013 IN000014 IN000010 pemean AT peta Sram Avie ATE gt Edit gt Edit gt Edit gt Edit Edit gt Edit gt Edit gt Edit Edit gt Edit gt Edit gt Edit Edit gt Edit Show rows per page ii lt Displaying page i of1 gt gt To filter the list by incident type status priority owner or detector name you simply choose an item from the appropriate drop down list and for the other fields you enter a free text phrase then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE
153. f the build together with a hyperlink to the build details See section X Note If no release or iteration is selected then the widget will not display any data 3 5 Project Group Home When you click on either the Project Group Home tab in the global navigation or the name of the project group in the My Page project list you will be taken to the homepage of the specific project group in question Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out P spiraTeam Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Project Group Home Project Home Documents Role Manager Project Group Internal Projects PGO00002 Modify Layout Settings Add Items Group Overview Project List Contains the library project and sample application one Project Name Web Site Creation Date Web Site www libraryinformationsystem org Library Information System http www libraryinformationsystem_org 1 Dec 2005 Owner s Fred Bloggs System Administrator Sample Application One http Awww tempuri_org 1 Dec 2005 Requirements Coverage 10 Test Execution Status 4 0 Passed Failed Blocked Caution Not Run Not Covered 0 Project Reqs Coverage Failed Passed Not Run Blocked Caution rav ana SaN 18 E Project Tests Runs Execution Status ES I Library Information System 11 19 Sample ication One 1 1 Task Progress Incident Aging 35 0 On Schedule Late Finish Late Start Not Started 0 Project Tasks E
154. f the section or right click on the test case and choose Edit Parameters C 0 Test Case Name one Ability to create new book T Ability to edit existing book o5 Ability to create new author z Ability to edit existing author 2 Ability to reassign book to differe E Book management E Author management Show rows per page To change the order of the test cases please click on the tion SpiraTeam v3 0 Beta Owner Priority 0 1h 0 1h 1 3h 1 5h 1 5h 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Insert Test Case Remove Test Case Edit Test Case Parameters Please fill out the parameters for this test case entry browserName login ed1 password unknown url www testing com Est Duration Act Duration Last Executed Execution Status Test Case Failed TC000002 Passed o TC000003 Failed TC000004 TC000005 TC000006 TC000008 TC000009 splaying page v inflect gt Update Cancel You can then specify the values of the parameters that the test set will pass to the test case Once you have entered modified the values click Update to commit the changes 5 8 2 Test Runs This view displays the list of all the test runs executed against the test set Each test run is listed together with the date of execution the name of the test case the name of the tester the release version of the system that the test was executed against the overall execution status for the test case in that run and a
155. fined for tasks To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the task These can be either freetext or drop down lists In the example below you can enter Notes and or the project track that the task is associated with Schedule i Prop i Revision Associations The following are the custom properties of this artifact Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save or Save and New to commit the changes 8 2 4 Attachments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays the list of documents that have been attached to the task The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types Custom Props History w d E Document Filename22 vb Source Code 150 KB Fred Bloggs 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs DC 000010 Source Code 100 KB Fred Bloggs 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs DC 000011 Document Filename24 java Show 15 Y rows per page 4 4 Displaying page i Rs of 1 gt P The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few
156. for M fe maib aime a Test Results Use Case Diagram ved Sequence Diagram for Book Mgt pdf a Author Management Ser Document Type UML Diagram ggs 2 Apr 2006 Joe P Smith DC000008 iBook Management Scred File Type Acrobat png ggs 1 Apr 2006 Joe P Smith DC000011 Show 15 v rows per page Description Sequence diagram in UML format that provides i4 lt 4 Displaying page 1 of1 gt gt additional detail surrounding the book managament use case test case Version 1 2 Tag Cloud Tags sequence diagram book management pe book Created By Fred Bloggs 5 3 2006 12 00 00 AM Edited By Joe P Smith 5 10 2006 12 00 00 AM management ID 0C 000007 error func specification libraries vers aome eG Orge tome ce Sage TG stack trace testing user interface wireframe gt View Details Cancel You can click on the document URL to actually open the document itself in a new window click on the meta tag links to find related documents that contain the same meta tag or click on View Details to see more information regarding the document including an ability to edit its meta information and see the different versions of the document 10 2 Document Details When you click on an item in the document list described above you are taken to the document details page illustrated below amr Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Search spiraTeam oa a My Page Project Home Planning Test
157. g into the application Library Information Incident Ability to link authors to their contact Library Information Requested E Clicking on link throws fatal error Library information incident 1 Nov 2003 Ability to edit existing authors in the Library information Tee W Cannot install system on Windows ME Library Information Issue 1 Dec 2003 Ability to delete existing authors in th Library Information W Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Library Information Bug 2 Nov 2003 Ability to create new users in the syste Library information W Ability to associate multiple authors Library Information Enhancement 17 Nov 2003 5 Ability to import from legacy system x Library Information Cannot log into the application Sample Application O Incident 10 Dec 2003 E Test System Limitation Library Information Limitation 4 Dec 2003 WE Sample Risk 1 Library Information Risk 10 Dec 2003 E Test Training Item Library Information Training 3 Dec 2003 E Test Change Request Library Information 6 Dec 2003 Date Opened 1 Nov 2003 In Progress Requested Requested My Assigned Test Cases Name Project Status Last Executed Z Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 eee gt Execute Library Information 14 Dec 2003 My Assigned Tasks Name Z Develop new edition entry scere C Create edition object insert m a Write edition object insert qu Z Refactor author screen to incl Z Create author
158. g on book name will find any artifacts that include either of the two words book and name in the name or description Searching on book name will only return items that have that exact phrase in either the name or description 3 3 2 Log Out Clicking on the Log Out link will immediately log you out of your current session and return you to the login page illustrated in section 3 1 If you had set the Remember Me option during your previous login that setting will be reset so if you want to avoid having to keep logging in you ll need to re check that box during your next log in 3 3 3 Help Clicking on this link on any page will bring up the online version of this manual shown below http sandman 7helpUrl User Manual xml section 4 1 Requirements List SpiraTeam Online Help Windows Internet Explorer Table of Contents 4 1 Requirements List 1 Introduction 2 Functionality Overview 3 User Project Management E 4 Requirements Management 4 1 Requirements List 4 1 1 Insert SO Te Welcome Fred Blagos Ahy Profis Log dat ttre riemen sene el 4 1 2 Delete y senate BESEDOU Iartm Irda Hose rary 4 1 3 Indent att n i 4 1 4 Outdent i l ma w Greh Gay Fre stomricecoms w T Cia nm 4 1 5 Refresh 9 sg Cc 4 1 6 Edit c peu in Progress i 4 1 7 Show Level ay ot Cavere In Progress 4 1 8 Filtering Tig 4 1 9 Show Hide Columns iad ats bet Ses i 4 1 10 Copying Requirements sa
159. g them To move multiple items you just need to select their checkboxes and then drag one of the items 7 5 Build Details When you click on a build entry in the build list you are taken to the build details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Search My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting ar_ spiraTeam ee Requirements Releases gt Build Details Iterations Planning Board lt lt Back To Build List Y Build Build 0015 BL 000015 Iteration 003 Build 0015 a amp Build 0014 Description amp Build 0013 amp Build 0012 Name Build 0015 Creation Date 3 12 2004 12 00 00 AM Last Updated 3 12 2004 12 00 00 AM This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the build detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right pane displays different information associated with the build The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the build list as well as a list of the other builds that belong to the same release iteration as the current one The top part of the right pane allows you to view the details of the build including a detailed description of why it succeeded or failed Since builds are populated from an external Continuous Integration server the build information will always be read only inside the SpiraTeam user interface
160. ge The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out Library information System v Help My Page Project Home EL Testing Tracking Reporting n spiraTeam Requirements Releases Iterations Role Manager risen G3 Dee indent lt Owen Qen hea G epo Y Ee v Release Name Version End Date Y Apply Filter Iteration Release Id ein B Clear Fiter R gt Filter 5 Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 HEN Please choose a name for this filter 12 Mar 2004 216 0h amp Retrieve Fitter RLO00001 5s Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 All non iteration releases 30 Mar 2004 176 0h B Save Filter RL000002 Library System Release 1 SP2 1 0 2 0 a teeth e gt Save Cancel 27 Oct 2004 168 0h J RL 1 Nov 2004 30 Nov 2004 336 0h RL000005 GB Library System Release 1 1 SP1 1 1 1 0 0 las ig Library System Release 1 1 SP2 1 1 2 0 t0 lests No Tasks 1 Dec 2004 31 Dec 2004 320 0h RLO00007 o o o DO amp Library System Release 1 1 1 1 0 0 o o E B Library System Release 2005 1 2 0 0 1 Apr 2005 2 Apr 2005 16 0h RL000006 Show 1s rows per page 4 lt Displaying page h j of 1 gt gt 7 1 2 Insert Hovering over the lt Insert gt button brings up a secondary menu that allows you to choose whether to insert a release or iteration if you just click Insert it defaults to inserting a rel
161. ggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System 4 Select Project E Ability to edit existing author E Ability to reassign book to different author Regression Tests 2 Scenario Tests 2 amp Exception Scenario Tests 1 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Tracking Reporting 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Feed Bloune Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith m TC000001 TCO00002 TC000003 TCO00004 TC000005 TC000006 TC000007 TC000010 TC000011 Help tole Manager Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs TC000012 TC000013 TC000015 TCO000016 TC000017 TCO00018 i4 4 Displaying pagel of2 gt p Z Person loses book and needs to report loss 5 Adding new book and author to library amp Common Tests 5 4 Open Up Web Browser z Login to Application 4 New Test Case Ability to add new books to the sys Show 15 rows per page 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Once you have chosen the destination project and clicked the lt Export gt button the test cases will be exported from the current project to the destination project Any file attachments will also be copied to the destination project along with the test cases 5 1 13 Adding Test Cases to a Release Test Set or Requireme
162. ggs My Profile Administration Log Out Helo My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting My Timecard Role Manager e spiraTeam My Timecard Fred Bloggs The following open artifacts are currently assigned to you Please enter the hours worked and hours remaining in the appropriate effort entry boxes below My Assigned Tasks TK21 Develop new edition entry screen 12 Mar 2004 Library Information System 7 0 hours fs hours 20o hours ZJ TK22 Create edition tinsert meth 12 Mar 2004 Library Information System 3 3 hours sd hours 25 hours TK23 Waite edition object insert qu 12 Mar 2004 Library Information System fs hours 30 hours Z TK27 f hor screen to incl 10 Mar 2004 Library Information System fs hours Com hours TK28 Create author object meth 10 Mar 2004 Library Information System 2 3 hours sd hours 25 hours TK29 Write author ct delet 10 Mar 2004 Library Information System 0 8 hours a hours 23 hours TK40 Devel i t details screen 27 Oct 2004 Library Information System 7 TK41 y ct te method 27 Oct 2004 Library Information System fs hours TK42 Wi 27 Oct 2004 Library Information System js hours iji hours hours hours My Assigned Incidents E N21 20 Nov 2003 Library Information System 0 1 hours E IN46 7 Dec 2003 Library Information System 0 7 hours E IN40 4 Dec 2003 Library Information System E IN8 6 Nov 2003 Library Information System EJ IN41 4 Dec 2003 L
163. ggs 1 Apr 2006 Joe P Smith DC000011 Show 15 rows per page 1i lt Displaying page Fa of 1 gt The attachment list includes the filename URL that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip Book Management Functional Spec doc Filename Book Management Functional Spec doc Document Type Functional Specification File Type Word 1 Description This document outlines the functional specification for the book management part of the library management system Version 2 0 Tags book management functional specification libraries Created By Fred Bloggs 5 2 2006 12 00 00 AM Edited By Joe P Smith 5 30 2006 12 00 00 AM Document ID DCoOO0007 gt View Details Cancel To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document web page or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a requirement simply click the Remove button and the attachment will be removed from the list Using the standard filter sort options you can also sort and filter the list of attachments to make it more manageable If you are using SpiraPla
164. gt Finish Release 1 2 0 0 45 Testing New Functionality TX5 Person loses book and needs to report loss TC000012 om E Ability to create new author Mi 0 Step 1 TC16 i G8 Step 2 1C17 W 2 Step 3 TC4 Step 1 Please follow the directions outlined in the box below Zs Step 4 TC4 User opens up browser and enters application URL http wvew libraryinformationsystem com beta Mi step 5 TC4 i Step 6 TC4 _ Ability to reassign book to dif Ki Person loses book and needs RI step 1 TC16 Expected Result Sample Data E step 2 TC17 The browser loads the login web page http wwew libraryinformationsystem com beta CI Step 3 112 LI Step 4 TC12 C w Step 5 TC12 Actual Result Please enter the actual test result if it differs then click the appropri _ Adding new book and author The screen displays a 404 error message page Unlike the lt Pass gt button if you don t enter a description of the actual result the system will display an error message and re prompt you again for input In the case of a failure both the individual test step and the overall test case will be marked with a red square containing a cross Similarly in the case of a blocked test case they will be marked with a yellow square and in the case of a caution they will be marked with an orange square Once marking a test step as lt Failed gt lt Caution gt or lt Blocked gt y
165. h Paste Items No Tests No Tests No Tests No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks No Tasks 13 Mar 2004 13 Mar 2004 21 Mar 2004 25 Mar 2004 1 Apr 2004 1 Apr 2004 11 Apr 2004 21 Apr 2004 1 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 9 Mar 2004 15 Oct 2004 30 Mar 2004 20 Mar 2004 24 Mar 2004 30 Mar 2004 30 Apr 2004 10 Apr 2004 20 Apr 2004 30 Apr 2004 4 Mar 2004 8 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 27 Oct 2004 176 0h 80 0h 48 0h 64 0h 352 0h 112 0h 112 0h 128 0h 96 0h 24 0h 72 0h 168 0h You can now choose any of these options as an alternative to using the icons in the toolbar 7 2 Release Details When you click on release item in the release list described in section 7 1 you are taken to the release details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs Library Information System Y My Profile Administration Log Out Search My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting mm a spiraTteam a Requirements Releases gt Release Details Iterations Planning Board emmy S52 To aneres see Prnt Display Curent Fiter v Release Library System Release 1 RL 000001 E B Library System Release 1 Name Library System Release 1 3 Library System Release 1 SP1 5 Iteration 001 pt Font Yi Sze V A H E iteration 002 This is the initial release of the Library Management System iteration 003 o Library System Release 1 SP2 E iteration 001 5 Iterat
166. hat are in that category for all the projects in the group Under the main bar graph is displayed a table containing each project in the group and a colored bar illustrating the specific task progress for that project using the same coloring convention as the main graph That way you can see both the aggregate task progress and also the relative progress for each project You can configure in the widget settings whether you want to see the aggregate bar graph and or the project specific task progress 3 5 5 Test Execution Status This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of test cases by execution status for the entire project group The Passed Failed Blocked Caution and Not Run bars indicate the total count of test cases that are in that category for all the projects in the group Under the main bar graph is displayed a table containing each project in the group and a colored bar illustrating the specific test case execution status for that project using the same coloring convention as the main graph That way you can see both the aggregate test status and also the relative status for each project You can configure in the widget settings whether you want to see the aggregate bar graph and or the project specific test status 3 5 6 Incident Aging This section displays the number of days incidents have been left open in the system The chart is organized as a histogram with the count of incidents on the y a
167. hat need to be completed so that a release can be completed and or a requirement can be fulfilled The tasks are listed in ascending date order so that the items with the oldest due dates are displayed first In addition each task is displayed with a progress indicator that graphically illustrates its completion against schedule See section 8 task management for details of the different progress indicators Clicking on the task name hyperlink will take you to the task details page This page will describe the task in more detail illustrate which requirement and release it is associated with and also allow you to view the change log of actions that have been performed on it 3 2 8 My Assigned Incidents This section lists all the open incidents you are the owner of across all the different projects you are a member of This typically means that the project manager has assigned you to be responsible for resolving the incident In the case of a bug this can mean actually fixing the problem whereas for other incident types e g training item it may mean simply documenting a workaround In either event this section highlights the open incidents you need to manage ranked by importance priority and categorized by type with the open date displayed to give you a sense of the age of the incident Clicking on the incident name hyperlink takes you to the incident details page see section 6 2 that describes the incident in more detail and allows
168. he list by clicking on one of the directional arrow icons displayed in the header row of the appropriate field 7 2 8 Attachments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays the list of documents that have been attached to the release The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types Regs amp Tasks Custom Props Test Runs Source Code Fred Bloggs 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs DC 000009 Document Filename10_pptx Bug Stack Trace txt Stack Trace Joe P Smith 4 May 2006 Joe P Smith DC000010 W Error Stacktrace doc Stack Trace Fred Bloggs 14 May 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000004 Show 15 v rows per page 1 1 Displaying page i of 1 gt gt The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a release iteration simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are us
169. he task itself 8 1 8 Exporting Tasks To export a task or set of tasks from the current project to another project in the system all you need to do is select the check boxes of the task s you want to export and then click Tools gt Export This will then bring up a list of possible destination projects eS ee Welcome Fred Bloggs Lbeary information System Y My Profite Administration Log Out Search 19 Help spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Tasks Resout urce Code Role Manager TAE Se e Displaying 1 4 out of 4 task s for this project Export Items i Pus Please select the project you want to export to Ay Y Ay V TK D Z Create edition object insert method Sampie Application One Y 1 0 0 0 0003 7K000022 7 C Develop new edition entry screen 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000021 7 CI Write author object delete query 1 0 0 0 0903 TK000029 Z Create author object delete method E i 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000028 Show 15 Y rows per page 4 4 Displaying page of 1 gt Once you have chosen the destination project and clicked the lt Export gt button the tasks will be exported from the current project to the destination project Any file attachments will also be copied to the destination project along with the tasks 8 1 9 Printing Items To quickly print a single task or list of tasks you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print
170. ibrary Information System W IN53 8 Dec 2003 Library Information System E IN23 26 Nov 2003 Library Information System 0 3 hours E N48 7 Dec 2003 Library Information System 1 3 hours W IN61 11 Dec 2003 Library Information System 0 8 hours The system will only include projects that have time tracking enabled for incidents and tasks so if some of your assigned incidents or tasks are missing please check with the project owner of the projects affected to have them enable time tracking Each task or incident will be displayed along with its priority severity start date end date project name effort remaining and effort expended to date For each item you can then indicate the additional actual effort performed which will be added to the actual effort and modify the amount of hours remaining Once you are satisfied click Submit Timecard to commit the changes 4 Requirements Management This section outlines how the requirements management features of SpiraTeam can be used to develop a requirements scope matrix for a project and how you can map any existing test cases to the requirements Typically when starting a project developing the requirements list is the first activity after the Administrator has set up the project in the system 4 1 Requirements List When you click on the Planning gt Requirements link on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the requirements list screen illustrated below
171. icon that helps distinguish them from each other and provides additional context on the state of the artifact con Aritact Description a Test Automation Host 3 User Project Management This section outlines how you can log into SpiraTeam view your personalized home page that lists the key tasks that you need to focus on and drill down into each of your assigned projects in a single dashboard view In addition to your personal homepage each of your projects has its own dashboard that depicts the overall project health and status in a single comprehensive view 3 1 Login Screen Upon entering the SpiraTeam URL provided by your system administrator into your browser you will see the following login screen Please enter your user name We come to and password then click the log in button a User Name spiraTfeam ee Version v3 2 Licensed To Inflectra Corporation Copyright C 2006 2011 Inflectra Corporation Forgot your password Don t have an account inflectra You need to enter your given user name and password into the system in the appropriate boxes then click the lt Log In gt button to gain access to the application Normally you only remain logged in to the application whilst in active use and you will be asked to log in again after either closing the browser or 20 minutes of inactivity To prevent this and stay logged in to SpiraTeam regardless of browser window closing or
172. ifferent pieces of functionality are expected to work in practice In addition these use test cases form the basis of the business specification of the system when associated with the underlying requirements matrix Typically when starting a new project gt The requirements matrix is entered first gt Then the list of use cases is developed to outline the key scenarios that need to supported to implement the requirement Then the use cases are fleshed out into full test cases by adding the detailed test steps with the expected result and suggested sample data Finally the tests are grouped into test sets so that they can be assigned to users in batches for execution and tracking However when migrating existing projects into SpiraTeam you may need to migrate the test case list first and then add the supporting requirements matrix afterwards 5 1 Test Case List When you click on the Testing gt Test Cases link on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the test case list screen illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System V Help es m spiraTeam Se My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Set lest Runs Automation Host Role Manager dbinsert Delete dindent lt Qutdent Showlevel Y BRefresh Gy Edit 2 Tools Showthide columns 7 Displaying 10 out of 14 test case s for this rele
173. imate for how it will take from the current state to complete the task The complete is calculated from this value in conjunction with the estimated effort Complete 100 Remaining Effort Estimated Effort gt Projected Effort This is value that the system is projecting it will take to complete the task This is calculated from the Actual Effort and Remaining Effort Projected Effort Actual Effort Remaining Effort If the actual effort is not specified the projected effort will be the same as the estimated effort Note that if this task is currently assigned to a release or iteration the start date and end date of the task must lie within the date range of the parent release iteration If your task looks like it will not be completed in the available timeframe you will need to contact the project manager to get them to either extend the date range of the task or consider moving the task to the next iteration 8 2 2 Comments The comments tab will display the comments associated with the task Schedule Comments Custom Properties Attachments To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button All existing comments are displayed in date entered underneath the textbox To enter a new comment enter the text into the textbox and then click the Save button 8 2 3 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has de
174. in sections gt The top left hand pane displays a hierarchical list of the various folders that exist in the source code repository Clicking on the expand icon will expand the child folders and clicking on the name of the folder will display the list of files in the folder in the main pane to the right gt The main right hand pane displays a list of all the files contained within the currently selected folder This list can be filtered and sorted and you can choose how many rows of documents to display on the page at one time gt The bottom left hand pane contains the option to view the overall revision log for the project clicking on that will display the revision log page see section 12 3 for details 12 2 Source Code File Details When you click on a file in the source code file list described above you are taken to the file details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Searc r spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Incidents Tasks Resources Source Code gt File Details lt lt BacktoFilelist 8 Y Source Code File Document Filename1 doc amp Files m ucine Eiaa iioi File Path test Server Root Files Filename1 ext B Document Filename10 pptx Word Document H 100 KB Last Edited 12 20 2011 12 42 06 PM Document Filename11 htm Author Fred Bloggs Latest Revision A rev0001 Document Filename
175. in the date range covered by the selected iteration Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 9 Date Range Graphs 11 9 1 Test Run Progress Rate Graph The test run progress rate graph shows how many tests have been executed during a period of time and what execution status was recorded The report can be displayed for a specific date range and for the entire project or for a specific release iteration Graph Name Test Run Progress Rate Y Filter All Releases v Date Range Test Run Progress Rate Oct 1 03 Sep 1 03 1 gt Display Data Grid Reset Zoom Save As JP In this version of the report the y axis represents the number of test runs executed in each 24 hour period and the x axis represents a specific week in the time span Each data bar can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the point and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value You can filter the report by the release iteration that the test run was executed against and also change the date range If you choose a smaller date range the x axis will switch from weekly to daily and if you choose a
176. inactivity select the Keep me logged in check box before clicking the lt Log In gt button Note that this setting is specific to each individual computer you are logging in from and that it will be reset when you explicitly log out with the log out link described in more detail in section 3 3 If for any reason you are unable to login with the provided username password combination and error message will be displayed If you cannot remember the correct log in information click on the Forgot user name password link and your password will be emailed to the email address currently on file If you don t have a SpiraTeam account setup clicking on the Don t have an account link will take you to a form that you need to fill in which will be forwarded to the system administrator who will actually create your account In addition the system will prevent you logging on to the system with the same username at the same time on multiple computers This is to avoid the system getting confused by a user trying to make contradictory actions at the same time If for any reason you do try and log in to the system when you already have an active session in progress you will see the following screen Welcome to ee spirafeam ee You can either Log Out and try a different user name or Version v3 2 Sign Off The Other Licensed To Inflectra Corporation Locations to force the other Copyright C 2006 2011 Inflectra C
177. ing SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document or web link to the release iteration you need to click on the Add New hyperlink to open the Add Attachment dialog box There are three different types of item that can be attached to a release or iteration gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g hitp mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt
178. ing Tracking Reporting Project Group Home Project Home Documents gt Document Details lt lt BeckioDocumenitit gt BSa Slee Gates Display Curent Filter v a Document Sequence Diagram for Book Mgt pdf DC000007 amp Design Documents TE sequence Diagram for Book Mgt Filename a Graphical Design Mockups psd Description e Use Case Diagram vsd Sequence diagram in UML format that provides additional detail surrounding the book managament use case test Author Management Screen Wirefr case BB Book Management Screen Wirefran Document Folder Design Documents v Creator Document Type Edited By Tags sequence diagram book management Creation Date 5 3 2006 12 00 00 AM File Type Size Acrobat 5 35 KB Last Edited 5 10 2006 12 00 00 AM Current 1 2 Version This page is made up of three areas the left pane is for navigation the upper part of the main pane contains the details of the document and the bottom part of the right pane contains the list of document versions and the list of artifacts that the document is associated with The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the project document list as well as a list of other documents in the current folder This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer documents by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the main doc
179. ion 002 Version Creator Fred Bloggs v E Iteration 003 Iteration 001 E Iteration 002 Resources Active Yes Y E iteration 003 Non Working Iteration No Start End Date Creation Date 15 Feb 2004 Library System Release 1 1 Library System Release 2005 Plan Effort i Available Effort 121 3h Custom Props Test Runs This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the release detailed information itself and the bottom part of the right pane displays different information associated with the release The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the release list as well as a list of the other releases in the current project This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the test run information of all the other releases by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the release list page The navigation list can be switched between two different modes e The list of releases matching the current filter e The list of all releases irrespective of the current filter The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular release You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt or lt Save and New gt button at the top of the page to commit the ch
180. ion to fix th Show 15 v rows per page 4 lt Displaying page a Rs of 1 gt gt This feature allows you to display the list of any changes in the source code repository that were the result of implementing the functionality described in the task Clicking on the revision name takes you to the revision details page which is described in more detail in the Source Code section of this guide You can perform the following actions gt Refresh updates the list of revisions from the server useful if other people are adding revisions connected to this task at the same time gt Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of revisions gt Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all revisions for the current task are shown 9 Resource Tracking This section outlines how you can use the Resource Tracking features of SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam to view the total workload for each of the project personnel resources assigned to a specific project This allows you to verify that the work is evenly distributed amongst the project members and that no individual resource is overloaded When you click on the Tracking gt Resources link on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the project resources list screen illustrated below eo r spiraTeam C My Page Project Home Planning cidents Tasks Resources Source Code amp Y Eilter Displaying the resour
181. ional tests to run on five different machines each with a different browser OS combination at 2 00 AM and have the results be ready for the next morning 2 3 Release Planning Spiraleam provides the ability to track different versions releases of the application being tested Each project in the system can be decomposed into an unlimited number of specific project releases denoted by name and version number Requirements and Test Cases developed during the design phase can then be assigned to these different releases When a tester executes a series of test cases they are able to choose the version of the project being tested and the resulting test run information is then associated with that release From a project planning perspective the releases are the major milestones in the project which are further sub divided into iterations which are separate mini projects with associated project scope and tasks The project s requirements are scheduled at a high level against the releases and the detailed tasks are scheduled against specific iteration within the release In addition all incidents raised during the testing process are associated with this release allowing the development team to easily determine which version of the project is affected Finally as the incidents are resolved and verified during the testing phase the appropriate release can be selected to indicate which release the incident was resolved and or verified in
182. iption of the expected result and any sample data elements that the tester should use when performing the action When a user executes a test case the results are stored in a test run that contains the success failure status of each test step as well as the actual observed result that the tester experienced In addition each test case is mapped to one or more requiremenis that the test is effectively validating providing the test coverage for the requirement During the execution of the test case each failure can be optionally used to record a new incident which can then be managed in the incident tracking module see below This provides complete traceability from a recorded incident to the underlying requirement that was not satisfied To streamline the assignment and tracking of multiple test cases SpiraTeam allows users to select groups of test cases and arrange them into test sets Each test set can contain test cases from a variety of different folders and can be associated with a specific release of the system being tested 2 2 1 Test Automation As well as being able to store and manage manual test cases SpiraTeam can be used to manage the scheduling and execution of automated test scripts for a variety of third party test automation engines This allows you to centrally plan your automated testing and monitor the results of automated unit functional and load testing remotely For example you could schedule a set of automated funct
183. irement in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just double click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System Y Help T spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting lt Quslent Show Lavel Y Refresh Edit 2 Tools Showhide columns Y Y Eiter Requirements Relea dpinsert Delete terat Role Manager In Progress Not Covered eo In Progress Completed 1 Criical Wf Completed way 1 00 00001 vfs T Ability to edit existing books in the system lO 1 Critical v l 1 0 0 0 0001 v Ability to delete existing books in the syste p ability to associate books with different subjects O ocr 3 it sociate ks with different authors Ability to associate books with different editions Ability to completely erase all books stored in th SM Edition Management Not Covered D Author Management Not Covered 2 Subiect Managemen Not Covered Administration Functions Not Covered Show 15 rows per page i lt Displaying page 1 oft gt gt 1 Cricsl v Completed Y 100 00002 Completed 1 1
184. is report displays all of the releases and iterations defined for the current project in the order they appear in the release iteration hierarchy The release s details are displayed in a summary list form Release Summary Report This report displays all of the releases and iterations defined for the current project in the order they appear in the release iteration hierarchy The release s details are displayed in a summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library General Testing Information Rel Name Version Number Description Creator Creation Date Iteration Active Start Date End Date Failed Passed Blocked Caution Not Run Task Progress Planned Effort 18 Tasks ag 50 On This is the Schedule Library initial System release of Fred 12 Mar 9 a Running Release the Library Bloggs 15 Feb 2004 N 2004 9 Starti 1 Management Late ng System 26 Not Started l 0 Tasks bearko Sched identified Joe P 30 Mar 0 Ranning 176 hours 0 a Smith 05 May 2004 N 2004 Late mins 0 Starting vulnerability Late 0 Not 216 hours 0 mins 11 6 2 Release Detailed Report This report displays all of the releases and iterations defined for the current project in the order they appear in the release iteration hierarchy The release s details are displayed along with sub tables containing the list of requirements added ma
185. items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 7 1 8 Show Level Choosing an indent level from the Show Level drop down box allows you to quickly and easily view the entire release list at a specific indent level For example you may want to see all releases drilled down to the third level of detail To do this you would simply choose Level 3 from the list and the releases will be expanded collapsed accordingly 7 1 9 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the release list as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 7 1 10 Copying Releases Iterati
186. ject object insert quenes Owner Fred Bloggs Owner Joe P Smith Owner Joe P Smith Owner Joe P Smith Estimated Effort Estimated Effort T h Estimated Effort 5 0h Projected Effort Projected Effort Projected Effort 5 0h A To J ama am z LI Dewelan edit subiect detaile serraan Create suhiart nhiart undata methad Write suhiart nhiart undate queries Estimated Effort Projected Effort When you first click on Planning gt Planning Board the system will ask you to select a Release Upon selecting a Release the system will display all the requirements tasks and incidents planned for the release grouped by the iteration they ve been assigned to Any items not assigned to any release or iteration will be listed in the Unassigned Items section You can click on the expand collapse icons to hide any releases iterations that are not relevant Each item will be displayed with the name and ID of the artifact together with the owner estimated effort and projected effort In addition the left border will display a color based on the priority of the item and a progress bar will be displayed that illustrates the current progress of that item You can easily move items from one iteration to another by simply drag and dropping them To move multiple items you just need to select their checkboxes and then drag one of the items To view the resource assignments of a particular iteration click on the View hyperlink ne
187. ject to make bulk changes using the lt Edit gt button as such changes can override the workflow business rules established 6 1 7 Copying Incidents To copy an incident or set of incidents simply select the check boxes of the incidents you want to copy and then click lt Copy gt This will make a copy of the current incident with its name prefixed Copy of to distinguish itself from the original Any file attachments will also be copied along with the incident itself 6 1 8 Exporting Incidents To export an incident or set of incidents from the current project to another project in the system all you need to do is select the check boxes of the incident s you want to export and then click the Tools gt Export icon This will then bring up a list of possible destination projects Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library information System E Help Ne ee e spiraTeam ee My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Incidents Task R source Code Role Project Owner dh New Incident 3 Delete Refresh Copy fi Tools Showhide columns Displaying 16 30 out of 60 incident s for this project Export Items es Please select the project you want to export to W Ability to generate customized r Enhanceme Sample Application One 25 Nov 2003 Joe P Smith IN000025 2 Abslity to associate multiple authors Section 508 compliance Te
188. king the Apply Filter link In addition you can quickly sort the list by clicking on one of the directional arrow icons displayed in the header row of the appropriate field 7 2 7 Builds This view displays the list of builds associated with the current release iteration Each build is listed together with its name creation date status whether the build succeeded or failed and last updated date Clicking on the hyperlink for the build name will open up the Build Details page which is described in section 7 5 of this manual Incidents Regs amp Tasks Build Name AY L Build 0015 F Build 0014 F Build 0013 F Build 0012 Build 0010 F Build 0011 Build 0009 Build 0008 Build 0007 Build 0005 Build 0006 Show 5 Y rows per page Test Cases gt 3 4 2004 E 12 Mar 2004 11 Mar 2004 10 Mar 2004 9 Mar 2004 68 Mar 2004 86 Mar 2004 77 Mar 2004 6 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 Test Runs 12 Mar 2004 11 Mar 2004 10 Mar 2004 9 Mar 2004 68 Mar 2004 68 Mar 2004 7 Mar 2004 6 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 a BL000015 BL000014 BL000013 BL000012 BL000010 BL000011 BL000009 BL000008 BL000007 BL000005 BL000006 i 1 Displaying page i Fa of 1 gt gt You can also filter the results by choosing items from the filter options displayed in the sub header row of each field and clicking the Apply Filter link In addition you can quickly sort t
189. ks and incidents organized by schedule Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library ID Name RL1 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 Ability to add new books to the system RQS Ability to edit existing books in the system RQ6 Ability to delete existing books in the system Ability to create different editions Ability to edit existing authors in the system Ability to delete existing authors in the system Type Release Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Status Priority Requirement h Owner Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Start Date End Date 01 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 Complete Plan Effort 216 hours 0 mins 15 hours 0 mins 15 hours 0 mins 14 hours 0 mins 15 hours 0 mins 10 hours 0 mins Est Effort 94 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 14 hours 0 mins Actual Effort 93 hours 30 mins 15 hours 30 mins 16 hours 50 mins 15 hours 10 mins 16 hours 0 mins 16 hours 0 mins 14 hours 0 mins 1 0 1 0 Library System Release 1 SP1 oa 176 hours 0 004 mins Incident New Incident New Cannot log into the application Not able to add new author Cannot edd a new book fo the system bug Assigned Critical 06 Nov 2003 0 hours 20 mins 1
190. ks in the list according to the applied filter and sort order There is also a drop down list at the bottom of the page which allows you to specify how many rows should be displayed in each page helping accommodate different user preferences One special column that is unique to tasks is the progress indicator This illustrates graphically both the percentage completion of the task and also if the task is either starting late or finishing late The following table illustrates the different type of status that can be conveyed by the indicator Indicator Display Progress Description Task has not yet started but the scheduled start date is still in the future Task has not yet started and the start date has elapsed This is considered a Late Starting Task Task has started and is approximately 25 complete The scheduled end date is still in the future Task has started and is approximately 25 complete However the scheduled end date has elapsed already This is a considered a Late Finishing Task Task has been 100 completed Essentially the gray section of the bar indicates the of the task yet to be completed and the green red section of the bar indicates the of the task that has already been completed If the bar changes from green to red it means that the end date has been reached and the task is not yet complete and if the background changes from gray to yellow it means that the task has not ye
191. larger date range the x axis will switch to monthly Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 9 2 Incident Progress Rate Graph The incident progress rate chart displays the total number of incidents created and closed over a particular date range either for all incident types or for a specific incident type Graph Name Fiter ER Incident Progress Rate In this version of the report the y axis represents the number of incidents either created or closed in a 24 hour period and the x axis represents a specific day in the time span Each data point can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the point and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value You can filter the report by the type of incident and also change the date range e g displaying only the bugs for the date range If you choose a smaller date range the x axis will switch from weekly to daily and if you choose a larger date range the x axis will switch to monthly Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Downlo
192. lated if a manual run executed by a user the automated test results populated by an test automation engine such as NUnit JUnit QuickTest Pro etc any custom properties set for the run and a list of any documents URLs screenshots that were attached to the test results 5 6 1 Editing a Test Run When reviewing the test run you may find that you need to change the results of the test run e g the user selected the wrong release or custom property value Many of the fields are editable at a later date and to make changes just modify the appropriate fields and click Save 5 6 2 Deleting the Test Run If you need to delete a test run that was erroneously captured all you need to do is click on the link to access the invalid test run and then click the lt Delete gt button to remove it from the system This will then force the system to update the status of the test case itself from the other logged test runs 5 6 3 Test Run Steps In the case of a manual test run this tab displays all the steps of the test case as they appeared during the test run in question This means that if the test steps were changed after running the test the list here will reflect the original information Automation Custom Properties Attachments RS000001 User logs in to application User taken to main TC000017 TS000019 menu screen RS000002 User clicks link to create book User taken to first TC000002 TS000002 screen in wizard RS000003
193. lease 1 1 a Library System Release 1 1 SP1 8 Library System Release 1 1 SP2 S iteration 001 E iteration 002 E iteration 003 Library System Release 2005 foo E 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0002 1 0 0 0 0003 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0001 1 1 0 0 0002 1 1 0 0 0003 1 2 0 0 gt z 55 7 a p AE 1 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 9 Mar 2004 15 Oct 2004 1 Nov 2004 1 Dec 2004 15 Oct 2004 19 Oct 2004 24 Oct 2004 1 Apr 2005 4 Mar 2004 8 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 27 Oct 2004 30 Nov 2004 31 Dec 2004 18 Oct 2004 23 Oct 2004 27 Oct 2004 2 Apr 2005 96 0h 24 0h 72 0h 168 0h 336 0h 320 0h 24 0h 72 0h 72 0h 16 0h RL000008 RL000009 RL000010 RL000004 RL000005 RL000007 RL000017 RL000018 RL000019 RL000006 o d 0 0 d 0 o oO 0 o 0 o Show rows per page id lt Displaying page 1 of 1 gt h Gp insert 3 Delete lt gt indent lt Outdent If you click lt Edit gt on more than one row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change five releases from active to inactive you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of
194. lease at the same time Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of incidents Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all incidents associated with the current release are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the incident allows you to edit the incident inline directly on this screen This functionality is limited to project owners gt Show Hide Columns Allows you to choose which incident columns are visible 7 2 2 Reqs amp Tasks In this mode the lower part of the right pane displays the list of requirements and their associated child tasks that need to be completed for the release iteration to be completed Custom Props Test Runs History Show Level y Po Oat Ability to add new books to the system 1 Critical a N Ability to edit existing books in the system 1 Critical Joe P Smith Ability to delete existing books in the system 1 Critical D Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith 2 Develop new edition entry screen 1 Critical E Fred Bloggs A Create edition object insert method 1 Critical E Fred Bloggs A Write edition object insert queries 1 Critical Lo O Fred Bloggs Oo Ability to edit existing authors in the system 2 High Fred Bloggs C 8 m Ability to edit existing authors in the system 2 High Fred Bloggs Show rows per page ld lt Displaying page h o fa of 1 gt gt oooooocook Edit gt Filter gt Eait_ gt Eait l
195. level For example you may want to see all requirements drilled down to the third level of detail To do this you would simply choose Level 3 from the list and the requirements will be expanded collapsed accordingly 4 1 8 Filtering You can easily filter the list of requirements as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out L ray information System Help My Page as spiraTteam i erations Role Manager Test F Epot Y Erer Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Requirements Gh insert 3 Delete e gt Indent lt Outdent P Refresh 3 Requirement Nar t Coverage ask Progress importanc Statu Release Difficu Any v Any x Any Y Requestes Y Any v Not Covered In Progress R E RQ000001 Edit u T Functional System Requirements Online Library Management System Author Management Ability to link authors to their contact informati T Administration Functions 2 Ability to completely backup the database 2 Data Import Functionality 2 Ability to import from legacy system x Ability to create new users in the system No Tasks 2 Ability to modify existing users in the system Not Covere Show 1s Y rows per page Not Covered In Progress RQ000013 Ec RQ000017 Not Covered In Progress Requested Not Covered No Tasks Requested No Tasks RQ000023 Edit RQ000024 Edit RQ000025 RQ000026 Edit RQ0000
196. lity to associate multiple authors Library Information Enhancement 17 Nov 2003 Ability to import from legacy system x Library Information W Cannot log into th ication Sample Application O Incident 10 Dec 2003 W Test System Limitation Library Information Limitation 4 Dec 2003 H Sample Risk 1 Library Information Risk 10 Dec 2003 E Test Training Item Library Information Training 3 Dec 2003 E Ability to create new book Library Information W Test Change Request Library Information Change Request 6 Dec 2003 gt Execute E Ability to edit existing book Library Information A gt Execute Z Develop new edition entry secre Library Information Name j Due Dato Status Z Create edition object insert m Library Information 45 Regression Testing for Windows XP 4 Library Information na Completed Z Write edition object insert qu Library Information gt Execute Z Refactor author screen to incl Library Information S Exploratory Testing 2 Library Information n a Deferred Z Create author object delete me Library Information gt Execute Z White author object delete que Library Information 5 Testing New Functionality 4 Library Information 10 Feb 2007 In Progress gt Execute Z Develop edit subject details s Library Information Z Create subject object update m Library Information My Pending Test Runs EK 27 Write subject object update qu Library
197. ll icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 5 10 Automation Host Details When you click on an automation host entry in the host list you are taken to the automation host details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out S My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting ar spiraTeam we Test Cases Test Sets TestRuns Automation Hosts gt Automation Host Details Goia Bee Biet Dos Display Curent Filt v Spy a Host Name Windows XP Host AH 000001 a Windows XP Host W Windows Vista Host 1 Name Windows XP Host W Windows Vista Host 2 Description E Windows 7 Host Windows XP with IE7 Firefox 2 Chrome and Safari 3 active Ye 7 Last Updated 5 1 2009 12 00 00 AM Custom Props History This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains
198. load gt button to add the web link gt To adda screenshot to the current folder you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to upload the image 10 1 2 View Document Information When you hover the mouse pointer over any of the documents displayed in the document list an information panel will be displayed that contains the name description version document type and meta tags of the document Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting D spiraTeam S Project Group Home ProjectHome Documents Role Manager DocumentFotersiReiaaill Add Document lt 3Delete Bekosh Exon Y Eler teren Coret T DO Rat Faitar 4 DocumenNomeaY ype ay sia tty AY ated on AY AuoraY DAY gt Design Documents WE ee Ee Jel Mise Documents F B sequence Diagram for B Ba ith 10 May 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000007 Screen Captures E E Graphical Design y Sequence Diagram for Book Mgt pdf ith 1 May 2006 Joe P Smith DC000013 i k T my l Bus a my Filename n iagram
199. logged during a test run or directly linked after the fact Custom Properties History V ArtifactName AY Artifact Type AY Created By AY Comment AY Artifact AY Edit ee ee nn eee all Cannot add a new book to the system Incident 4 Nov 2003 Joe P Smith Test Run Ability to create new IN000007 book Show rows per page id lt 4 Displaying page Rs of 1 gt bi Each incident is displayed with its name the name of the person who executed the test run or made the direct association and a comment that describes why the association was made In the case of a test run the comment will simply contain the name of the test run You can perform the following actions on an incident association from this screen gt Delete removes the selected incident association This will only delete the association not the incident itself gt Refresh updates the list of associated incidents from the server useful if other people are linking incidents to this test step at the same time Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of associations Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all associations for the current test step are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the associations allows you to edit the comment field inline directly on this screen To create a new association between this test step and an existing incident simply click the lt Add gt hyperlink which will
200. lt Displaying page i of 1 pi Displaying 7 out of 7 test case s for this release Fred Bloggs zJ Ability to create new book Passed Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 Ability to edit existing book Not Run Fred Bloggs Ability to create new author Not Run Joe P Smith E Ability to edit existing author Blocked Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 2 Ability to reassign book to different author Passed o Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 amp Regression Tests 2 LS ay Book management 1 Dec 2003 amp Functional Tests 5 Oo oooo0g00ng on Author management Not Run Show fis rows per page ap insert Delete gt indent lt Outdent gt Execute As illustrated in the example above when the drop down list is changed to select a specific release the list of test cases is filtered to just those mapped to the release in question In addition the execution status for the test releases will only reflect test runs for that specific release and any child iterations if applicable As can be seen in our example many test cases that have been run for other releases now show the Not Run status since they ve not been run for this specific release As a shortcut when you select a specific release for viewing subsequent execution of any of the test cases via the Tools gt Execute menu option will default the test run to the selected release 5 1 15 Printing Items To quickly print a single test case test folder or list of test cases
201. lution Schedule Custom Props Attachments History Azeociations The following are the custom properties of this artifact Notes May be an array bounds issue Operating System Windows XP Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save Save and New or Save and Close to commit the changes 6 2 6 Attachments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays the list of documents screenshots or web links URLs that have been attached to the incident The documents can be in any format though Spiraleam will only display the icon for certain Known types Custom Props E Bug Stack Trace txt Stack Trace Joe P Smith 4 May 2006 Joe P Smith DC000010 Show rows per page 4 4 Displaying page i s of 1 gt p The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from an incident simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be
202. means that the project manager has assigned you to be responsible for executing the test cases contained within the test set against a specified release of the system under test To aid in this process the test set name Is displayed along with its status the project it belongs to the number of remaining test cases to be executed and the date by which all the tests need to have been run If you click on the test set name hyperlink you will be taken to the details page for this test set see section 5 6 and the project that the test set belongs to will be made your current project If you click on the gt Execute link listed below it will actually launch the test cases contained within the test set in the test case execution module see section 5 4 so that you can easily carry out your assigned testing task 3 2 6 My Pending Test Runs This section lists any test runs that you started executing in the test case module but haven t yet completed Once a test case or test set is executed a pending test run entry is stored in the system so that you can continue execution at a later date Any pending test run can be either deleted or resumed by clicking on the appropriate link 3 2 My Assigned Tasks This section lists all the project tasks that you have been made the owner of across all the different projects you are a member of This typically means that the manager of the project in question has assigned development tasks to you t
203. mining the parts of the application that have the most instability as you can look at the requirements that have yielded the greatest number of incidents Clicking on any of the requirements hyperlinks will take you to the detail page for the requirement in question See section 4 2 You can configure in the settings whether to include requirements with no open incidents and also how many rows of data to display 3 4 5 Top Open Issues This section displays a breakdown of the top issues logged against the project in order of decreasing priority Note that items not given a priority are listed at the top since critical issues could be lurking in that list and the project manager will want to immediately review these to assign priorities Clicking on the issue item hyperlink will take you to the incident details page for the issue in question See section 6 2 You can configure in the settings whether to use Priority or Severity for the display and also how many rows of data to display 3 4 6 Top Open Risks This section displays a breakdown of the top risks logged against the project in order of decreasing priority Note that items not given a priority are listed at the top since critical risks could be lurking in that list and the project manager will want to immediately review these to assign priorities Clicking on the risk item hyperlink will take you to the incident details page for the risk in question see section 6 2 You can config
204. mitation Test Training Item Editing the date on a book is clunky Test Training Item Test Change Request Ability to import data from excel Test System Limitation Sample Risk 3 Test Cases IN 000007 IN 000021 IN 000046 IN 000040 IN 000008 IN 000041 IN 000053 IN 000023 IN 000048 IN 000061 4 Nov 2003 17 Nov 2003 4 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 4 Nov 2003 3 Dec 2003 7 Dec 2003 25 Nov 2003 4 Dec 2003 10 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs sa Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Test Sets Assigned MEGANEA 3 Medium 0 Assigned Metical MEGANEA 25 Assigned 4 Cnitical 75 Assigned 4 Critical 2 High 25 Assigned 2 High 4 Low 50 Assigned 12 High 50 Assigned 3 Medium 25 Assigned 3 Medium PABBA 75 Assigned 3 Medium 3 Medium 90 Assigned A Low 4 low 90 0 3 0 7 0 5 0 4 0 7 0 5 0 5 1 3 0 7 04 0 8 0 5 04 07 0 5 0 5 15 0 9 9 1 3 Test Cases This tab displays the list of test cases that are assigned to the current resource Regs amp Tasks Passed M gt caution Acad 01h 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Tc 000002 TC 000003 Ability to create new book Ability to edit existing book 9 1 4 Test Sets This tab displays the list of test sets that are assigned to the current resource Regs amp Tasks In Progress 10 Feb 2007 6H 28 Sep 2010 0 3h Deferred 0 0h Completed 0 3h TX 000005 Tx 000006 TX 000003 Testing N
205. mplete 25 Est Effort 20 Projected Effort 20 Remaining Effort 15 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Incident Bug Show rows per page The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system 6 2 8 Associations In this mode the main pane displays a list of any requirements test runs test steps or other incidents that are associated with this incident Custom Props Artifact Name AY Artifact Type AV Created On AV Created By AY Comment AY Artifact AY Edit ee aa Ability to associate books with different editions Requirement z Ability to create new book Step 2 x The book listing screen doesn t sort Test Step Incident Test Run 19 Mar 2004 19 Mar 2004 17 Mar 2004 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith RQ000009 This incident is related to TS000002 the test step IN000006 Ability to create new book Test Ability to create TROOO001 new boo 1 Dec 2003 Test Run Ability to create RQ000004 new book a 4 Displaying page of 1 gt PI Requirement Fred Bloggs a a Ability to add new books to the system Show rows per page gt Create a new requirement from this incident The incidents in this list are ones that a us
206. mponent is used In addition you can specify a recurrence schedule for the test set by changing the recurrence dropdown from One Time to Hourly Daily etc so that Spiraleam executes the same test set according to the specified frequency The lower part of the right pane can be switched between different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Test Cases mode but it can be switched to Test Runs Comments Custom Properties Attachments and History modes if so desired Each of the views is described separately below In addition there is a shortcut link Execute This Test Set that allows you to execute all the tests in the set against the release specified in the test set 5 8 1 Test Cases In this mode the main pane displays the list of test cases contained within the test set You can add remove reposition and remove test cases from the list The execution status displayed next to each test case is the most recent execution status of the test case when run in the context of the current test set Test Runs Custom Props Attachments O Test Case Name Owner Priority Est Duration Act Duration Last Executed Execution Status Test Case O E Ability to create new book 0 2h 1 3h 1 Dec 2003 Failed 9 Tco00002 2 Ability to edit existing book 0 1h 15h 1 Dec 2003 Passed TC000003 O O O C 0 E Ability to create new author 0 1h 1 5h 1 Dec 2003 Failed TC0
207. ms Y YW Fiter Status Y Apoy Fiter OY 3 ciear Fitter In Progress 2 gt Retrieve Filter RQ000001 gt Edit RQ000002 RQ000003 Edit Functional System Requirements DOnline Library Management System B Book Management In Progress B save fitter Completed Moderate Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed In Progress a Ability to add new books to the system Qa Ability to edit existing books in the system a Ability to delete existing books in the system Qa Ability to associate books with different subjects Qa Ability to associate books with different authors o Ability to associate books with different editions Q Ability to completely erase all books stored in th D Edition Management D Author Management D Subject Management D Administration Functions Show is _ rows per page Gp inset 3 Delete gt indent lt Outdent Not Covered Not Covered In Progress Not Covered Planned OOOagogooondonoOoOonaanaa no Not Covered Requested 4 1 9 Show Hide Columns RQ000004 gt Edit RQ000005 F Edit RQ000006 RaQ000007 Feat Ra000008 FP edit RQ000009 gt Edit RaQ000010 PEt RQ000011 gt Edit RQ000013 gt Edit RQ000019 Edit RQ000022 gt Edit 4 lt Displaying page a of 1 gt pi This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the requirement list as columns for the current project T
208. my tn deiein cadetion honk tn the muaiers Come ated 4 1 11 Moving Requirements TI nai to ovaries bache wi Aeran cublecte Cone aed 4 1 12 Exporting Requirements Sams aaasta bette ABTA udin ies 4 2 Requirement Details Sear neaiaasmien cca 4 2 1 Test Coverage OD OE 42 2 Tasks E nane Meer 4 2 3 Custom Properties When you click on the Planning gt Requirements link on the global navigation bar you will initially be taken to the requirements list screen illustrated below RR Sabjre Maroqeemer 4 2 4 Attachments Shen e REE 4 2 5 History 4 2 6 Associations Pin nsi pimi Ge wian 5 Test Case Management 6 Incident Tracking 7 Release Management The requirements list consists of a hierarchical arrangement of the various requirements and functionalities 8 Task Tracking that need to be provided by the system in question The structure is very similar to the Work Breakdown 9 Reports Center Structure WBS developed in Microsoft Project and users of that software package will find this very fraesiliae ta nuan Wlhan rann nranta m mas eeniant thin lint ssnll initially ha mmamntis aed semis cenll hann ta ntad m Clicking on any of the expand links in the left hand table of contents will open up the detailed list of topics for each of the main areas of the system In each area clicking on one of the individual links will open the appropriate section in the help manual By default the reading pane will
209. n selected You cannot indent a test set or folder if it is below a test set as test sets are not allowed to have child items Clicking on the lt Outdent gt button de indents all the test folders test sets whose check boxes have been selected 5 7 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes the currently selected test sets It will delete the association between the test set and its contained test cases but it will not delete the test cases themselves 5 7 4 Execute Clicking on the lt Execute gt button executes all the test sets selected The test execution functionality of SpiraTeam is explained in more detail in section 5 3 5 7 5 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the list of test sets This is useful if other people are making changes to the test set list and you want to make sure that you have the most current version 5 7 6 Edit Each test set in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just double click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Welcome System Administrator Ubrary Information System Y My Profile Admanistration Log Out Searct D Help e spiraTeam e My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Sets
210. n so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name To change the column that is sorted or to change the direction of the current sort simply click on the up down arrow icon in the appropriate column The currently sorted column is indicated by the larger white arrow with the back border In the screen shot above we have filtered on test runs that have failed sorted in order of increasing release version number Clicking on Filter gt Clear Filter removes any set filters and expands the test run list to display all test runs for the current project and clicking on Filter gt Save Filter allows you to save the filter to your My Page for use in the future The list of saved filters can also be retrieved by clicking Filter gt Retrieve Filter 5 5 2 Printing Items To quickly print a single test run or list of test runs you can select the items checkboxes and then click the Print icon This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 5 6 Test Run Details When you click on any of the individual test runs in the test run list you are taken to the Test Run details page not to be confused with the Test Case details page shown below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Seara re Help spiraTeam S My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Sets Test Runs gt Test Run
211. n you create a new project this list will initially be empty and you will have to use the lt Insert gt button to start adding test folders and test cases to the system The list consists of test folders shown with a folder icon and in bold type and test cases that are shown with a document icon and a hyperlink You can nest test folders and test cases under an existing test folder but you cannot nest anything under a test case All of the items in the list have a name together with the most recent execution status passed failed or not run and owner author execution date active flag and test case number Clicking on a test case s hyperlink will take you to the test case details page for the item in question see section 5 2 It is important to understand that only test cases are assigned a status themselves the test folders instead display a test execution bar graph that illustrates the aggregate execution status of its child test cases Thus if the test folder contains two test cases one of which passed and one of which wasn t run the graph will display 50 green and 50 gray To determine the exact aggregate test folder execution status information position the mouse pointer over the bar chart and the number of tests in each of the execution statuses passed failed not run blocked caution will be displayed as a tooltip Note that if you change the owner of a test folder then all the child test cases will be assig
212. n 2010 No 8 rev0012 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 4 rev0009 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes 120010 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes 120015 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 120016 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 20013 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes 20014 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes i 20003 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 20004 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 8 20001 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes 8 52 0002 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No 2 0007 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes 4 2 0008 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 Yes OOOoo0g0dvmoOoWMoO OOO 0 0 0 0 0 4 0005 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Jan 2010 No Show fis rows per page 4 lt Displaying page 1 of 2 gt Each revision in the list is displayed with its name a description of what changed in the revision the name of
213. n or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document to the requirement you need to first click the Add New link to display the new attachment dialog box LA Add New Document Add New Document Type File Screensho File L Screensho Type Filename ii Screenshot Description Description Document Type Functonal Specification Document Type Functions Specification Document Folder Rost Forter r Document Folder zoot Forger Tags Tags Description Document Type Functional Specification Document Folder Root Fower L Tags There are three different types of item that can be attached to a requirement gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link
214. n the folder structure and a detailed description Clicking on the hyperlinks in right hand box will jump you to the test case details screen for the test case in question see section 5 2 9 To change the coverage for this requirement you use the buttons Add Remove Remove All positioned between the two list boxes The lt Add gt button will move the selected test cases from the list of available on the left to the list of mapped on the right Similarly the lt Remove gt and lt Remove All gt buttons will remove either the selected or all the test cases from the right list box and add them back to the left list box Finally as a shortcut you can click the Create Test Case from This Requirement link to create a new test case in the list of covered test cases that will be automatically linked to this requirement This is useful when you have created a new requirement and want to generate an initial covering test to be fleshed out later 4 2 2 Tasks In this mode the right pane displays the list of project tasks that need to be completed for the requirement to be satisfied Test Coverage Custom Props History Associations Show hide columns h v U TaskName AY Progress Status AY Priority AY Owner AY Release AY ee Zc Z Develop new book entry screen ME Completed 1 Critical Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0001 TK000001 Z Create book object insert method MEMME Completed ea Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0001 TK000002 Ea
215. nal description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the test case To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box Add Existing Document Add Existing Document Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Documents O Source Code Documents Source Code n gt EditExistingBook ne Expected Result Screensh Design E 2 Document Filename1 doc 3 Misc Documents F 5 L Web Page capture htm
216. navigation pane contains the list of test cases and test steps for the currently executing test case You can click on the various links to move between the test cases and or test steps In addition each test case and test step has a colored square next to the name that indicates its status green Passed yellow Blocked orange Caution red Failed gray Not Run in the current test run If any of the steps are marked as Failed Blocked or Caution then the overall test case is marked with that status if all the test steps passed then the overall test case is marked as Passed any other case results in the test case being marked as Not Run The main pane displays the details of the test case together with the current test step As the tester you would read the name and description of the test case then read the description of the test step carry out the instructions on the system you are testing and then compare the results with those listed as expected As described below depending on how the actual system responds you will use the buttons on the page to record what actually happened Below the main pane there are two optional sections The first one allows you to log an incident in the system associated with the test step For failures this will typically be used to log a bug relating to the failure However even if you pass a step you can still log an incident which may be u
217. ncident Turnaround Time 12 Hone 4 Low 3 Medium 2 High 1 Critical O F 8 14 75 21 22 28 29 35 36 42 43 49 50 56 57 63 64 70 71 77 78 64 84 90 gt 90 gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG This report can be filtered by the type of incident so for example you can see the turnaround time of just bugs or just issues for the project in question Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 4 Task Velocity Chart The Task Velocity graph shows the total estimated and actual effort delivered in each project release and or iteration Graph Name Task Velocity Filter 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 Task Velocity 79 E Actual Velocity MB Expected Velocity 1 1 0 0 0004 1 1 0 0 0002 1 1 0 0 0003 isplay Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG The y axis of the graph displays the total estimated and actual effort delivered and the x axis can be configured to display three different levels of granularity gt All Releases This shows the total estimated and actual effort for each of the releases in the project gt Specific Release This shows the
218. ned the same owner This allows you to more easily associate entire folders to test cases to be executed by a specific user 5 1 1 Insert Hovering over the lt Insert gt button brings up a secondary menu that allows you to choose whether to insert a test case or a test folder if you just click Insert it defaults to inserting a test case In either case it will insert the new test folder test case above the currently selected item i e the one whose check box has been selected at the same level in the hierarchy If you want to insert a new test case or test folder inside an existing folder use the Insert gt Child Test Case or Insert gt Sub Folder option instead If you insert a new test folder test case without first selected an existing item from the list the new test case will simply be inserted at the end of the list Once the new test folder test case has been inserted the item is switched to Edit mode so that you can rename the default name and choose an owner and or author Note that all new test cases are initially set with an execution status of Not Run 5 1 2 Indent Outdent Clicking on the lt Indent gt button indents all the test folders test cases whose check boxes have been selected You cannot indent a test case or folder if it is below a test case as test cases are not allowed to have child items Clicking on the lt Outdent gt button de indents all the test folders test cases whose check bo
219. ng author 2 High RL2 RL3 RL4 RLS RL19 RLG TX2 TC6 Ability to reassign book to different author 2 High RL2 RL3 RL4 RLS RLG TX2 TX5 Tc7 Regression Tests TC8 Book management 2 High RL2 RL3 RL4 RLS TX2 TX3 TX4 TC9 Author management 2 High RL2 RL3 RL4 RLS RLG TX2 TX3 TX4 TC10 Scenario Tests TC11 Exception Scenario Tests 3 Medium TC12 Person loses book and needs to report loss 3 Medium RL4 RLS RLG TC13 Adding new book and author to library 3 Medium RL4 RL5 RLG TC15 Common Tests TC16 Open Up Web Browser TC17 Login to Application TC18 New Test Case Ability to add new books to the system TC19 New Test Case Ability to edit existing books in the system TC20 New Test Case Ability to delete existing books in the system 11 4 Incident Reports 11 4 1 Incident Summary Report This report displays all of the incidents tracked for the current project The incident s details are displayed ina summary list form Incident Summary Report This report displays all of the incidents tracked for the current project The incident s details are displayed in a summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Inc Name Description Resolution Type Status Priority Severity Detected By Owned By Detected On Last Modified Closed On Detected Release Resolved Release When trying
220. nt To quickly add a series of test cases to a Release Test Set or Requirement all you need to do is select the check boxes of the appropriate test cases and then click Tools gt Add to Release Test Set Requirement This will then bring up a dialog box displaying either a list of available releases test sets or requirements depending on which option was chosen Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out Library information System aa My Page Project Home Planning Testing spiraTest Test Cases Test Sets Role Manager GP inset 3 Delete g gt indent lt Outdent Refresh Tools gt Execute Show hide columns Y Clear Fitters Display data for 1 0 1 0 Library System Release 1 SP1 Displaying 7 out of 7 test case s for this release amp Functional Tests 5 2003 Fred Bloggs 2003 Fred Bloggs 2003 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs z Ability to create new book E Ability to edit existing book 8 Ability to create new author 5 Ability to edit existing author TC000003 TC000004 TC000005 Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Release 1 1 pet 2003 Regression Testing for Windows Vista Dec 2003 2 Ability to reassign book to different author Testing New Functionality amp Regression Tests 2 E Book management E Author management amp Common Tests 0 b Regression Testing for Windows XP Dec 2003 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs
221. nt Folder pss Foxes 7 Document Folder pest Forter Tags Tags Description J Document Type Functional Specificat Document Folder Root Folter Tags There are three different types of item that can be attached to a test set gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you
222. nts tasks and incidents planned for each iteration in your project Based on the principles of the Scrum and Kanban methodologies the Planning Board lets you see each task requirement or task as a virtual card that is grouped by the iteration its been spiraTeam scheduled for My Page Project Home Planning Board Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System Y Testing Tracking Reporting Displaying the iteration plan for the selected release 7 Include Tasks Include Incidents Selected Release 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 Srazo Owner Estimated Effort Projected Effort Ability to add new subjects to the system Ability to edit existi D heraa Owner Joe P Smith Estimated Effort 3 0h Projected Effort 15 0h ng subjects in the system Ability to integrate with other systems Owner Estimated Effort Projected Effort Hmo Ability to remember passwords Owner Estmated Effort Projected Effort Em FETA SING Owner Estimated Effort Projected Effort Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Owner Estimated Effort Projected Effort The book listing screen doesn t sort Help Role Manager Y D O 8 ms l RQ17 6 fana n 2 ms Ams Ability to link authors to their contact information Develop new subject entry screen Create subject object insert method Write sub
223. o Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 I Sampie Application One EE 30 Mar 2004 176 0h 0 3h No E iteration 001 1 0 1 0 0001 Nd 20 Mar 2004 80 0h iteration 002 1 0 1 0 0002 Na 24 Mar 2004 48 0h Av vy mi RL000001 gt Edit RL000002 gt RLO00011 gt Edit gt Export Cancel E iteration 003 D Library System Release 1 SP2 g lieration 001 E iteration 002 E iteration 003 9 Iteration 001 iteration 002 5 iteration 003 D Library System Release 1 1 Library System Release 2005 1 0 1 0 0003 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0001 1 0 2 0 0002 1 0 2 0 0003 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0002 1 0 0 0 0003 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Na 1 Apr 2004 1 Apr 2004 11 Apr 2004 21 Apr 2004 1 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 93 Mar 2004 15 Oct 2004 1 Apr 2005 30 Mar 2004 30 Apr 2004 10 Apr 2004 20 Apr 2004 30 Apr 2004 4 Mar 2004 8 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 27 Oct 2004 2 Apr 2005 64 0h 352 0h 112 0h 112 0h 128 0h 96 0h 24 0h 72 0h 168 0h 16 0h RLOOOO13 gt Edit RLO00003 gt Edit RL000014 Edit RLOOOO15 RL000016 gt Edi RL000008 RL000009 gt Edi RL000010 gt Edit RL000004 Edit RL000006 Show 15 rows per page 4 Displaying page 1 hofi Once you have chosen the destination project and clicked the lt Export gt button the releases iterations will be exported from the current project to the destination project Any file attachments will also be copied to the destination project along with the
224. o show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 4 1 10 Copying Requirements To copy a requirement or set of requirements simply select the check boxes of the requirements you want to copy and then select the Edit gt Copy menu option This will copy the current requirements selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the requirements to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The requirements will now be copied into the destination location you specified The name of the copied requirements will be prefixed with Copy of to distinguish them from the originals Note that copied requirements will also include the test coverage information from the originals 4 1 11 Moving Requirements To move a requirement in the requirements hierarchy there are two options 1 Click on the icon the requirement you want to move and then drag the icon to the location you want it moved The border between the destination requirements will change as the icon is dragged over it to illustrate where it will be inserted
225. object delete me Write author object delete que Z Develop edit subject details s Z Create subject object update m Z Write subject object update qu E Ability to edit existing book gt Execute Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information Library Information My Assigned Test Sets Name Project Status E Regression Testing for Windows XP 4 Library Information Completed gt Execute E Exploratory Testing 2 gt Execute E Testing New Functionality 4 gt Execute Library Information Wa Deferred Library Information 10 Feb 2007 In Progress My Pending Test Runs Name Project Last Updated Note that once you have successfully logged in and chosen a project SpiraTeam remembers this selection and on subsequent log ins will automatically select that project and highlight it for you in the My Projects list see 3 2 1 below Your homepage contains all the information relevant to you consolidated onto a single page for you to take immediate action By default the page lists the information for all projects that you are a member of However you can choose to filter by the current project to get a more focused list Next to some of the widgets is an RSS icon BS this allows you to subscribe to the information as a Re
226. of a program or project from its inception Too often though QA is implemented as Quality Control whereby testing that the required functionality works as expected is performed at the end when it is most costly to make corrections and changes To manage QA across a project from day one it is imperative that the original requirements are documented together with the use cases that validate the desired functionality These use cases then form the basis of the test scripts that can be executed to validate that the functionality has been correctly built and that the requirements have been satisfied During the execution of these test scripts failures may occur which are recorded as incidents either to be fixed or documented depending on the severity Typically these activities require people to use at least three different types of software gt Requirements Management gt Test Script Management gt Defect Issue Bug Tracking However this stove piped approach has many limitations and drawbacks most importantly the fact that there is no traceability between the different artifacts How can the project manager know that all the requirements have been tested Conversely how can the developer know which test script was responsible for a recorded bug needed to accurately reproduce the issue 1 2 Project Management As described in the Agile Manifesto traditional waterfall software methodologies and lifecycles
227. ogress for the parent release as well as each of the child iterations separately Release Task Progress vi Release Iteration st Proj Task Progress 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 18 95 8h E 4 0 0 0 0004 Iteration 001 1 32 0h E 1 0 0 0 0002 Iteration 002 1 32 0h E 1 0 0 0 0003 Iteration 003 a 31 8h 3 4 11 Late Finishing Tasks This section displays the list of any project tasks that have not yet been completed but whose scheduled end date has already elapsed A graphical progress bar is included with each task in the grid so that you can easily see which tasks are nearest completion 3 4 12 Late Starting Tasks This section displays the list of any project tasks that have not yet started but whose scheduled start date has already elapsed Each task is listed along with its owner priority and due date so that you quickly ascertain how many days late it will be starting how important it is to the project and who needs to be contacted to get more information 3 4 13 Requirements Regression Coverage This section consists of a bar graph that displays the aggregated count of requirements test coverage for the project in a similar fashion to the Requirements Coverage widget Requirements Regression Coverage View Details g Fassed Failed Blocked Caution Not Run Not Covered However unlike the Requirements Coverage widget when you filter the project home by release iteration this wi
228. om part of the right pane contains related information about the test step The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the test step list as well as a list of the peer test steps to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer test steps by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the test step list page You can also switch between seeing the list of test steps with the current filter applier or simply unfiltered The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular test step You can edit the various fields description expected result and sample data and once you are satisfied with them simply click the lt Save gt button just below the fields to commit the changes If you want to add a new test step to the test case you should click lt Save and News gt instead The lower part of the right pane can be switched between four different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Incident Associations mode but it can be switched to Custom Properties Attachments and History modes if so desired Each of the views is described separately below 5 3 1 Incident Associations In this mode the main pane displays a list of any incidents that are associated with this test step They can either be linked indirectly due to being
229. ome browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 12 Source Code This section outlines the source code integration features of SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam that can be used to browse the source code repository associated with a particular project and link artifacts in SpiraTeam to revisions commits made in the source code repository This functionality allows project members to quickly view files in the repository through a convenient web interface and also to see the end to end traceability from requirements tasks and incidents to the code changes that addressed the requirement fulfilled the task or resolved the incident The software can be integrated with a variety of different version control Software Configuration Management SCM systems by means of different plug ins This section will outline the general features irrespective of the type of version control provider being used For details on using a specific provider e g Subversion please refer to the separate SpiraPlan Team Version Control Integration Guide This section also assumes that an administrator has already configured the project to be integrated with the version control provider The steps for using the administrative interface are described in the separate SpiraTeam Administration Guide 12 1 Source Code File List When you click on the Tracking gt Source Code link on the global navigation bar you will initially b
230. on This shows the increase in work for each working day in the date range covered by the selected iteration Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 6 Task Burndown Chart The Task Burndown graph shows the remaining work that needs to be done for each release iteration in the project with separate lines for the estimated remaining and completed effort Graph Name Task Burndown 7 Filter 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 Task Burndowmn 95 ideal Effort Estimated Effort Remaining Effort Completed Effort 0 1 1 0 0 0001 1 1 0 0 0002 gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMF PNG The y axis of the graph displays the total remaining work that needs to be done broken down by effort estimated remaining and completed with a red line indicating the ideal burndown The x axis can be configured to display two different levels of granularity gt Specific Release This shows the total remaining work that needs to be done for each of the iterations in the selected release gt Specific Iteration This shows the total remaining work that needs to be done for each working day
231. on User taken to first screen in Cl Passed C Failed wizard El Blocked C Caution User taken to next screen in m Cl Passed C Failed Macbeth William Shakespeare wizard p Cl Blocked C Caution User sees screen displaying oiv Traged Cl Passed C Failed all entered information De RR C Blocked C Caution Confirmation screen is Cl Passed C Failed displayed ClBlocked C Caution User logs in to application User clicks link to create book User enters books name and author then clicks Next User chooses book s genre and sub genre from list User clicks submit button File Attachments Filename Description Author Date Uploaded Sequence Diagram for Book Mat pdf Sequence diagram in UML format that provides additional detail surrounding the book managament use case test case Fred Bloggs 03 May 2006 11 3 6 Test Run Summary Report This report displays all of the test runs defined for the current project The test run s details and execution status are displayed in a summary grid form Test Run Summary Report This report displays all of the test runs defined for the current project in date order most recent first The test run s details and execution status are displayed in a summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Test Run Name Test Case Release Test Set Type Tester Est Duration Actual Dura
232. ons To copy a release iteration or set of releases iterations simply select the check boxes of the release iteration you want to copy and then select the Edit gt Copy menu option This will copy the current release iteration selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the releases iterations to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The releases iterations will now be copied into the destination location you specified The name of the copied releases iterations will be prefixed with Copy of to distinguish them from the originals Note that copied releases iterations will also include the test mapping information from the originals 7 1 11 Moving Releases Iterations To move a release iteration in the hierarchy there are two options 1 Click on the icon the release iteration you want to move and then drag the icon to the location you want it moved The border between the destination releases iterations will change as the icon is dragged over it to illustrate where it will be inserted Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System spiraTeam i My Page Project Home Planning Tracking Reporting Requirements Releases Iterations Role Project Owner Gp insert 3 Delete g gt indent lt p Outdent Show Level v Refresh copy Gl Export Show hide columns v Y Clear Filters v Release Name Version
233. ops Attachments To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button Existing comments are displayed in order underneath the textbox in date order To add a new comment simply enter it into the textbox and click the Save button 5 8 4 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for test sets To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Test Runs ustom Props Attachments The following are the custom properties of this artifact Be Operating System Windows 7 Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the test set These can be either freetext or drop down lists If you want any of the custom list properties to prepopulate the corresponding value of the test run e g you want all test runs to be marked with Operating System Windows XP make sure that both the test set and the test run are configured to use the same custom list 5 8 5 Attachments In this mode the main pane displays the list of documents that have been attached to the test set The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain Known types Test Runs Custom Props Edited On AV Py Fred Bloggs 19 Dec 2011 Fred
234. ormation Limitation Name Project Test Training Item Library Information Training Critical Not Covered Requiremen Library Information System W Editing the date on a book is clunky Library Information Bug E Failed Active Test Cases Library Information System H Test Training Item Library Information Training W New Unassigned Incidents Library Information System W Test Change Request Library Information Change Request W All Reopened Incidents Library Information System W Ability to import data from excel Library Information Enhancement Z High Priority Late Tasks Library Information System E Test System Limitation Library Information Limitation Not Executed Test Sets Library Information System W Sample Risk 3 Library Information Risk A Name Project Type Date Opened Ability to create different editions Library Information W Cannot log into the application Library Information Incident 1 Nov 2003 Ability to link authors to their contact Library Information E Clicking on link throws fatal error Library Information Incident 1 Nov 2003 Ability to edit existing authors in the Library Information W Cannot install system on Windows ME Library Information Issue 1 Dec 2003 Ability to delete existing authors in th Library Information W Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Library Information Bug 2 Nov 2003 Ability to create new users in the syste Library Information W Abi
235. orporation locations to log out inflectra You have two choices you can either click the Log Out link and try logging in as a different user or if you want to log off any other active sessions e g you closed the browser and the session is still listed as active simply click the Sign Off The Other Locations link and you will be logged in to the application Since SpiralTeam is licensed to organizations for a specific number of concurrent users unless they have purchased an unlimited Enterprise license only a fixed number of users may be active at the same time So for example if an organization has a five 5 concurrent user license and a sixth user tries to log in they will be presented with the following screen Welcome to spirafeam we Change License Details Return to Login page Version v2 0 1 Copyright C 2006 2008 Inflectra Corporation inflectra This means that one of the other users who is already logged in needs to click the Log Out button so that one of the concurrent licenses is freed for your use If the user has logged out by closing the browser the system may not have detected the logout In this case the other user needs to log back in and then click the Log Out link 3 2 My Page Once you have successfully logged in you will initially be taken to your personalized home page called My Page Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log
236. ors Ability to associate books with different editions Ability to completely erase all books stored in the system with one click Edition Management Ability to create different editions 11 3 Test Case Reports 11 3 1 Test Case Summary Report This report displays all of the test cases defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test case list The test case s details and execution status are displayed in a summary grid form with the test steps optionally displayed Owner Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Start Date 01 Mar 2004 01 Mar 2004 01 Mar 2004 03 Mar 2004 03 Mar 2004 03 Mar 2004 End Date Release Complete Plan Effort 02 Mar 2004 02 Mar 2004 02 Mar 2006 04 Mar 2004 04 Mar 2004 04 Mar 2004 Importance 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical 1 Critical Status In Progress In Progress Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed In Progress In Progress 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 Release 145 hours 0 mins 145 hours 0 mins 90 hours 0 mins 15 hours 0 mins 15 hours 0 mins 14 hours 0 mins Est Effort 190 hours 0 mins 190 hours 0 mins 96 hours 0 mins
237. ory In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 5 8 6 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the test set artifact since its creation The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 5 9 Automation Host List This section outlines how to use the Automation Host Management features of SpiraTeam to manage the different host systems that will be running automated tests in your environment Typically when scheduling automated tests you will want to execute the same tests on multiple computers running different environments SpiraTeam allows you to build a master list of automation hosts in each project which can be used to schedule test sets containing automated test cases against Please refer to the Test Set section of this manual for more information on managing and scheduling test sets When you click on the Testing gt Automation Hosts global navigation link you will initially be taken to the automa
238. ot SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 5 10 4 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the automation host artifact since its creation The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 6 Incident Tracking This section outlines how the incident defect tracking features of SpiraTeam can be used to manage key project artifacts during the software development lifecycle In addition to managing the defects raised during the execution of test cases in the test management module the Incident Tracker is also a powerful risk issue bug tracking system in its own right When coupled with the project dashboard see section 3 4 it is a powerful tool for representing all the key risks and issues associated with a project in a single graphical format Unlike a standalone bug issue tracking tool however you can trace the incidents defects back to the test c
239. ou will automatically be taken to the first test step in the next test case or if it is the last test case being executed the lt Finish gt button will be displayed instead In addition to logging the failure you can optionally choose to have the failure automatically result in the creation of a new incident This is achieved by clicking on the Incident tab and entering a name type priority severity and any custom properties for the new incident before clicking the lt Fail Caution Blocked gt button Actual Result Please enter the actual test result if it differs then click the appropriate button E The screen displays a 404 error message page EEE Attachments Please enter the following information to log an incident with this test step Name Cannot login to the web page correctly Also enter the following custom properties for this new incident Operating System Windows Vista v The other information needed for the new incident is automatically populated from the test step details The newly created incident will also be linked to the test step allowing traceability from within the incidents module The functionality for managing incidents is described in more detail in section 6 If you need to attach documents to the test run e g screenshots of the error message you just need to select the Attachments tab and then choose the option to upload the necessary documents attach the appropriate URLs or paste in the
240. ounding the book managament use case test case T Version 1 1 Sequence diagram in UML format that provides additional 30 KB Fred Bloggs 5 May 2006 gt Make Active Delete detail surrounding the book managament use case test case Version 1 0 Sequence diagram in UML format that provides additional 28 KB Joe P Smith 3 May 2006 gt Make Active Delete version 1 V g p y MaKe Active Velete detail surrounding the book managament use case test case Upload New Version Filename Description Version Make this the active version On this page you have the option to delete an existing version make a different version the active one the one that users see when they view the document list and click on the link and upload a new revision If you upload a new version you need to provide a description of the changes made a new version number and whether the new version should be made the active one Note If the original document was a file instead of a URL then all revisions will need to be files similarly if the original document was a URL all revisions will need to be URLs 10 2 2 Edit Document Associations This view displays a list of the artifacts in the current project that are associated with the current document If you originally uploaded the document as an attachment to a requirement test case etc then an initial association will be already listed otherwise it will be empty Versions 1 Dec 2003
241. p Screen Captures yi Tin ocument Filename 10 pp Document Filename11 htm 3 Documentation Specifications a Error L Screen sh Bp Fil 2x Test Results ror ogging in creen sm rs Trainin ocument nenamezs xis G Test Scripts ae _ OTSESEST i gt Add Cancel Comment This is a related document gt Add Cancel You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 4 2 6 History In this mode the main pane displays the list of changes that have been performed on the requirement artifact since its creation An example requirement change history is depicted below 7 2 May 2006 Status In Progress Completed Fred Bloggs Modified 4 Mar 2005 Status Requested In Progress Joe P Smith Modified Show rows per page mi lt Displaying page i a of 1 gt gt The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click
242. pane displays different information associated with the task The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the task list as well as a list of the other related tasks nested under their parent requirement This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the peer requirements or tasks by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the requirements or tasks list pages The navigation list can be switched between three different modes e The list of tasks matching the current filter e The list of all tasks irrespective of the current filter grouped by their parent requirement e The list of tasks assigned to the current user The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular task You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt or lt Save and New gt bution at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt or print it by clicking lt Print gt Using the lt Email gt button on the toolbar you can send an email containing details of the task to an email address or another user on the system Email this artifact to Project User Fred Bloggs Select a user in the project to send to Email Addresses list of email add
243. parent requirement in being associated with the new iteration The tasks that have already started will remain associated to the old iteration Note Once a task has changed status from not started to any of the other statuses its checkbox will be disabled and you will need to return it to the not started status before attempting to reassign it This is a safety feature that prevents you from accidentally rescheduling a task that is currently being worked on 7 3 3 Task Assignment Rules When you move a task from one iteration to another or assign a new task to the iteration the system makes the following changes to the task automatically gt The release iteration that the task is assigned to is updated gt The start date and end date of the task is changed to match that of the iteration if the dates lie outside the bounds of the iteration This means that the task may change from being on schedule to late starting depending on whether the iteration is already in progress 7 3 4 Editing the Requirement Task Incident List As well as being able to schedule the requirements incidents and tasks with the various iterations in the upper portion of the screen the incident and requirement task lists displayed on the bottom half of the screen include the same editing functions found in the Requirements Task and Incident List pages 7 4 Planning Board The SpiraTeam Planning Board is a great way to visualize the requireme
244. per page i lt Displaying page i a of 1 gt gt The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 5 3 Test Step Details When you click on one of the hyperlinks next to a test step in the test step list see above you will be taken to the test step details screen illustrated below Welcome System Administrator Lbrary Information System Y My Profile Administration Log Out Searcn D Help spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Step Details Test Sets Test Runs Automation Hosts Role Project Owner lt lt BacktoTon Stptin One fone aie See Display Test Step 3 TS 000003 Test Case 1000002 2 T Vaasi s enn 4 Step 2 TS000002 User enters books name and author then clicks Next step 3 7000003 step 4 T5000004 step 5 7S000005 taken to next screen in E Macbeth William Sha William a Sample Data This page is made up of three areas the left pane is the navigation window the upper part of the right pane contains the test step detailed information itself and the bott
245. piraTeam My Page Project Home Incidents Tasks GP New Incident 3 Delete Refresh hyCopy Export Displaying 1 14 out of 14 incident s for this project W cannot add a new book to the system Bug 2 Database not backing up correctly Bug Cannot add a new book to the system validation on the edit book page Bug Session handling Bug E the homepage hangs whilst loading Bug Quote handling issues throughout Bug x Editing the date on a book is clunky Bug x The book listing screen doesn t sort Bug 2 Editing the date on an author is clunky Bug W The tables get cutoff on low res modes Bug E Permissions not updating when changed E Doesn t let me add a new category Bug Show rows per page amp amp 0000o oaoo oa oO oooo Planning Testing Show hide columns Y Filter Tracking Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Reporting Help Role Project Owner Few eam ca a E d m Duplicate Open Resolved Closed Not Reproducible Resolved Assigned Open Assigned Closed Closed Resolved Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith 15 Nov 2003 2 Nov 2003 ersen Vy 202003 JoePSmth Y P Smith v Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs 4 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 4 Nov 2003 2 Nov 2003 4 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003
246. pped test cases test runs executed incidents resolved attached documents scheduled tasks and the change history 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 This version adds additional reporting functionality to the 1 0 version 1 1 0 0 Fred Bloggs Start Date 15 Oct 2004 End Date 27 Oct 2004 Resources 3 Non Working Days 6 Notes Operating System Version Creator Requirements Added Req Name RQ1 Functional System Requirements RQ2 Online Library Management System RQ3 Book Management RQ7 RQB RQ9 RQ13 RQ17 Author Management Mapped Test Cases Name Ability to create new author Ability to create new book Ability to edit existing author 11 6 3 Release Plan Report This report displays a complete work breakdown structure of the project from a release perspective Ability to associate books with different subjects Ability to associate books with different authors Ability to associate books with different editions Ability to link authors to their contact information Active Creation Date Planned Effort Available Effort Task Est Effort Actual Effort Y 15 Oct 2004 168 hours 0 mins 82 hours 0 mins 86 hours 0 mins 85 hours 40 mins Status Failed Failed Blocked Status In Progress In Progress Completed Completed Completed Completed In Progress Requested Last Execution Date 01 Dec 2003 04 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 including all releases iterations requirements tas
247. pr 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000012 or Management Screen Wi ve Screen Layout Fred Bloggs 2 Apr 2006 Joe P Smith DC000008 BB Book Management Screen Wireframe ai Screen Layout Fred Bloggs 1 Apr 2006 Joe P Smith DC000011 Show 15 rows per page 4 lt 4 Displaying page 1 Sof 1 gt gt a aa DOOK management error functfonal specification libraries CE CATT PETG OREN aA Sagem bo stack trace testi ng user interface wireframe This screen consists of three main sections gt The top left hand pane displays a hierarchical list of the various folders that have been setup for the current project Clicking on the expand icon will expand the child folders and clicking on the name of the folder will display the list of documents in the folder in the main pane to the right gt The main right hand pane displays a list of all the documents contained within the currently selected folder This list can be filtered and sorted and you can choose how many rows of documents to display on the page at one time gt The bottom left hand pane contains the Tag Cloud This is a list of all the tag names associated with documents in the project The size of the font is proportional to the number of documents associated with the tag Clicking on a tag name will automatically filter the list of documents to find items that contain the selected tag The main toolbar contains icons for all the operations that can be performed on the document list
248. project owner has defined for requirements To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the requirement These can be either freetext or drop down lists In the example below you can enter a URL difficulty and or Requirement Type Test Coverage The following are the custom properties of this artifact URL http www libraries org Difficulty Moderate Requirement Type Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click the main Save or Save and New to commit the changes 4 2 5 Attachments In this mode the main pane displays the list of documents screenshots or web links URLs that have been attached to the requirement The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain known types Test Coverage SizeAY Edited By AY Edited On AV Author AY ID AV oc _ W Book Management Functional Spec doc Functional Specification 285 KB Joe P Smith 30 May 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000001 T Gravhical Desian Mockups psd Screen Layout 1009 KB Joe P Smith 1 May 2006 Joe P Smith DC000013 http wwwinflectra com Functional Specification 0KB Fred Bloggs 1 May 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000015 T Book Management Screen Wireframe ai Screen Layout 392 KB Fred Blo
249. quirement Details 40 11 9 Date Range Graphs 158 5 Test Case Management 48 12 Source Code 161 5 1 Test Case List 48 12 1 Source Code File List 161 5 2 Test Case Details 55 12 2 Source Code File Details 162 5 3 Test Step Details 66 12 3 Source Code Revision List 163 5 4 Execute Test Case s 70 12 4 Source Code Revision Details 164 5 5 Test Run List 73 5 6 Test Run Details 75 5 7 Test Set List 79 5 8 Test Set Details 82 5 9 Automation Host List 88 1 Introduction Spiraleam is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management ALM system that manages your project s requirements releases test cases issues and tasks in one unified environment SpiraTeam contains all of the features provided by SpiraTest our highly acclaimed quality assurance system and SpiraPlan our agile enabled project management solution With integrated customizable dashboards of key project information SpiraTeam allows you to take control of your entire project lifecycle and synchronize the hitherto separate worlds of development and testing This user manual outlines the features and functionality available in SpiralTeam and demonstrates how to use the application for managing the quality assurance and project management processes on a typical project 1 1 Quality Assurance Quality Assurance is a key component of the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC which needs to be integrated into the planning and management
250. quirements all you need to do is select the check boxes of the appropriate requirements and then click Tools gt Create Test Cases This will then create new test cases based on the selected requirements 4 1 14 Creating a Test Set from Requirements To quickly create a new test set from a group of requirements all you need to do is select the check boxes of the appropriate requirements and then click Tools gt Create Test Set This will then create new test set containing the test cases that are already mapped to the selected requirement s 4 1 15 Printing Items To quickly print a single requirement or list of requirements you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 4 1 16 Right Click Context Menu Spiraleam provides a shortcut called the context menu for accessing some of the most commonly used functions so that you don t need to move your mouse up to the toolbar each time To access the context menu right click on any of the rows in the requirements list and the following menu will be displayed Completed 1 0 0 0 0001 Moderate Completed 1 0 0 0 0001 Completed 1 0 0 0 0002 Completed 1 1 0 0 0001 Completed 1 1 0 0 0001 Completed 1 1 0 0 0002 Completed 1 2 0 0 J Ability to add new books to the system M Ability to edit existing books in the system Open item re Ability to delete existing
251. r object update method 5 0h Create edition object insert method C 4 Write author object update queries 3 0h O 4 Write edition object insert queries If you schedule a requirement for a specific iteration all the child tasks that have not yet been started will follow the parent requirement in being associated with the iteration Note The system will allow you to assign more tasks incidents to an iteration than is possible to complete however this will result in a negative value for available effort If this happens the Available Effort value will be displayed in red and you need to rebalance the items extend the iteration length or add project personnel resources to the iteration 7 3 2 Rescheduling Requirements Tasks Incidents To move planned items from one iteration to another you either position the mouse pointer over a single item s icon dragging it to the desired new iteration or you select several checkboxes in the existing iteration and then drag all the selected items to the destination iteration in one go To remove a requirement task incident from an iteration you should just drag and drop it from the iteration panel back to the requirement task incident task list at the bottom of the page This will return the item to the list of unplanned items at the bottom of the page If you reschedule a requirement to a new iteration all the child tasks that have not yet been started will follow the
252. raph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 7 6 Test Set Summary Graph The test set summary graph shows how many test set are currently in a project The number of test sets is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the test set information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed Xi Group By Test Set Summary Graph BB Joe P Smith MB Fred Blog 0 Completed Deferred In Progress Mot Started gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the test set status and the individual bars are grouped by the name of the tester owner Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 Snapshot G
253. raphs 11 8 1 Requirements Coverage Graph The requirements coverage graph shows how many requirements are currently in a project according to their test coverage status Graph Name Requirements Cove Y Filter _All Releases Requirements Coverage Low Medium Hig 1 Critical Passed Failed Blocked Caution Hot Run Hot Covered gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG The x axis of the report represents the various test execution statuses that a requirement can have as its coverage status plus the Not Covered status and the individual bars are grouped by the requirements importance Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph You can also filter the graph to just display data for a specific release iteration as well as for the project as a whole In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 2 Incident Aging Graph The incident aging chart displays the number of days incidents have been left open in the system The chart is organized as a stacked histogram with the count of inciden
254. rate an initial placeholder requirement to be fleshed out later 5 2 3 Automation The Automation tab displays any automated test scripts associated with the current test case There are three types of automated test e Attached this is when Spiraleam physically stores the test script as an attachment in the system This is only available for test automation tools that store their test scripts as plain text files Examples of such tools are Selenium RC and Squish e Linked this is when SpiraTeam stores the location of the test script stored on the automation host itself or on an external network drive Repository This is a special option only available when using Rapise the test automation system from Inflectra This allows you to store an entire folder of automated test script files in Spiraleam and have them linked to the test case The screenshot below illustrates a sample Rapise automated test script attached to a test case Test Steps Req Coverage Comments Custom Props Test Runs Attachments History This section defines the automated test script associated with this test case Automation Engine Rapise v Script Type Attached Linked Repository Filename R CreateNewBook CreateNewBook sstest Document Type Document Folder Version gt Edit Parameters Test Script The automation screen includes the following fields that you should populate when using SpiraTeam
255. re an enhancement has been logged in the incident tracker and now that it has been approved it needs to be converted into a formal requirement so that test cases and tasks can be generated from it To aid this process there is a shortcut that allows you to create new requirement from selected incidents and have it be automatically added to the requirements list When that is performed an association is automatically added that links this new requirement to the original incident To activate this feature select the checkboxes of the incidents you want to convert and then click Tools gt Convert Into Requirements 6 1 10 Printing Items To quickly print a single incident or list of incidents you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 6 2 Incident Details When you click on an incident item in the incident list or click the lt New Incident gt button as described in section 6 1 you are taken to the incident details page illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting amr spiraTeam we Incidents gt Incident Details Tasks Resources Source Code Caer ae E Save hCopy Refresh Delete IN gt Find ZiPrint Email Subscribe gt Resolve Incident Incident Name Cannot add a new book to the system
256. reate a new project this list will initially be empty and you will have to use the lt Insert gt button to start adding test sets to the system Each test set is listed along with the number of test cases contained in parenthesis the aggregate execution status of the contained test cases using a graphical bar chart the date that the test set has been scheduled to be executed planned date the date that it was last executed the person currently assigned to execute the test set the status and the test set id Clicking on a test set s hyperlink will take you to the test set details page for the item in question 5 7 1 Insert Hovering over the lt Insert gt button brings up a secondary menu that allows you to choose whether to insert a test set or a test set folder if you just click Insert it defaults to inserting a test set In either case it will insert the new folder test set above the currently selected item i e the one whose check box has been selected at the same level in the hierarchy If you want to insert a new test set or sub folder inside an existing folder use the Insert gt Child Test Set or Insert gt Sub Folder option instead If you insert a new folder test set without first selected an existing item from the list the new test set will simply be inserted at the end of the list 5 7 2 Indent Outdent Clicking on the lt Indent gt button indents all the test folders test sets whose check boxes have bee
257. red Bloggs Requirement RQ000004 gt Remove 25 May 2010 Cannot add a new book to the system Joe P Smith Incident IN000007 gt Remove 6 May 2005 X Create book object insert method Fred Bloggs Take a look at this document and see if it clarifi_ Task TKO000002 gt Remove Add New Association Please choose the artifact that you want to add an association to Artifact Type Artati Comment In addition you can use the Add New Association section to add a new association from the current source code file to an existing artifact in SpiraTeam To add the association you just need to select the type of artifact being associated requirement test case incident etc and the numeric ID of the artifact For example to add an association to Requirement RQ00005 you would choose Artifact Type Requirement and Artifact ID 5 12 3 Source Code Revision List If you click on the View Revision Log hyperlink on the main Source Code page it will take you to the Revision List page that displays all the revisions made to the project in a sortable filterable list Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Help spiraTteam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Incidents Tasks Resources Source Code gt Revisions Role Project Owner lt lt Back to Source Code Repository rev0011 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this version to fix th 18 Ja
258. rent tasks to determine if the project is on schedule 2 7 Projects and Users Spiraleam supports the management of an unlimited number of users and projects which can be administered through the same web interface as the rest of the application All artifacts requirements tests and incidents are associated with a particular project and each user of the system can be given a specific role for the particular project So a power user of one software project may be merely an observer of another That way a central set of users can be managed across the enterprise whilst devolving project level administration to the manager of the project In addition to these administration functions each user profile and project has its own personalized dashboard view of all the pertinent and relevant information This feature reduces the information overload associated with managing such a rich source of project information and allows a single user or project snapshot to be viewable at all times for rapid decision making 2 8 Document Management Spiraleam includes an integrated document management collaboration system that can be used to upload manage and share documents between the different members of the project This module includes support for uploading files and URLs versioning of documents the ability to organize into folders and categorize and search using meta tags 2 9 Source Code Tracking SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam provide the abilit
259. resses separated by Message Subject Leave blank for default Send Cancel You can specify the subject line for the email and either a list of email addresses separated by semicolons or an existing project user The content of the email is specified in the System Administration Notification Templates The lower part of the right pane can be in one of five possible modes that can be selected Schedule Custom Properties Attachments History and Revision Associations Each of the different views is described separately below 8 2 1 Schedule In this mode the main pane displays the general schedule and completion status of the specific task You can enter edit the start date end date i e the due date estimated actual and remaining effort From this the system will calculate the progress percentage complete and projected final effort Comments Custom Properties Attachments Revision Associations Status Estimated Effort hours Progress SS 100 Actual Effort hours Projected Effort 3 0 hours Remaining Effort hours Start Date End Date The different effort values mean the following gt Estimated Effort This is the original estimate for how long the task would take to complete gt Actual Effort This is the current amount of effort that has been expended in completing the task This does not indicate the completion progress gt Remaining Effort This is the est
260. right box which will initially be empty contains the list of test cases mapped to this release iteration The test cases in this box include columns for their ID and name Hovering the mouse over the names of the test cases in either box will display a tooltip consisting of the test case name place in the folder structure and a detailed description Clicking on the hyperlinks in right hand box will jump you to the test case details screen for the test case in question see section 5 2 9 To change the test case mapping for this release you use the buttons Add Remove Remove All positioned between the two list boxes The lt Add gt button will move the selected test cases from the list of available on the left to the list of mapped on the right Similarly the lt Remove gt and lt Remove All gt buttons will remove either the selected or all the test cases from the right list box and add them back to the left list box Finally as a shortcut you can click the Create Test Set from This Release link to create a new test set from this release that will include all of the test cases associated with this release This is useful in regression testing when you have created a new release and want to be able to quickly assign a tester to ensure that all the functionality in the release works as expected 7 2 4 Comments The Comments tab shows the current discussion thread made on this release Incidents Regs amp Tasks Test Cases i i
261. ription and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the test run To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the Spirafeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan Spiraleam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code repository In either case you first select the appropriate folder and then pick the document s from the file list on the right In the case of a source code file association you can also add a comment 5 7 Te
262. ritical 2 High 3 None TOTAL Requested 1 Evaluated Rejected Top Open Risks View All Description Priority Owned By Date Opened Sample Risk 1 10 Dec 2003 Sample Risk 2 10 Dec 2003 mple Ri Fred Bloggs 10 Dec 2003 han eo lo N ke io amp io Test Execution Status View Details 5 Total Runs 19 o Daily Run Count Requirements Coverage View Details 9 Failed Passed Release Test Summary View Details Release Iteration 10 0 0 Library System Release 1 Release Task Progress View Details T 10 10 Library System Release 1 SP1 Release Iteration Proj Task Progress 1 02 0 Library System Release 1 SP2 10 00 Library System Release 1 Oh 58 i 1100 Library System Release 1 1 T 10 10 Library System Release 1 SP1 0 3h No Tasks D 1 110 Library System Release 1 1 SP1 0 20 Library System Release 1 SP2 No Tasks G1 2 0 0 Library System Release 2005 1 1 00 Library System Release 1 1 Oh 67 i D 1 1 10 Library System Release 1 1 SP1 0 9h No Tasks Incident Summary View Details 1 2 0 0 Library System Release 2005 10 0h Displaying for Incident Type Status 1 Critical 2 High 3 Medium 4 Low None TOTAL Task Graphs View Details 2 16 Graph Name oie New Not Reproducible Passed Failed Blocked NN WN NSN WS Incident Open Count view Details 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG Late Finishing Tasks View All Name En
263. rned in the report For the hierarchical data based reports the sort order is always the order of the hierarchy gt Report Name If you would like to save the report configuration so that you can quickly re run it at a later date you just need to enter a name for the report and indicate by selecting the checkbox or not whether you want this report to be private or shared by all members of the project Once you have selected the format elements and filters clicking the lt Create Report gt button launches the report in a new window Each of the reports is described in sections 11 2 11 6 below 11 2 Requirement Reports 11 2 1 Requirements Summary Report This report displays all of the requirements defined for the current project in the order they appear in the requirements list The requirement s details and coverage status are displayed in a summary list form gt Print Report Requirements Summary Report This report displays all of the requirements defined for the current project in the order they appear in the requirements list The requirement s details and coverage status are displayed in a summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Req Name Description Priority Status Author Owner Creation Date Test Coverage Task Progress Last Modified Release Planned Effort Task Effort Actual Effort URL 42
264. rom the reports center This allows you to store specific combinations of report elements format filters and sorts see the section on Reporting for more details on how to configure a report for reports that you need to run on a regular basis My Saved Reports Name Project v1 0 Release List Report Library Information System gt Delete 3 2 12 My Weather This fun widget is designed to allow users to make the SpiraTeam homepage more useful so that the page becomes more central in their day to day operations and therefore they are more likely to keep track of the other items reflected on the page Weather for Silver Spring MD Currently in Silver Spring MD As of 4 37 PM Tomorrow go Mostly Cloudy a SOF 30 F 49 F Wind 4mph SSE Garb Partly Sunny 50 F 30 F Feels Like 48 F Partly sunny in the morning then becoming Humidity 27 mosty cloudy Highs in the upper 40s West winds around 5 mph 3 2 13 My Subscribed Artifacts This widget displays a list of all the artifacts in the system that you have subscribed to by clicking on the Subscribe icon on the item You can display the item by simply clicking on the hyperlink In addition if changes are made to any of the artifacts an email notification will be sent to you You can click on the Unsubscribe link to remove the item from this list My Subscribed Artifacts Project Last Updated Library Information 1 Dec 2003 gt Unsubscribe Library Inform
265. row the lt Update gt and lt Cancel gt buttons are only displayed on the first row and you can make changes to all the editable rows and then update the changes by clicking the one lt Update gt button Also if you want to make the same change to multiple rows e g to change the owner of five test cases from Fred Bloggs to Joe Smith you can click on the fill icon to the right of the editable item which will propagate the new value to all editable items in the same column If you want to edit lots of items first select their checkboxes and then click the Edit button on the same row as the Filters and it will switch all the selected items into edit mode When you have made your updates you can either click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 5 1 7 Show Level Choosing an indent level from the Show Level drop down box allows you to quickly and easily view the entire test case list at a specific indent level For example you may want to see all test cases drilled down to the third level of detail To do this you would simply choose Level 3 from the list and the test cases will be expanded accordingly 5 1 8 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test case li
266. rt with other members of the project You can configure the reports in the following ways gt Report Format This allows you to specify the display format of the report Depending on the specific report they can be displayed as a web page HTML downloaded as a Microsoft Word document downloaded as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or downloaded as a Microsoft Project file In addition there is a raw XML format that allows you to export the underlying report data into any external reporting system that supports XML import Report Elements This allows you to determine which types of information to include in the report This varies by report type but includes the dependent items related to the artifact being reported on attachments test steps coverage history etc Standard Field Filters This allows you to constrain the range of data being reported on based on the various fields associated with the artifact in question These filters are typically selections from multi valued dropdown lists and date ranges Custom Property Filters This allows you to constrain the range of data being reported on based on the custom fields associated with the artifact by your project administrator These filters can be either freetext or drop down lists Sort Options This option is only available for the non hierarchical data reports i e for test runs incidents and tasks only and allows you to specify the sort order of the results retu
267. s 70 mins Execution Date 04 Dec 2003 03 Dec 2003 2 mins 10 mins 10 mins 10 mins 70 mins 02 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 01 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Library System Release 1 Library System Release 1 SP1 Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 70 mins Testing Cycle for Release 1 1 Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 90 mins 75 mins Name Ability to add new books to the system Status Completed Priority 1 Critical 11 3 3 Test Set Summary Report This report displays all of the test sets defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test set list The test set s details and execution status are displayed in a summary list form Test Set Summary Report This report displays all of the test sets defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test set list The test set s details and execution status are displayed in a summary list form Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library Test Set Name Description Status Functional In 1 Test Sets Progress This tests the functionality introduced In in release Progress 1 0 of the library system This tests the functionality introduced Not in release Started 2 0 of the library system Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 Testing Cycle for Release 1 1 Fred
268. s Add Remove Remove All positioned between the two list boxes The lt Add gt button will move the selected releases from the list of available on the left to the list of mapped on the right Similarly the lt Remove gt and lt Remove All gt buttons will remove either the selected or all the releases from the right list box and add them back to the left list box 5 2 8 Attachments In this mode the main pane displays the list of documents that have been attached to the test case The documents can be in any format though SpiraTeam will only display the icon for certain Known types Req Coverage Automation Custom Props Test Runs History a CS CC CO ap Sequence Diagram for Book Mat pdf UML Diagram 35 KB Joe P Smith 10 May 2006 Fred Bloggs DC000007 Show rows per page 1 1 Displaying page i Sof ih The attachment list includes the filename that was originally uploaded together with the file size in KB name of the person who attached it and the date uploaded In addition if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To delete an existing attachment from a test case simply click th
269. s Yes Yes Yes Yes No No RLO00001 RLO00002 gt Edit RLOOOO11 gt Edit RLO00012 RLOOOO13 gt Edit RL000003 F Edit RLOOOO16 gt Edit RL000008 RL000009 gt Edit RLO00010 P Edt RL000004 gt Ec RLOOOOO6 4 4 Displaying page of 1 gt gt The release list will contain all the releases and iterations associated with current project When you create a new project this list will initially be empty and you will have to use the lt Insert gt button to start adding releases and iterations to the project The hierarchical organization of releases in the list is configurable so you can organize the various releases in the way that makes most sense for a particular project Typically you have the major releases as the top level items with sub releases builds and iterations as the lower level items All of the releases in the list have a release name together with the assigned version number for that release the start date and end date for the release the number of estimated project personnel working on that release the planned effort for the release the total effort currently scheduled as tasks the available effort for new tasking the release id and a set of custom properties defined by the project owner For those releases that have test cases mapped against them the execution status of the various test cases associated with the release is displayed in aggregate for each item as a graphical bar
270. s for the test case in that run and a link to the actual test run details see section 5 6 In addition you can choose to display any of the custom properties associated with the test run Custom Properties Attachments Show hide columns h wn ka 5 Ability to create new author 4 Dec 2003 Automated 1 1 0 0 0003 Z Ability to edit existing book 4 Dec 2003 Automated 1 1 0 0 0003 2 Ability to create new book 4 Dec 2003 Automated 1 1 0 0 0003 C E a A a a O O O The customize columns drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test run list as columns To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names The displayed columns can be any standard field or custom property You can also filter the results by choosing items from the filter options displayed in the sub header row of each field and clicking the Apply Filter link In addition you can quickly sort the list by clicking on one of the directional arrow icons displayed in the header row of the appropriate field 5 10 2 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for automation hosts To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraT
271. s that simplify the editing of requirements and tasks gt If you create a new task on the requirements page the priority release iteration and owner are automatically copied from the parent requirement You can change these suggested values before clicking Update When you assign a release iteration to a requirement its status automatically changes to Planned gt When at least one task assigned to the requirement changes from Not Started to In Progress the parent requirement automatically switches from Planned to In Progress gt When all the tasks under the requirement are completed the parent requirement will switch to the Completed status gt If you manually move a requirement that has no associated tasks from Planned to In Progress the system will automatically generate one task under the requirement and use the requirements planned effort field to generate the task s estimated effort 4 2 3 Comments The Comments tab allows users to add and view discussions relating to the requirement Test Coverage Tasks Custom Props To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button Existing comments are displayed in order underneath the textbox in date order To add a new comment simply enter it into the textbox and click the Save button 4 2 4 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the
272. screen unless they werent set by the test set Once you have chosen the appropriate release name and or custom properties click the lt Next gt button to begin executing test steps Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Search spiraTeam S My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Case Execution Test Sets Test Runs Automation Hosts ET GERI TREE oeoo ERR RR E Firma Roens 1 2 00 Z Testing New Functionality TX5 Ability to create new author TC000004 e0 F Ability to create new author Tests that the user can create a new author record in the system _ Step 1 TC16 L Step 2 1C17 C step 3 TC4 Step 1 Please follow the directions outlined in the box below x Step 4 TCA User opens up browser and enters application URL http www libraryinformationsystem com beta CI Step 5 TC4 C Step 6 TC4 _ Ability to reassign book to dif _ Person loses book and needs C Step 1 C16 Expected Result Sample Data C Step 2 C17 The browser loads the login web page http www libraryinformationsystem com beta E step 3 7612 C Step 4 7012 CI Step 5 7012 _ Adding new book and author Actual Result Please enter the actual test result if it differs then click the approp The screen is divided up into four main elements gt The left hand
273. seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a task simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document or web link to the task you need to click on the Add New hyperlink to open the Add Attachment dialog box There are three different types of item that can be attached to a task gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a scr
274. seful for logging non critical cosmetic items that are not serious enough for a failure to be recorded This tab also displays any pre existing incidents that were associated with the test step being viewed The second tab displays a list of attachments that are related to the current test case and or test step This list initially contains any documents that have been attached to either the test case in general or the test step in particular However as you perform the testing you can attach additional documents to this list that are relevant to the test results e g screenshots of an error page these attached documents will be associated with both the test run itself and any incidents that are created lf the expected results are indeed observed then you simply need to click the lt Pass gt button to mark the test step as passed and advance to the next test step or if all the steps have passed you can click lt Pass All gt to pass all the steps at once This is illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Search a a spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases gt Test Case Execution Test Sets TestRuns Automation Hosts lt BeckToles titi Pass Pass all Blocked caution t Fail gt Pause Release 1 2 0 0 Testing New Functionality TX5 Person loses book and needs to report loss T
275. sis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 8 1 6 Edit Each task in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Welcome System Administrator My Profile Administration Log Out Library formation System Help spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting ncidents Tasks Role Project Owner qP NewTask Delete Retresn hy Copy Exot Showhide columns v Y Fiter Displaying 1 4 out of 4 task s for this project ame 4 at p rogres Status A l Priority AY Owner Re Task Running Late w Any v Any v Any v Any v TK In Progress 4 Critical Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000022 PEdit L Create edition object insert method aA Write author object delete query In Progress Y 2 High v Fres Bloggs 7 1 0 0 0 0003 v 0O oO ES 0 a Develop new edition entry screen E in Progress Y Eg 1 Critical v E Fred Boggs YJE 1 0 0 0 0003 Y o o Z Create author o
276. solved Version whereas a resolved incident could well do The types of change allowed and the email notifications that are sent will depend on how your project administrator has setup the system for you Administrators should refer to the SpiraTeam Administration Guide for details on configuring the incident workflows to meet their needs Depending on the user s role and whether they are listed as the owner or detector of the incident or not displayed in the left hand side of the page above the navigation list is a set of allowed workflow operations gt Resolve Incident re Status gt Assigned gt Unable to Reproduce gt Duplicate Incident These workflow transitions allow the user to move the incident from one status to another For example when the incident is in the Assigned status you will be given the options to gt Resolve the Incident changes status to Resolved gt Unable to Reproduce changes the status to Not Reproducible gt Duplicate Incident changes the status to Duplicate After changing the status of the incident by clicking on the workflow link you can then fill in the additional fields that are now enabled and or required Once you ve made the changes to the appropriate incident fields you can either click lt Save gt lt Save and Close gt or lt Save and New gt to commit the changes or lt Refresh gt to discard the changes and reload the incident from the database In addi
277. specify the subject line for the email and either a list of email addresses separated by semicolons or an existing project user The content of the email is specified in the System Administration Notification Templates The lower part of the right pane can be switched between six different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Test Steps mode but it can be switched to Requirements Coverage Automation Comments Custom Properties Test Runs Releases Attachments and History modes if so desired Each of the views is described separately below In addition there is a shortcut link Execute This Test that allows you to execute this test See section 5 3 without having to return to the Test Case list 5 2 1 Test Steps This view displays the name of the test case together with all the defined test steps that a tester would need to perform to verify that the functionality works as expected The list of test steps displays the position number the description the expected result some suggested sample data and the most recent execution status of the individual test step Req Coverage Custom Props Test Runs Attachments Show hide columns Yy 0 Step Test Step Description Expected Result Sample Data Status Step Id Edit g 8 Step 1 Call Login to Application TC17 N A TS000001 P Edit O qv Step 2 User clicks link to create
278. splay Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 7 3 Test Run Summary Graph The test run Summary graph shows how many test runs are currently in a project The number of test runs is displayed according to the criteria that you specify You can specify the type of data displayed along the x axis and the test run information which is used to group the data When you first open the graph you will be asked to pick the field that you would like to display on the x axis and the field that you would like to group the data by Once you have chosen the appropriate fields the graph will be displayed Test Run Summary Graph 10 Blocked Caution Failed gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG In this version of the report the x axis represents the test run execution status and the individual bars are grouped by test run type Each data value can be viewed by positioning the mouse pointer over the bar and a tooltip will pop up listing the actual data value Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link
279. st Actual Task Progress 0 15 16 30 31 45 46 60 61 75 76 90 Library Information System 39 1900 187 E Z Sample Application One 0 0 0h 0 0h No Tasks Library information System Sample Application One 1 This page summarizes all of the information regarding the project group into a comprehensive easily digestible form that provides a one stop shop for people interested in understanding the overall status of the group as a whole as well as the relative performance of the different projects that make up the group It contains summary level metrics for all types of artifact requirements test cases tasks incidents etc that you can use to drill down into the appropriate project for more details In a similar manner to the My Page the Project Group Home dashboard is initially loaded in view mode which means that the various widgets on the page are displayed with minimum visual clutter no toolbars or control icons that makes it easy to scan the items on the page and see the health of the status of the project at a glance To switch the page to edit mode you should click on Modify Layout Settings hyperlink Once in edit mode each of the widgets displayed on the project group homepage can be minimized by clicking on the arrow icon in the top left of the window or closed by clicking on the cross icon x in the top right of the window In addition the widgets allow you change their settings b
280. st Set List As well as being able to organize test cases into folders you can also create separate groupings of test cases called test sets which can then be assigned to testers as a package To view the list of test sets for a project click on Testing gt Test Sets in the global navigation Welcome System Administrator Ubrary formation System 7 My Profile Admanistration Log Out Searct D Help r spiraTeam a My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Sets Test Automation Host Role Project Owner dbinsert Delete indent lt Outdent Srowlevel Y Refresh ChEdit 2 Tools Show hide columns v Y Eiker Test Set Name Execution Status Planned Date ast Executed Owner Statu D E ca a m Ei E no S x 5 Functional Test Sets 5 Feb 2007 In Progress TX000008 t Testing Cycle for Release 1 5 Feb 2007 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith in Progress TX000001 3 Tesina Cvcle for Release 11 7 Feb 2007 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith Not Started Tx000002 1 Testing New Functionality 4 10 Feb 2007 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs In Progress TX000005 3 Exploratory Testing 2 Fred Bloggs Deferred TX000006 amp Regression Test Sets Completed Tx000009 h A Fred Bloggs Completed TX000003 Completed TX000004 Show 15 Y rows per page 44 Displaying page of 1 gt gt The test set list consists of hierarchical list of all the test sets in the current project organized into folders When you c
281. st Training item x Test System Limitation W Test System Limitation W Test S tem Limitation x Test Change Request x Sample Risk 1 w Configurable meta data columns z integration of security with NTLM PK x Support for IBM DB2 E The homepage hangs whilst loading Enhancemet _ Issue Training Limitation Limitation Change Request Risk Enhancement Enhancement Enhancement Bug Assigned Duplicate Closed Open Resolved Assigned Open Not Reproducible Resolved 25 Nov 2003 2 Dec 2003 3 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 4 Dec 2003 5 Dec 2003 8 Dec 2003 10 Dec 2003 25 Nov 2003 18 Nov 2003 17 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 15 Nov 2003 Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs IN000029 IN000035 IN000040 IN000045 IN000046 IN000050 IN000055 IN000059 IN000026 IN000022 ING00019 INO00016 IN000012 x Quote handling issues throughout Bug a W Editing the date on a book is clunky Bug Show 15 rows per page Assigned 4 Nov 2003 Fred Bloggs IN000008 Edit i lt 4 Displaying page 2 of 4P pi Once you have chosen the destination project and clicked the lt Export gt button the incidents will be exported from the current project to the destination project Any file attachments will also be copied to the destination project along with the incidents 6 1 9 Creating Requirement from Incidents Sometimes you may have a situation whe
282. st as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 5 1 9 Filtering You can easily filter the list of test cases as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome System Administrator Ubrary Information System 7 My Profile Administration Log Out Search A Help ee e e spiraTeam ee My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Test Cases Test Set Test Runs Automation Hosts Role Project Owner dhinsert 3 Delete indent lt Outdent Srowlevel Y Refresh hEdit i Tools Show hide columns v Y Eiker Displaying 6 out of 11 test case s for this release Display data for AI Releases Ary m Ajs F w amp Regression Tests 2 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000007 Book management Passec 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith TC000008 E Author management Passed 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith Tc000009 Scenario Tests 2 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith TC000010 amp Exception Scenario Tests 1 Joe P Smith Joe P Smith TC000011 5 Person lose k and needs to report los Joe P Smith
283. st screen in wizard User enters books name and author then clicks User taken to next screen in Macbeth William An error page is displayed No such object or with block variable at line Next wizard Shakespeare 473 User clicks link to create book Passed Failed Associated Incidents Inc Type Status Priority Name Detected On 7 Bug Assigned 1 Critical Cannot add a new book to the system 04 Nov 2003 File Attachments Filename Description Author Date Uploaded Error Logging in Screen shot gif Captured screen shot of the error that was raised when attempting to log in to the library application Fred Bloggs 24 Apr 2006 11 3 8 Test Case Traceability This report displays a matrix of the test cases in the system with the list of mapped releases incidents and test sets gt Print Report Test Case Traceability Matrix This report displays a matrix of the test cases in the system with the list of mapped releases incidents and test sets Test Case Forward Traceability This section displays a list of all the test cases with the associated releases incidents and test sets Test Name Priority Releases Test Sets TC1 Functional Tests TC2 Ability to create new book 1 Critical RL2 RL3 RL4 RL17 RL18 RL19 TX2 TC3 Ability to edit existing book 1 Critical RL2 RL3 RL4 RL17 RL18 RL19 RLG TX2 TC4 Ability to create new author 1 Critical RL2 RL3 RL4 RLS RL18 RL19 RLG TX2 TX5 TC5 Ability to edit existi
284. st set list as well as a list of the peer test sets to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the detailed information of all the peer test sets by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the test sets list page The navigation list can be switched between three different modes e The list of test sets matching the current filter e The list of all test sets irrespective of the current filter e The list of test sets assigned to the current user The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular test set You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt or lt Save and New gt buiton at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt or print it by clicking lt Print gt Test Sets can be specified as being either for Manual or Automated test runs If you choose Manual then the test set can be executed by a tester from their My Page However if you choose Automated the test set will be executed by the automation host you specified In this case the planned date and time will be used by the automated test engine to Know when to execute the automated test scripts For manual test sets only the date co
285. stem Relea Active d 1 0 0 0 0002 Iteration 002 RL000017 1 1 0 0 0001 Iteration 001 Active O 1 0 0 0 0003 Iteration 003 RL000018 1 1 0 0 0002 Iteration 002 Active 1 1 0 0 Library System Relea RLO00019 1 1 0 0 0003 Iteration 003 O 1 2 0 0 Library System Relea ystem Relea RL000002 1 0 1 0 Library System Relea Active The release coverage box indicates the releases that are currently mapped against the test case To associate releases with this test case choose from the list above and click Add You can use the Remove and Remove All buttons to remove releases that are no longer covered by the test case The pane consists of two lists of releases iterations the one on the left being the complete hierarchical list of releases and iterations in the project The right box which will initially be empty contains the list of releases iterations mapped to this test case The releases in this box include columns for their ID name and active status Hovering the mouse over the names of the releases iterations in either box will display a tooltip consisting of the release iteration name place in the hierarchical structure and a detailed description Clicking on the hyperlinks in right hand box will jump you to the details screen for the release iteration in question see section 7 2 To change the release mapping for this test case you use the button
286. stored in Version This should contain the version number of the test script Test Script If you are attaching a test script this should contain the actual program code for executing the test script The language and syntax will be dependent on the test automation engine being used If you are linking the test script this section will be disabled Parameters You can enter the various test case parameters by clicking on this hyperlink Most of the automation tools that SpiraTeam integrates with will support the passing of parameter values from SpiraTeam to the automation tool 5 2 4 Comments The Comments tab allows users to add and view discussions related to the Test Case Test Steps Reg Coverage Automation C anta Custom Props To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button Existing comments are displayed by date underneath the text box To add a comment to the Test Case enter your text into the textbox then click the Save button to save 5 2 5 Custom Properties In this mode the main pane displays any custom properties that the project owner has defined for test cases To learn more about how to setup and configure custom properties for a project please refer to the SpiraTest Administration Guide Assuming that custom properties have been defined for your project you will see a list of optional parameters that can be set on the test case These can be either freetex
287. story 5 2 1 1 Insert Step Clicking on the lt Insert Step gt button inserts a new test step before the currently selected by means of the check box test step Clicking the lt Insert Step gt button without selecting a test step will insert a new step at the end of the list When a new step is inserted the fields are displayed in Edit mode so the description expected result and sample data fields are editable allowing you to enter the appropriate data Req Coverage Custom Props Test Step Description Call Login to Application TC17 Show hide columns v History Sample Data Status Step Id Edit N A TS000001 Edit 2 User clicks link to create book User taken to first screen in wizard TS000002 Edit TS000003 Edit 3 User enters books name and author User taken to next screen in wizard Macbeth William Shakespeare then clicks Next genre from list entered information 5 User clicks submit button Confirmation screen is displayed TS000005 p4 User chooses book s genre and sub User sees screen displaying all Play Tragedy mg TS000004 p6 BIUBl ehonm BJ uU e oA BZ Uu e oA Not Run Expected Result Show 1s rows per page 4 lt Displaying page Fs of 1 gt gt Once you have entered the necessary information you can click either lt Insert gt or lt Update gt to commit the changes If you choose lt Insert gt another new row will be inserted which is
288. t Z Write book obiect insert queries MEE Completed 1 Critical Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0001 TK000003 P Edit Show rows per page 4 4 Displaying page a Fy of 1 gt gt Each of the tasks is displayed together with its name description by hovering the mouse over the name progress priority start date current owner estimated effort projected effort and numeric task identifier Clicking on the task name will bring up the Task Details page which is described in more detail in section 8 2 This allows you to edit the details of an existing task You can perform the following actions on a task from this screen gt New Task inserts a new task in the task list with a default set of values The task will be associated with the current requirement gt Remove removes the task from this requirement without actually deleting the task Refresh updates the list of tasks from the server useful if other people are adding tasks to this requirement at the same time Apply Filter Applies the entries in the filter boxes to the list of tasks Clear Filters Clears the current filter so that all tasks associated with the current requirement are shown gt Edit Clicking the Edit button to the right of the task allows you to edit the task inline directly on this screen Only columns visible will be editable gt Show Hide Columns Allows you to choose which Task columns are visible The system has a series of shortcut
289. t Cut menu option This will cut the current test set selection to the clipboard Then you should select the place where you want the test sets to be inserted and choose the Edit gt Paste option The test sets will now be moved into the destination location you specified 5 7 12 Printing Items To quickly print a single test set test set folder or list of test sets you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 5 7 13 Right Click Context Menu Spiraleam provides a shortcut called the context menu for accessing some of the most commonly used functions so that you don t need to move your mouse up to the toolbar each time To access the context menu right click on any of the rows in the test set list and the following menu will be displayed a Functional Test Sets gt Open Item 5 Feb 2007 Testing Cycle for Release 1 Open in New Tab 5 Feb 2007 1 Dec 2003 Joe P Smith Testing New Functionality 4 New Folder 10 Feb 2007 Fred Bloggs Exploratory Testing 2 Edit Items Fred Bloggs Regression Test Sets 3 Delete 45 Regression Testing for Wind amp gt Indent Fred Bloggs Regression Testing for Wind lt Outdent 7 PEE ae Ch Copy Items Ch Cut Items Ch Paste Items You can now choose any of these options as an alternative to using the icons in the toolbar 5 8 Test Set Details When you click
290. t you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document to the test step you need to first click the lt Add Attachment gt link to display the new attachment dialog box Add New Document Add New Document Add New Document Type File URL Screenshot Type 4 e L Screenshot Type le C L Screenshot Filename Browse il URL Screenshot Description Description Document Type Functonai Specification Document Type Functons Document Folder asst Foxe 7 Document Folder ps0 Forter Tags Tags Description Document Type r Document Folder Root Foiter Tags There are three different types of item that can be attached to a test step gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g htip mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To
291. t or drop down lists In the example below you can enter a URL and or Test Type Test Steps Reg Coverage Custom Props Test Runs Attachments History The following are the custom properties of this artifact http www libraryreferences org Test Type Functional Test Once you are satisfied with the values for the custom properties simply click Save or Save and New to commit the changes 5 2 6 Test Runs This view displays the name of the test case together with a list of the previous execution runs that the test case has been put through Each test run is listed together with the date of execution the name of the test case the name of the test set if applicable the name of the tester the release version of the system that the test was executed against the overall execution status for the test case in that run anda link to the actual test run details see section 5 6 In addition you can choose to display any of the custom properties associated with the test run Test Steps Req Coverage Custom Props Attachments R TROO0018 E Ability to create new book 4 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0003 Ability to create new book 3 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0002 TROO0015 Z Ability to create new book 2 Dec 2003 1 1 0 0 0001 TROO0013 o o o p T Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 Testing Cycle 1 0 1 0 Mozilla Firefox Windows 2000 TR000002 for Release 1 1 o o 2i Ability to create new book 1 Dec 2003 Op
292. t pane displays different information associated with the incident The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the incidents list as well as a list of the peer incidents to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the peer incidents by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the incidents list page The navigation list can be switched between four different modes e The list of incidents matching the current filter e The list of all incidents irrespective of the current filter e The list of incidents assigned to the current user e The list of incidents detected found by the current user In addition to the left hand navigation you can enter a specific incident number in the text box in the toolbar and click the lt Find gt button In the same toolbar there is also a shortcut for creating a new incident without having to first return to the incident list page In addition the lower section of the incident details page can be switched been four different views Comments Schedule Custom Properties Attachments History and Associations These are described later 6 2 1 Editing an Existing Incident If you are editing an existing incident the fields that are available and the fields that are required will depend on your stage in the incident workflow For example an open incident might not require a Re
293. t started but the scheduled start date has passed 8 1 1 Sorting and Filtering You can easily filter and sort the list of tasks as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome Fred Bloggs Ubrary tomaton System Y My Profite Administration Log Out Searct a s r spiraTeam a My Page Project Home Planning Testing ncidents Tasks Resources Source Code db New Task 3 Delete Refresh Copy fi Tools Show hide columns Y Y Filter Displaying 1 4 out of 4 task s for this project Di TK In Progress 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000022 In Progress Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0003 TKO00021 In Progress Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000029 Z Create author object delete method In Progress Fred Bloggs 1 0 0 0 0003 TK000028 Show 5 Y rows per page To filter the list by progress status priority owner or release you simply choose an item from the appropriate drop down list and for the other fields you enter a free text phrase then click lt Filter gt or press the lt ENTER gt key to apply the different filters Note that the name field is searched using a LIKE comparison so that searching for database would include any item with the word database in the name The other freetext fields need to be exact matches e g dates task numbers To change the column that is sorted or to change the direction of the current sort simply click on the up down arrow icon in the appropriate column The currently sorte
294. t will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional description and then click the lt Upload gt button to attach the web link gt To attach a screenshot to the artifact you need to choose Screenshot as the type and then copy the image to your computer s clipboard e g on Windows computers the PRINT SCREEN button captures the current page and adds to the clipboard Once the image is in the clipboard click on the Paste image from clipboard hyperlink and the item will appear in the preview window You can then fill in the other fields and click lt Upload gt to attach the image Note If you are using a non Windows computer e g Macintosh that doesn t put file extensions on filenames e g xls for an Excel sheet automatically then you will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the automation host To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but n
295. tanding how the information is related the following diagrams illustrates the relationships between the different artifacts and entities Figure 1 The main entities that comprise a SpiraTest project Test Run Step Figure 2 The relationships between the various SpiraTest entities With these overall concepts in mind the rest of this help manual will outline the functionality in each of the Spiraleam screens and provide specific information on how to manage each of the artifacts illustrated above Note that this manual does not explain the Administration level functionality of the system for that please refer to the SpiraTeam Administration Guide 2 11 2 Artifact Naming Conventions On various screens in the system you will see lists of artifacts requirements test cases etc together with a unique identification number In order to make it easier to recognize at a glance which type of artifact the identification number refers to SpiraTeam uses a system of two letter prefixes which help identify the type of artifact being displayed The current prefixes used by the system are Artifact Prefix Ariat Preis Projet PR Project Group PG Requirement RQ Incident Priory P Test Step Workflow Transition Custom Property Values Test Run Step Project Role Incident Status Test Set Custom List Document Type Document Folder Automation Hos In addition certain artifacts in the system are displayed with an
296. tems were the only children of a summary release item then that item will be changed back from a summary item to a detail item 7 1 6 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the release list This is useful as other people may be modifying the list of releases at the same time as you and after stepping away from the computer for a short time you should click this button to make sure you are viewing the most current release list for the project 7 1 7 Edit Each release iteration in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out My Page Project Home d gt spiraTeam Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements Releases Iterations Gp inset Delete gt indent lt p Outdent ShowLevel v Refesn ChyCopy export Show hide columns Gf peee ee TeS GQ Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 A fLibrary System Release 1 SP1 Ey 1010 E Gil Library System Release 1 SP2 Role Manager 1 ae a Mar 2004 216 0h 3 13 2004 E ED 3 30 2004 fm EN 176 0h No n 4 1 2004 E E iteration 001 E iteration 002 2 iteration 003 a3 Library System Re
297. the system and be able to track failures by version A feature that works correctly in version 1 0 may fail in version 1 1 and the maintenance team may be testing the existing lifecycle of v1 0 in parallel with the development team testing v1 1 Therefore by developing a master set of releases versions in the Release Management module you can have the different testing teams correctly assign their testing actions to the appropriate version There are two types of release artifact in SpiraTeam major project releases that are displayed with the blue release icon and represent major versions of the system and release Iterations aka builds that are displayed with a yellow icon and represent intermediate builds iterations of the system Note Iterations can be contained within a Release but not the other way round The main differences between releases and iterations are as follows gt Releases are independent versions of the system being tested and as such you can map a requirement directly to a release indicating the release of the system that the requirement will be fulfilled in gt When you report on a release e g on the project home or in one of the reports any child iterations are automatically taken into account and test runs and incidents that are related to the child iterations will get included in the release reports Child releases on the other hand are not aggregated up into the parent release 7 1 Release List When yo
298. the task artifact since its creation An example task change history is depicted below Admin View Change ID 4 Change Date AV Field Name AY Old Value AY NewVale AY CCC A A VR 16 19 Dec 2011 Actual Effort 438 420 Fred Bloggs Modified 16 19 Dec 2011 Projected Effort 438 420 Fred Bloggs Modified 15 19 Dec 2011 Priority 1 Critical 2 High Fred Bloggs Modified 14 19 Dec 2011 Release 1 0 0 0 0001 1 0 0 0 0002 Fred Bloggs Modified 14 19 Dec 2011 Start Date 3 1 2004 12 00 00 AM 3 5 2004 12 00 00 AM Fred Bloggs Modified 14 19 Dec 2011 End Date 3 2 2004 12 00 00 AM 3 6 2004 12 00 00 AM Fred Bloggs Modified 14 19 Dec 2011 Actual Effort 440 438 Fred Bloggs Modified 14 19 Dec 2011 Projected Effort 480 438 Fred Bloggs Modified Show rows per page i lt Displaying page ia Ra of 1 gt gt The change history displays the date that each change was made together with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 8 2 6 Associations In this mode the main pane displays a list of any source code revisions that are associated with this task Ade Valate Artifact Type AY Creation Date AV rev0012 Revision 19 Dec 2011 Fred Bloggs The artifact was changed in this vers
299. ther click lt Update gt to commit the changes or lt Cancel gt to revert back to the original information Alternatively pressing the lt ENTER gt key will commit the changes and pressing the lt ESCAPE gt key will cancel the changes 5 7 7 Show Level Choosing an indent level from the Show Level drop down box allows you to quickly and easily view the entire test set list at a specific indent level For example you may want to see all test sets drilled down to the third level of detail To do this you would simply choose Level 3 from the list and the test sets will be expanded accordingly 5 7 8 Show Hide Columns This drop down list allows you to change the fields that are displayed in the test set list as columns for the current project To show a column that is not already displayed simply select that column from the list of Show column names and to hide an existing column simply select that column from the list of Hide column names This is stored on a per project basis so you can have different display settings for each project that you are a member of The fields can be any of the built in fields or any of the custom properties set up by the project owner 5 7 9 Filtering You can easily filter the list of test sets as illustrated in the screen shot below Welcome System Administrator Library information System Y My Profite Administration Log Out earct D Help ETI e spiraTeam
300. ther project name You can always change your current project by clicking on the drop down list of projects displayed on the global navigation bar to the right of the Log Out link If you are a project group member the name of the project group will also be displayed as a hyperlink In which case clicking on the project group hyperlink will take you to the Project Group dashboard see section 3 5 3 2 2 My Saved Searches This section lists any filters searches you have saved from the various artifact list screens throughout the application This allows you to store specific combinations of searches that you need to perform ona regular basis e g display all newly logged incidents display all requirements that are completed but have no test coverage The name of the saved search is displayed along with an icon that depicts which artifact it s for and the project it refers to Clicking on the name of the saved search will take you to the appropriate screen in the project and set the search parameters accordingly Clicking the Delete link next to the saved search will delete it Clicking on the orange RSS icon will allow you to subscribe to the specific search so that it will be displayed in your RSS newsreader This allows you to setup customized lists of information that can be displayed outside of SpiraTeam 3 2 3 My Assigned Requirements This section lists all the requirements you have been made owner of across all the
301. tion if you position the pointer over the filename and hold it there for a few seconds a detailed description is displayed as a tooltip To actually view the document simply click on the filename hyperlink and a new web browser window will open Depending on the type of file this window will either display the document or prompt you for a place to save it on your local computer To remove an existing attachment from a test run simply click the lt Remove gt button and the attachment will be removed from the list If you are using SpiraPlan or SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest you can also choose to include file attachments stored in a linked version control system e g Subversion CVS Perforce etc by selecting the Include Source Code Documents option To attach a new document or web link to the test run you need to click on the Add New hyperlink to open the Add Attachment dialog box There are three different types of item that can be attached to a test run gt To upload a file choose File as the type and then click the Browse button and select the file from your local computer optionally enter a detailed description then click the lt Upload gt button The document will be copied from your computer and attached to the artifact gt To attach a web link URL to the artifact you need to choose URL as the type and then enter the fully qualified URL e g http mywebsite com Document 1 an optional desc
302. tion Start Date End Date Status Runner Message Notes Web Browser Operating Syste Ability to TR10 edit existing TC3 1 0 0 0 Manual Fred Ohours5 Ohours50 01 Dec 01 Dec book Bloggs mins mins 2003 2003 Caution Ability to create new TC2 Automated Fred Ohours10 1hours 10 01 Dec 01 Dec book Bloggs mins mins 2003 2003 F led NUnit Windows 2003 Ability to aone TC 1 1 0 0 0001 Fred 0 hours 2 1 hours 10 02 Dec 02 Dec i Passed JUnit book Bloggs mins mins 2003 2003 Ability to edit existing TC3 1 1 0 0 0001 Fred 0 hours 5 1 hours 10 02 Dec 02 Dec book Bloggs mins mins 2003 2003 Passed JUnit 11 3 7 Test Run Detailed Report This report displays all of the test runs defined for the current project in date order most recent first The test run s details and execution status are displayed along with sub tables containing the list of test run steps and a list of any associated open incidents Test Run 1 Ability to create new book Tests that the user can create a new book in the system Test Case TC2 Release 1 0 0 0 Status Failed Tester Joe P Smith Execution Date 01 Dec 2003 Type Manual Test Set Testing Cycle for Release 1 0 Est Duration 0 hours 10 mins Actual Duration 1 hours 15 mins Notes Web Browser Internet Explorer Operating System Windows XP Step Description Expected Result Sample Data ActualResult Status User logs in to application User taken to main menu screen Passed User taken to fir
303. tion host list screen illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Help My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting gt spiraTeam a Test Cases Test Sets Test Runs Automation Hosts Role Manager dp NewHost 3 Delete y Refresh Y Fiter Displaying 1 4 out of 4 automation hosts s for this project es mO Ee or E Windows XP Host WinXP Yes 1 May 2009 AH000001 Internet Explorer Windows XP W Windows Vista Host 1 WinVista 2 May 2009 AH000002 Internet Explorer Windows Vista Windows Vista Host 2 WinVista2 3 May 2009 AH000003 Mozilla Firefox Windows Vista E win dows 7 Host Win 4 May 2009 AH000004 Internet Explorer Windows 7 Show 15 v rows per page id lt Displaying page i ofi The automation host list screen displays all the automation hosts entered for the current project ina filterable sortable grid The grid displays the automation host ID together with fields such as name description last modified token and any custom properties The choice of columns displayed is configurable per user per project giving extensive flexibility when it comes to viewing and searching automation hosts In addition you can view a more detailed description of the automation host by positioning the mouse pointer over the host name hyperlink and waiting for the popup tooltip to appear If you click on the host name hyperlink you will be taken to the automation host details p
304. tion you can print the current incident by clicking lt Print gt which will display a printable version of the page in a separate window 6 2 2 Inserting a New Incident If you are creating a new incident the fields that are available and the fields that are required will depend on how your project has been for configured For example some projects may require that all incidents be started with Status New and Type lIncident others may allow you to specify the incident type The types of change allowed will depend on how your project administrator has setup the system for you Administrators should refer to the Spirafeam Administration Guide for details on configuring the incident workflows to meet their needs Once you ve filled out the appropriate incident fields you can either click lt Save gt lt Save and Close gt or lt Save and News gt to commit the new item or click on the Back to Incident List to discard the insertion and return back to the incident list 6 2 3 Comments In this mode the lower section of the screen displays a threaded list of resolutions that have been logged against this incident Schedule Custom Props Attachments History To add a new comment to this requirement please enter it below and click the Save button Joe P Smith 21 Nov 2003 Exception code retested and error no longer occurs Fred Bloggs 20 Nov 2003 There was an erroneous exception throw in the module removed
305. to the current user The top part of the right pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular requirement You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click either the lt Save gt lt Save and Close gt or lt Save and News gt button at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current artifact by choosing lt Delete gt make a copy of it by choosing lt Copy gt discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt or print it by clicking lt Print gt Using the lt Email gt button on the toolbar you can send an email containing details of the requirement to an email address or another user on the system Email this artifact to Project User Fred Bloggs Select a user in the project to send to Email Addresses A list of email addresses separated by Message Subject Leave blank for default Send Cancel You can specify the subject line for the email and either a list of email addresses separated by semicolons or an existing project user The content of the email is specified in the System Administration Notification Templates In addition the bottom part of the right pane can be switched between six views Test Coverage Tasks Comments Custom Properties Attachments History and Associations each of which will be described in more detail below 4 2 1 Test
306. to the system complete with ISBN publisher and other related information lability to edit existing books in tt Ability to delete existing books ir lability to associate books with d bility to associate books with d Importance TAbility to associate books with d n Dapility to completely erase all bo ee 10000001 rewtonoot 7 2 J Edition Management Creation Date 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM Owner Joe P Smith m Author Management Last Updated 12 1 2003 12 00 00 AM Plan Effort hours H J Subject Management I Administration Functions Tasks Custom Props Attachments This page is made up of three areas the left pane displays the requirements list navigation the top of the right pane displays the details of the selected requirement and the bottom of the right pane can display different information related to the requirement The navigation pane consists of a link that will take you back to the requirements list as well as a list of the peer requirements to the one selected This latter list is useful as a navigation shortcut you can quickly view the coverage information of all the peer requirements by clicking on the navigation links without having to first return to the requirements list page The navigation list can be switched between three different modes e The list of requirements matching the current filter e The list of all requirements irrespective of the current filter e The list of requirements assigned
307. total estimated and actual effort for each of the iterations in the selected release gt Specific Iteration This shows the total estimated actual effort for each working day in the date range covered by the selected iteration Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 5 Task Burnup Chart The Task Burnup graph shows the cumulative amount of work outstanding for each release iteration in the project with separate lines for the estimated remaining and completed effort Graph Name Task Burnup 7 Filter 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 Task Burnup 35 Ideal Effort Estimated Effort Remaining Effort Completed Effort 1 7 0 0 0001 1 1 0 0 0003 gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG The y axis of the graph displays the cumulative increase in work for the project broken down by effort estimated remaining and completed with a red line indicating the ideal burnup The x axis can be configured to display two different levels of granularity gt Specific Release This shows the increase in work for each of the iterations in the selected release gt Specific Iterati
308. ts Plan gt Requirements Traceability Test Case Reports gt Test Case Summary 01 0 oct 1 03 gt Test Case Detailed gt Display Data Grid Reset Zoom Save As JPEG BMP PNG gt Test Set Summary gt Test Set Detailed gt Printable Test Scripts gt Test Run Summary gt Test Run Detailed gt Test Case Traceability Graph Name Test Run Progress Rate V Filter All Releases Test Run Progress Rate Date Range en2 1201 Incident Reports gt Incident Summary gt Incident Detailed Task Reports gt Task Summary Oct 1 03 gt Task Detailed gt Display Data Grid Reset Zoom Save As JPEG BMP PNG Release Reports ER LLE TERA E i a X Axis Importance V Group By Status K X Axis Execution Status V Group By Priory Requirement Summary Graph Test Case Summary Graph gt Release Plan 0 E Mone t Critical 2 High na Bioched Caution Faled gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG Graph Name Inadert Aging v Fite a v Graph Name Task Bumdown W Filter 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 Y incident Aging Task Burndovm OF 814 15 21 2228 2935 36 42 43 49 10535 57 43 64 70 7177 78 84 90 9 1 1 0 0 0001 1 9 0 0002 gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG gt Display Data Grid Save As JPEG BMP PNG This page consists of three main areas gt The top left hand pane displ
309. ts Role Project Owner 49 Testing New Functionality TX5 30 amp Ability to create new author 1 Step 1 TC16 Please Choose the Release To Execute Against E W Step 2 717 E Step 3 74 Release O w Step 4 TC4 i E Step 5 TC4 Build None v E Step 6 MC4 aL 9H Ability to reassign book to dil Now enter the following properties for this test run _ Person loses book and needs 4 _ Adding new book and author Test Execution Wizard Notes Web Browser None v Operating System Note Any custom properties that are read only have already been populated from the Test Set Before actually executing the test scripts you need to select the release and optionally the specific build of the system that you will be testing against and any test run custom properties that have been defined by the project owner This ensures that the resulting test runs and incidents are associated with the correct release of the system and that the test runs are mapped to the appropriate custom properties e g operating system platform browser etc If you have not configured any releases for the project then the release drop down list will be disabled and the test runs incidents will not be associated with any particular release If the test run was launched from a test set the release and any list custom properties will be pre populated from the test set itself and will not be changeable on this
310. ts on the y axis and different age intervals on the x axis Each bar chart color represents a different incident priority giving a project manager a snapshot view of the age of open project incidents by priority Graph Name Fiter Incident Aging 52 Hone 4 Low 3 Medium 2 High 1 Critical 0 7 8 14 15 21 22 78 29 35 36 427 43 49 50 56 57 63 64 70 71 77 78 84 84 90 gt 90 gt Display Data Gnd Save As JPEG BMP PNG This report can be filtered by the type of incident so for example you can see the aging of just bugs or just issues for the project in question Clicking on the Display Data Grid link will display the underlying data that is being used to generate the graph In addition clicking on the Download Data as CSV link will export the datagrid into Comma Separated Values CSV format that can be opened in MS Excel Some browsers also support the ability to save the graph as an image file JPEG PNG and GIF formats 11 8 3 Incident Turnaround Time Graph The incident turnaround time chart displays the number of days incidents have taken to be closed from the time they were first raised in the system The chart is organized as a stacked histogram with the count of incidents on the y axis and different turnaround time intervals on the x axis Each bar chart color represents a different incident priority giving a project manager a snapshot view of the turnaround time of project incidents by priority I
311. u click on the Planning gt Releases global navigation link you will initially be taken to the release list screen illustrated below Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library informabon System Y Help spiraTeam ee My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting Requirements Releases iterations Planning Boa Role Manager dbinsert Delete indent lt OQutdent Showleei Y BRefresh Edit 2 Tools Showhide columns v Y Filter Iteration D ee 2S aw P 118 LS la 5 GO Library System Release 1 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 SP1 1 0 1 0 E iteration 001 1 0 1 0 0001 B iteration 002 1 0 1 0 0002 E iteration 003 1 0 1 0 0003 Library System Release 1 SP2 1 0 2 0 E iteration 001 1 0 2 0 0001 E iteration 002 1 0 2 0 0002 E iteration 003 1 0 2 0 0003 iteration 001 1 0 0 0 0001 E iteration 002 1 0 0 0 0002 iteration 003 1 0 0 0 0003 QD Library System Release 1 1 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 2005 1 2 0 0 Show 15 rows per page 1 Mar 2004 13 Mar 2004 13 Mar 2004 21 Mar 2004 25 Mar 2004 1 Apr 2004 1 Apr 2004 11 Apr 2004 21 Apr 2004 1 Mar 2004 5 Mar 2004 9 Mar 2004 15 Oct 2004 1 Apr 2005 12 Mar 2004 30 Mar 2004 20 Mar 2004 24 Mar 2004 30 Mar 2004 30 Apr 2004 10 Apr 2004 20 Apr 2004 30 Apr 2004 4 Mar 2004 Mar 2004 12 Mar 2004 27 Oct 2004 2 Apr 2005 No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Ye
312. uirement Type Test Coverage Test Name Status Est Duration Last Execution Date TC2 Ability to create new book Failed 0 hours 10 mins 04 Dec 2003 TCS Book management Passed 0 hours 4 mins 01 Dec 2003 TC13 Adding new book and author to library Not Run Linked Requirements Name Created By Comment Date Ability to delete existing books in the system Fred Bloggs These two requirements are related 12 Mar 2004 Associated Incidents Name Created By Comment Date Cannot install system on Oracle 9i Fred Bloggs This bug affects the requirement 14 Mar 2004 Cannot add a new book to the system Joe P Smith Test Run Ability to create new book 04 Nov 2003 Associated Tasks 11 2 3 Requirements Plan This report displays a complete work breakdown structure of the project from a requirements perspective including all requirements and tasks organized by schedule Requirements Plan Report This report displays a complete work breakdown structure of the project including all requirements and tasks organized by schedule Project 1 Library Information System Sample application that allows users to manage books authors and lending records for a typical branch library ID Name 1 Functional System Requirements Online Library Management System Book Management Ability to add new books to the system Develop new book entry screen Create book object insert method Write book object insert queries Ability to edit existing books in the
313. ument list page The top part of the main pane allows you to view and or edit the details of the particular document You can edit the various fields name description etc and once you are satisfied with them simply click the lt Save gt button at the top of the page to commit the changes In addition you can delete the current document by choosing lt Delete gt or discard any changes made by clicking lt Refresh gt The lower part of the main pane can be switched between two different views by clicking the appropriate tab Initially the pane will be in Versions mode but it can be switched to Association as well The functionality in each of these two views is described below 10 2 1 Edit Document Versions This view displays the list of different versions that exist for the current document When you initially create a new document there will be only a single version e g v1 0 however as revisions are made to the document rather than having to create a whole new document you can just upload the new revision as a new version e g v1 1 and it will be added to the list of versions Each version in the list is displayed with its name a description of what changed in the version the version number assigned to the revision the file size who uploaded the new version and a link to actually open the new version T Version 1 2 Sequence diagram in UML format that provides additional 35 KB Fred Bloggs 10 May 2006 detail surr
314. ure in the settings whether to use Priority or Severity for the display and also how many rows of data to display 3 4 7 Release Test Summary This widget allows you to quickly ascertain the test execution status of each of the active releases that make up the current project in one snapshot Each release is displayed together with a graphical display that illustrates the execution status with different colored bars In addition if you hover the mouse over the graphical display it will display a tooltip that provides a more detailed description of the number of tests in each status Release Test Summary View Details Release Iteration Tests Execution Status 1 0 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 0 1 0 Library System Release 1 5P1 1 0 2 0 Library System Release 1 SP B 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 1 1 1 0 Library System Release 1 1 5F1 1 2 0 0 Library System Release 2005 I I Each release will display the aggregate status of any test cases directly assigned to itself together with the test status of any child iterations that are contained within the Release Clicking on one of the releases will drill you down one level further and display the test execution status for the parent release as well as each of the child iterations separately Release Test Summary View Details Release Iteration Tests Execution Status 1 1 0 0 Library System Release 1 1 3 4 8 Incident Summary This s
315. useful if you intend on entering lots of rows at once whereas clicking lt Update gt will simply commit the current row only 5 2 1 2 Insert Link Clicking on the lt Insert Link gt button brings up the following dialog box that allows you to choose the test case to be inserted Add Linked Test Case Choose the test case to add as a link in the test step list E Functional Tests E Regression Tests Scenario Tests Common Tests Q 2 Open Up Web Browser E Login to Application Flease fill out the parameters for this linked test case gt Add Cancel You need to then select the name of the test case you want to insert as a link If the test case has declared parameters see the section on Parameters below for more details you will be given a list of parameters that needed to be filled out You need to fill out the values of the parameters for the linked test case and then click the lt Add gt button to complete the operation The system will then insert the test case as a link just before the currently selected test step If no existing test step was selected the link will be added at the end of the test step list 5 2 1 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes the currently selected test steps and reorders the test step position numbers to close any gaps in numbering 5 2 1 4 Copy Clicking on the lt Copy gt button makes a copy of the current test step or linked test case and inserts the
316. ve and Remove All buttons to remove requirements that are no longer covered by the test case The pane consists of two lists of requirements the one on the left being the complete hierarchical list of requirements in the project The right box which will initially be empty contains the list of requirements mapped to this test case The requirements in this box include columns for their ID name and status Hovering the mouse over the names of the requirements in either box will display a tooltip consisting of the requirement name place in the hierarchical structure and a detailed description Clicking on the hyperlinks in right hand box will jump you to the requirement details screen for the requirement in question see section 4 2 To change the coverage for this test case you use the buttons Add Remove Remove All positioned between the two list boxes The lt Add gt button will move the selected requirements from the list of available on the left to the list of mapped on the right Similarly the lt Remove gt and lt Remove All gt buttons will remove either the selected or all the requirements from the right list box and add them back to the left list box Finally as a shortcut you can click the Create Requirement from This Test Case link to create a new requirement in the list of covered requirements that will be automatically linked to this test case This is useful when you have created a new test case and want to gene
317. will need to manually add the file extension to the filename before uploading if you want it to be displayed with the correct icon in the attachment list You can also associate an existing document that s already stored in SpiraTeam with the test set To do that click on the Add Existing hyperlink to bring up the add file association dialog box Add Existing Document Add Existing Document Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Choose the location of existing document that you d like to add Documents O Source Code Documents Source Code amp EditExistingBook amp Expected Result Screensh G Design 4 Document Filename1 doc Misc Documents _ amp Devel L Web Page capture htm amp Screen Captures m ania ae Specifications g SA amp Documentation m Test Results E G Error Logging in Screen shi Training mA a Test Scripts f z f Ca eer Y a amp Document Filename10 ppb 2 T lest Document Filename11 htm E amp Date Editing Screenshot jp 8 Document Filename2 xls il mt b gt Add Cancel Comment This is a related document gt Add Cancel You can then choose to either associate a document stored in the SpiraTeam Documents repository or in the case of SpiraPlan SpiraTeam but not SpiraTest from the linked source code reposit
318. wing the review by the project manager and customer they are changed to one of the other specific types given a priority critical high medium or low and status changed to Open Once it is assigned to a developer for fixing it is changed to status Assigned The developer now works to correct the incident after which time its status changes to Fixed or Not Reproducible depending on the actions taken or not taken Finally the project manager and customer verify that it has indeed been fixed and the status is changed to Closed SpiraTeam provides robust sorting and filtering of all the incidents in the system as well as the ability to view the incidents associated with particular test cases and test runs enabling drill down from the requirements coverage display right through to the open incidents that are affecting the requirement in question 2 6 Task Management As described above in addition to storing the requirements for a project SpiraTeam includes the capability of drilling each lowest level requirement down further into a series of work items called Tasks These tasks are the discrete activities that each member of the development team would need to carry out for the requirement to be fulfilled Each task can be assigned to an individual user as well as associated with a particular release or iteration The system can then be used by the project manager to track the completion of the diffe
319. with the fields that were changed the old and new values and the person who made the change This allows a complete audit trail to be maintained of all changes in the system In addition if you are logged in as a project administrator you can also click on the Admin View hyperlink to revert any unwanted changes 7 3 Iteration Planning As well as being able to assign requirements tasks and incidents to releases and iterations individually through the Release Iteration details page see above you can also do this on the Iteration Planning screen When you are first planning the iteration and need to batch assign requirements tasks and incidents from the backlog of unscheduled items to the iterations it is usually more convenient to use the lteration Planning screen To access this screen go to Planning gt Iterations choose the current release and the following screen will be displayed Displaying the iteration plan for the selected release Include Tasks Selected Release 1 0 0 0 Livery System Release 1 ea 1 0 0 0 0001 3 1 2004 3 4 2004 EJ 1 0 0 0 0002 3 5 2004 3 8 2004 amp 1 0 0 0 0003 3 9 2004 3 12 2004 n Available Utilized Remaining Available Utilized Available Utilized Remaining 96 0h 32 0h 64 0h 24 0h 32 0h 72 0h 31 8h 40 3h Ability to edit existing authors in the system C 1 Refactor author screen to include delete button C Develop edit author details screen O 2 Cre
320. xes have been selected 5 1 3 Delete Clicking on the lt Delete gt button deletes all the test cases and or test folders whose check boxes have been selected If any of the items are test folders then all the children are all deleted whether test cases or folders This behavior is similar to that in Microsoft Windows Explorer 5 1 4 Execute Clicking on the lt Execute gt button executes all the test cases selected together with all the test cases contained with any selected test folders The test execution functionality of SpiraTeam is explained in more detail in section 5 3 5 1 5 Refresh Clicking on the lt Refresh gt button simply reloads the test case list This is useful as other people may be modifying the list of test cases at the same time as you or executing specific test cases and after stepping away from the computer for a short time you should click this button to make sure you are viewing the most current test case list for the project 5 1 6 Edit Each test case in the list has an lt Edit gt button display in its right most column When you click this button or just double click on any of the cells in the row you change the item from View mode to Edit mode The various columns are made editable and lt Update gt lt Cancel gt buttons are displayed in the last column Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Log Out Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting a gt spiraTeam
321. xis for all projects in the group and different age intervals on the x axis Under the main bar graph is displayed a table containing each project in the group and a colored bar illustrating the distribution of open incidents by priority for that project That way you can see both the aggregate aging for the group and also the relative priority of open incidents for each project You can configure in the widget settings whether you want to see the aggregate aging histogram and or the project specific incident count by priority 3 5 7 Top Open Issues This section displays a breakdown of the top issues logged against any of the projects in the group in order of decreasing priority Note that items not given a priority are listed at the top since critical issues could be lurking in that list and the project manager will want to immediately review these to assign priorities Clicking on the issue item hyperlink will take you to the incident details page for the issue in question see section 6 2 You can configure in the settings whether to use Priority or Severity for the display and also how many rows of data to display 3 5 8 Top Open Risks This section displays a breakdown of the top risks logged against any of the projects in the group in order of decreasing priority Note that items not given a priority are listed at the top since critical risks could be lurking in that list and the project manager will want to immediately review
322. xt to the iteration and the system will display the list of items in the iteration grouped by the resource they are assigned to Welcome Fred Bloggs My Profile Administration Log Out Library Information System Y Help TS Mean e spiraTeam My Page Project Home Planning Testing Tracking Reporting ements Releases efations Planning Board Role Manager Displaying the iteration plan for the selected release 7 Include Tasks M Include Incidents Selected Release 1 1 0 0 0001 Iteration 001 v 9 Any items not assigned to a resource will be listed in the Unassigned Items section You can click on the expand collapse icons to hide any resources that are not relevant The system will display a progress bar for each resource to illustrate the allocation for that resource Any resource that has a progress bar that is completely green has been fully scheduled and should not have any additional items assigned If the progress bar for that resource turns red it means that they have been over scheduled and you need to reassign some of the items Each item will be displayed with the name and ID of the artifact together with the owner estimated effort and projected effort In addition the left border will display a color based on the priority of the item anda progress bar will be displayed that illustrates the current progress of that item You can easily move items from one resource to another by simply drag and droppin
323. y clicking on the settings icon 4 This allows you to customize your view of the project group to reflect the types of information that are relevant to you If you have closed a widget that you subsequently decide you want to reopen you can rectify by clicking the Add Items hyperlink at the top of the page and locating the closed item from the list of Closed Widgets When you load the Project Group Home for the first time it will consists of the following main elements gt Group Overview Requirements Coverage Task Progress Project List Test Execution Status VV v y gt Incident Aging However these are not the only widgets available If you click on the Add Remove items hyperlink it will display the list of any additional widgets that are available Add Remove Items Close Select the catalog you would like to browse Closed Widgets 0 Available Widgets 2 Available Widgets LJ Top Open B amp ues d Top Open Risks You can add the additional widgets by selecting the appropriate checkbox choosing the destination location left side vs right side and then click the Add button The additional widgets available in the Project Group Home dashboard are gt Top Open Issues gt Top Open Risks Each of the different widgets listed is described in more detail below 3 5 1 Group Overview This section displays the name of the project group together with a brief description the web site that
324. y to browse your source code repository from within the main web application This is an excellent way for managers and casual users of the project to browse the files and revisions of the software code without needing to install the version control software on their own workstations In addition for all users the ability to link source code revisions with SpiraTeam artifacts provides traceability from requirements incidents and tasks to the code changes that were made to implement the required feature or fix the identified defect Should a defect resurface later you can view the associated source code revisions to determine which changes were made and did they truly correct the defect 2 10 Build Management Spiraleam includes the ability to integrate with a variety of continuous integration automated build servers so that the results of automated builds can be displayed in SpiraTeam linked to the associated release or iteration In addition the results of automated tests and source code operations can be linked to the build events providing traceability from a specific build to the bugs that were fixed tests that were run and source code files that were modified 2 11 Miscellaneous 2 11 1 Artifact Relationships The sections above have outlined the different features and functions available in the system and have described the various artifacts managed in the system e g projects users requirements tests etc To aid in unders
325. ying all entered Play Tragedy information Not Run Confirmation screen is displayed Not Run 11 3 2 Test Case Detailed Report This report displays all of the test cases defined for the current project in the order they appear in the test case list The test case s details and execution status are displayed along with sub tables containing the list of test steps test runs attached documents the change history and a list of any associated open incidents Test 2 Ability to create new book Tests that the user can create a new book in the system Status Failed Author Fred Bloggs Owner Fred Bloggs URL http www libraryreferences org Test Type Functional Test Priority Creation Date Last Execution 1 Critical 01 Dec 2003 04 Dec 2003 Step Description 1 Call Login to Application User clicks link to create book User enters books name and author then clicks Next User chooses book s genre and sub genre from list User clicks submit button Test Runs Expected Result Sample Data User taken to first screen in wizard User taken to next screen in wizard User sees screen displaying all entered information Confirmation screen is displayed Macbeth William Shakespeare Play Tragedy Tester TRi8 Fred Bloggs TRI5 Joe P Smith Fred Bloggs Release iteration 003 iteration 002 Iteration 001 Version 1 1 0 0 0003 1 1 0 0 0002 1 1 0 0 0001 Est Duration 2 mins 2 mins Actual Duration 70 min
326. you can select the items checkboxes and then click Tools gt Print Items This will display a popup window containing a printable version of the selected items 5 1 16 Right Click Context Menu Spiraleam provides a shortcut called the context menu for accessing some of the most commonly used functions so that you don t need to move your mouse up to the toolbar each time To access the context menu right click on any of the rows in the test case list and the following menu will be displayed Fred Bloggs 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 z Ability to create new book Open ltem Fred Bloggs K Open in New Tab Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith E Ability to edit existing book Fred Bloggs z Ability to create new author New Test Case z Ability to edit existing author Ga New Folder Fred Bloggs Fred Bloggs 4 Ability to reassign book to difi Sereni G Regression Tests 2 amp Scenario Tests 2 amp Exception Scenario Tests E Person loses book and neej z Adding new book and author 3 Delete c gt Indent lt Outdent H Copy Items Ch Cut Items Ch Paste Items Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith 1 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 Fred Bloggs Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith Joe P Smith You can now choose any of these options as an alternative to using the icons in the toolbar 5 2 Test Case Details When you click on a test case
327. you to add new information or change its status to indicate actions taken In addition if you position the mouse pointer over the name of the incident a more detailed description is displayed as a tooltip 3 2 9 My Detected Incidents This section lists all the open incidents that you have detected across all the different projects you are a member of These incidents are not necessarily ones that you need to take an active role in resolving but since you were the originator either by executing a test case or just logging a standalone incident you can watch them to make sure that they are resolved in a timely manner Clicking on the incident name hyperlink takes you to the incident details page see section 6 2 that describes the incident in more detail and allows you to add new information or change its status to indicate actions taken In addition if you position the mouse pointer over the name of the incident a more detailed description is displayed as a tooltip 3 2 10 Quick Launch This widget allows users to quickly record a new incident in any of the projects that they belong to It s a shortcut that avoids having to first select a project go to Tracking gt Incidents and then click New Incident Instead you simply choose the project from the dropdown list and click the arrow icon to bring up the new incident creation screen 3 2 11 My Saved Reports This section lists any reports you have saved f

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