Test Director Questions and Answers

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Have you integrated your automated scripts from TestDirector?

Have you integrated your automated scripts from TestDirector?

When you work with WinRunner, you can choose to save your tests directly to your TestDirector database or while creating a test case in the TestDirector we can specify whether the script in automated or manual. And if it is automated script then TestDirector will build a skeleton for the script that can be later modified into one which could be used to test the AUT.

What is the use of Test Director software?

What is the use of Test Director software?

TestDirector is Mercury Interactive’s software test management tool. It helps quality assurance personnel plan and organize the testing process. With TestDirector you can create a database of manual and automated tests, build test cycles, run tests, and report and track defects. You can also create reports and graphs to help review the progress of planning tests, running tests, and tracking defects before a software release.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

What you can do with / using Test Director?

  • Business analysts define application requirements and testing objectives
  • Test managers and project leads design test plans and develop test cases
  • Test automation engineers create automated scripts and store them in the repository
  • QA testers run manual and automated tests, report execution results, and enter defects
  • Developers review and fix defects logged into the database
  • Project managers create application status reports and manage resource allocation
  • Product managers decide whether an application is ready to be released.

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What is Test Director?

Mercury TestDirector™ allows you to deploy high-quality applications quickly and effectively by providing a consistent, repeatable process for gathering requirements, planning and scheduling tests, analyzing results, and managing defects and issues. TestDirector is a single, Web-based application for all essential aspects of test management — Requirements Management, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects Management. You can leverage these core modules either as a standalone solution or integrated within a global Quality Center of Excellence environment.
TestDirector supports high levels of communication and collaboration among IT teams. Whether you are coordinating the work of many disparate QA teams, or working with a large, distributed Center of Excellence, this test management tool helps facilitate information access across geographical and organization boundaries.
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