ALM 12 Training Course

This course covers all aspects of using ALM 12 to manage your testing projects, from developing your requirements and planning your software releases, through to writing test scripts, executing them and raising and managing defects.

Features such as Sprinter, Business Views and Project Reports are explained in depth as well as the new Web Client interface, how the traceability model works and reporting facilities. Throughout the course practical examples are demonstrated, and the delegates get to practice what they have learned in each chapter within ALM.

By the end of the course you should have a complete understanding of all the modules within ALM and how it should be used to manage your testing projects from start to finish.

Who Should Attend?

  • Recommended for anyone new to ALM
  • Suitable for those upgrading from older versions of Quality Center or ALM

Exam Details

There is no exam as part of this course.

Objectives

  • Understand what can be stored in ALM and how to import existing data
  • Understand how to extract reports and metrics from ALM
  • Understand how to use Version Control features to safeguard your test assets

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Please note: this course runs on demand so the price is TBC. It can be arranged to run on-site at your offices as Training for Teams or as a public course if there is sufficient interest.

Please contact us for more details.

There was a willingness by the trainer to answer out-of-scope questions even outside the official scheduled course time.

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Course Content and Agenda

The course consists of 14 modules, spread over two days.

  • Overview of the ALM interface
  • Brief explanation of the ALM architecture and login process
  • How to plan for your software releases and for each release how to plan your testing cycles
  • How to create your own requirement types
  • How to write requirements, how to link them back to cycles & releases
  • How to implement requirement traceability
  • How to implement risk-based analysis against test requirements
  • How to import existing Business Models into ALM from other modelling tools
  • How to use the Test Plan module to develop test scripts
  • How to use parameterisation in your scripts
  • Creation of reusable scripts
  • How to link tests to requirements
  • How to create multiple Test Configurations to test multiple use-cases
  • How to store and manage shared test assets such as Function Libraries, Object Repositories, Data Tables
  • How to check dependencies on shared assets
  • How to create Test Sets. Test Execution and results
  • Creating Host Groups, and configuring execution flow
  • Test Set Options
  • Traceability of defects raised in test runs
  • How to use the new Sprinter manual test runner
  • Configuration of Sprinter, Data Injection, using Macros, the Storyboard and screen capture and annotation are all covered in this chapter as well as creating new manual tests from a Sprinter recording
  • The Defect Life Cycle
  • How to raise defects and track them through the lifecycle
  • The traceability model in ALM
  • Explores the Project Planning and Tracking module to define scope items, milestones and set up KPIs to ensure project deadlines are met
  • Using analysis and the Dashboard for generating reports and graphs
  • How to use the report generator and the Excel reporting utility
  • How to use the new Business Views
  • How to create your own Template Reports
  • Using version control
  • Creating Libraries and Baselines
  • Pinning Test sets to Baselines
  • Comparing Baselines
  • Importing Libraries
  • How to install the MS Office add-ins
  • How to export data from Excel into ALM
  • Demonstrates the new cross-browser web client and the new Author mode in the Requirements module
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