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Adding a Product to Test
Clip #1 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Before you can use QaTraq Software Testing Tool to help you manage and track your testing you need to define the product that you are planning to test. When we refer to a product in QaTraq we are referring to any application or system that is going to be the focus of our testing efforts. So in this clip we look: creating a new product, adding product components, adding product versions and adding product requirements.

Creating a New Test Plan
Clip #2 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Test Plans are the starting point for any new software testing effort or project. In this second clip we look at the fundamentals behind creating your first test plan in QaTraq Software Testing Tool. A new QaTraq test plan provides you with a repository for all the testing activities and documentation relating to your software testing effort. In particular this clip covers: creating a new test plan and defining new test design areas.

Creating a Test Script
Clip #3 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
With a product defined within QaTraq Software Testing Tool and the test plan create we are now ready to start creating our test scripts. Test Scripts describe in detail how a series of tests or test cases are to be conducted. So in this clip we look at: creating test cases, creating a new test script and adding test cases to a test script.

Entering Test Results
Clip #4 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Within QaTraq Software Testing Tool every test script has an associate set of test results. In this clip we take a look at the relationship between test scripts and test results. We see how you can enter test results for each individual test case in a test script and how you can enter multiple result in one go. For this clip we look at: modifying/updating test results and viewing/reviewing test results.

Working with Test Scripts
Clip #5 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Within QaTraq Software Testing Tool we define a test script as a document that describes in detail how a series of tests are to be conducted. A test script therefore contains one or more test cases, where each test case will have an associated test result. So in building up a test script execution strategy we will need to work with test scripts, creating new ones, copying existing test scripts and modifying existing test scripts. So in this clip we look at: defining the products, developing the test scripts and copying/deleting/modifying test scripts.

Adding a Product to Test
Clip #1 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Before you can use QaTraq Software Testing Tool to help you manage and track your testing you need to define the product that you are planning to test. When we refer to a product in QaTraq we are referring to any application or system that is going to be the focus of our testing efforts. So in this clip we look: creating a new product, adding product components, adding product versions and adding product requirements.

Using the Task Views
Clip #6 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
The summary pages within QaTraq Software Testing Tool are designed to provide you with summary information for key aspects of your testing projects. The four main summary pages cover key test management, test co-ordination, test development and test execution tasks for your testing projects. This clip covers each of those summary pages showing how test managers, test team leads, test analysts and testers can get the most out of QaTraq by using these summary pages.

Reporting on Test Progress
Clip #7 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
Creating reports to help you manage and track your test projects is key to the success of any project. So in this clip we take 3 examples of reports from within QaTraq Software Testing Tool and look at how to create those reports and how to interpret the results displayed. In this clip we look in detail at the test script summary report, the users test case count report and the test failures by defect report.

Working with Requirements
Clip #8 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Tour Series
One of the most useful aspects of QaTraq Software Testing Tool is the ability to track test coverage both from a product component and product requirements perspective. So we are going to take a look here at how we can define requirements, create test cases for those requirements, create a test script specifically for a requirement, record results and then view test coverage statistics.

A series of short introductory articles looking at how QaTraq Software Testing Tool can help you track and plan your software testing efforts.

Tracking Test Scripts
Article #1 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Intro Series
In this first article we examine how QaTraq Software Testing Tool reports can help you manage and track your test scripts. We see which test scripts are being run against which builds of your product right through to viewing test result distribution across a selection of test scripts.

Identifying Test Coverage
Article #3 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Intro Series
Keeping track of your test coverage can very often be undertaken on a very ad hoc basis. Using key QaTraq Software Testing Tool reports we see in this article how we can identify which areas of your testing have covered which areas of your product components and requirements.

Tracking Test Result – coming soon
Article #4 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Intro Series
In this fourth article we look at how QaTraq Software Testing Tool reports can help you track test cases and associated test results. We see how you can summarise test result statistics and how you can see which tests are assigned to which testers for testing.

A series of professional articles looking at how QaTraq Software Testin Tool professional version can help you track and plan your software testing efforts.

Regression Testing
Article #1 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Pro Serie
Tacking command of your regression testing efforts is key to the success of any software testing project. In this article we show you how simple it is to coordinate your regression testing with QaTraq Software Testing Tool Pro.

Test Script Reviews
Article #2 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Pro Serie
Separating test scripts that are under development from formal test scripts which are ready to run can be difficult with traditional software testing approaches. With QaTraq Software Testin Tool Pro we show you how you can setup and oversee a test script review process.

Tracking Time to Complete
Article #3 in the QaTraq Software Testing Tool Pro Serie
Estimating and tracking how long it is going to take to complete your testing is a simple process with QaTraq Software Testing Tool Pro. In this article we demonstrate how you can track actual time taken to complete test scripts and how you can use that information in future test projects to help plan your testing.