Requirements
This page contains:
Requirement Issue Types
- Hey Requirement! What's your story..?
- What's my "story"? Don't be kidding me!
I can be a Story, that is true but there is more! I can be an Epic, New Feature, Improvement... can you handle that? I will keep counting... Change Request, Use Case, Development Task...
Tests Repository
Tests Repository is built from your Test Case Templates (TCT). Templates are reusable, so you can use single Test in many executions.
Test Case Templates can be connected with Requirements:
You can create Test Case Templates first. When you are in TCT issue go to edit and select all Requirements that this test covers.
On TCT issue all linked Requirements are shown as a list of keys
or as a table (for more see Enhanced Issue Picker CF)
You can create Test Case Templates from Requirement directly by selecting "Create Test Case Template" operation.
Create Issue Page will open with Test Case Template issue type preset in given project. When you create new TCT it will be connected with The Requirement.
Test Coverage
- Good morning.
- How can I help you?
- I feel unsecured...
- Have you try Test Coverage already..?
Test Coverage allows you describe test scenarios for your requirements. Test Case Template issue type can store steps list (Actions, Input Data, Expected Result, etc.) for you. It links with requirement or bunch of requirements if you have complex scenarios that cover many features, functionality.
Show Test Coverage on you Requirements when browsing your issues.
For more see Panel Filter Result [old].
Plan Tests for Requirements
- It is time to prepare for a war!
You can create Test Plans out of your Requirement.
You can create new Test Plan from Requirement directly by selecting "Create TP" operation.
You will see Create Test Plan screen where you can select your Tests. Press Create button to create new plan that will be connected with your Requirement.
For more see Create Test Plan (from Requirement).
You can create Test Plans with all Tests that cover your Requirement. To do this select "Create TP with TCs" operation.
Then select Project and provide summary.
Newly created test plan will have all Tests from Requirement.
This option requires few things to work:
- Requirement field set in Custom fields section in TestFLO Settings.
- No extra required fields on Test Plan create issue screen.
- It is a good day for fishing...
Alternatively you can connect your Test Plans with Requirements directly from existing plan.
Some customers connecting Requirements with Test Plans others not. Do you wonder if such relationship is right for you? Please, consider following guidelines:
- Do you often test Requirements? Do your Requirements have a lot of tests that should be executed in batch?
- Then linking TP with Requirements definitely makes sense. Make one plan for each Requirement.
- Are your Test Plans oriented around bunch of requirements, iterations, sprints?
- If so, then linking TP with Requirements is optional for you. It may be useful but linking Test Case directly with Requirement is more crucial in that case (this is supported too).
- Ready... steady... go!
SINCE V2.8
If your Test Plan is linked with requirements you can load automatically all TCT (Test Coverage) to your plan from those requirements.
Select Show Requirement's TCTs flag to filter TCT list to Requirement Test Coverage.
Reporting
Execute Tests & Report Defects
- Attack!
It is easy to create defects from your running test. Select one of the available option from "More" menu on Test Case:
- Create Defect (TP req)
- Create Defect (TC req)
Difference between those two options is that Defect will be connected with Requirement from either TP or TC. For example if your TC has Requirements CF set to REQ-5 (for more see TestFLO Settings > Defects section) then REQ-5 value will be copied to Defect. Thanks to that it will be possible to track defects on Requirement level.
Select proper option to your strategy of linking Tests with Requirements. You can disable unused operation later in Administration -> Manage Add-ons -> TestFLO Plugin Modules.
Track Tests Progress
- What is happening?!?!
- This is what happens, dude!
Measure progress of Tests:
Show all Test Plans related with your Requirement. On screen below there is a New Feature issue with four Test Plans connected with this New Feature. For each TP there is Progress, Affected Version, Estimations shown. You can extend this panel for more information from your TP you would like to see (see Panel Filter Result).
You can also show only running plans or plans for given set of version, components and any other JQL filter criteria.
If single or bunch of requirements have Test Plans defined you can show cumulative progress of tests (select from menu TestFLO -> Test Plan Progress). Provide saved filter with Test Plans (they can be filtered by your Requirement or many other criteria such as version, component, status).
The report will find all Progress custom fields on your TP and show corresponding Test Cases statuses.
If you are looking for more detailed information about Tests Execution (Test Cases issue type) you can add Tests Under Execution Panel (Panel Filter Result) and Tests Execution progress field (Subtask Color Status / TP Progress [old]).
Track Defects
- WHY ME..?!?!
- Please, calm down! Everything is under control!
It is easy to take a quick look on Defects reported under given Requirement. As long as Defects are connected with Requirements in JIRA (via TCT/TC or TP) you can
List Defects reported for your Requirements directly on issue. You can split Defects into several panels and show only unresolved bugs, etc.
Use JIRA built-in gadgets to show number of created vs resolved Defects for your Requirements.
If you connect you Requirements with Test Plan directly, you can also check which Defects were reported under given plan.
Traceability Report
You can create many different reports using JIRA built-in features and TestFLO's components. One example is a traceability report.
Agile Development & Test Progress
If you are using JIRA Software and you include Test Plans into your sprints, you can check progress of your development and tests using dedicated report (go to "Reports" board's mode and select Progress Report):
Calculation is based on:
- Estimations of your tasks in given sprint (Stories, New Features, etc.),
- Test Coverage of your tasks,
- Test Plans / Test Cases included into your Sprint.
Hierarchy
- We aaaaaare cheerleaders!
If you want to organize your requirements into a structure, please use TestFLO built-in Enhanced Issue Picker CF and Panel Filter Result. Using these two TestFLO's components you can relate Requirements to each other.
Control Requirements Workflow
- Time to sleep. Tomorrow new challenges arise...
Control your Requirement's workflow based on linked issues statuses. For example Requirement can not be closed unless Test Plans or Defects are resolved. In case of development tasks like Story you may force developer to resolve bugs first!
