Introduction to Rational

Test Suite 2001

Agenda

 QA Basics
 Introduction to Rational Test Suite
 Rational Test Manager
 Test implementation with Rational Robot
 Summary
Benefit of implementation of automatic test
Obstacles in using Rational Robot
 Video Demos
QA Basics

 Major Goal of software developing enterprise is

satisfaction of the client by providing qualitative
product.

The major parts of QUALITATIVE PRODUCT are:

Adjustment to Corrected
Client Functionality
Requirements of the Product
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Why qualitative product ?

 1:10:100 Rule

Discovering of product’s defects at latest phase will

cost much more then on earlier.
 1:5 Rule

It’s more expensive to find a new client then keep

working with the old one.
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How qualitative product ?

 Qualitative System Analyze
 Qualitative Design of Product Architecture
 Qualitative Product Development

 Qualitative Product Testing

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Classic Problem in Testing

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Quantity

Quality
Introduction to Rational Test Suite

 Rational Test Suite is a software solution for

composing, developing, managing, debugging
and run automatic tests.

 Rational Test Suite consist of next major

applications :

• Test Manager • Purify • SoDa

• Robot • PureCoverage • Test Factory
• ClearQuest • RequisitePro
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• ClearQuest - Rational ClearQuest is a defect

tracking and change request
management system.

• PureCoverage - Rational PureCoverage automatically

pinpoints areas of code that have not
been exercised during testing.

• Purify - Rational Purify automatically pinpoints

hard-to-find, run-time errors in your
applications.
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• SoDa - Rational SoDA provides automatic

generation of software documentation.
SoDA templates support Microsoft Word
95, 97, 98, and 2000.

• RequisitePro - Rational RequisitePro helps teams

organize, prioritize, track, and control
changing requirements of a system or
application.
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• Test Factory - Rational TestFactory automatically

generates comprehensive test
scripts.

• Test Manager - Rational TestManager is the cornerstone

of Rational’s testing tools, controlling and

managing all test activities.

• Robot - Rational Robot lets you create, modify,
and run automated functional tests on
your applications.
Rational TestManager

Rational TestManager is the one place to manage all testing

activities—planning, design, implementation, execution, and
analysis. TestManager ties together testing with the rest of the
development effort, joining your testing assets and tools to
provide a single point from which to understand the exact state
of your project.
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 Plan Test Phase

The purpose of plan test is to identify and describe the
testing that will be implemented and executed. This is
accomplished by generating a test plan which contains the
requirements for test and test strategies. A single test plan
may be developed, describing all the different types of tests
to be implemented and executed, or one test plan per type
of test may be developed. Either is method is acceptable.

• The Test Plan

The test plan contains information about the purpose and
goals of testing within the project. Additionally, the test
plan identifies the strategies to be used to implement and
execute testing and resources needed.
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 Design Test Phase

The purpose of Design Test Phase is to identify, describe
and generate the test model and its reported artifacts (test
procedures and test cases).

• Test Model
The test model is a representation of what will be tested and
how it will be tested. It is a view of the design and
implementation models and includes the collection of the
test cases, test procedures, and test scripts, and their
relationship. 
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 Implement Test Phase

The purpose of Implement Test Phase is to implement
(record, generate, or program) the test procedures that were
defined in Design Test. The output artifact is a computer
readable version of the test procedure, referred to as a test
script. The generation of test scripts can be done within the
context of test automation tools or programming
environments. There is an implementation for each test
case defined in test plan.

• Test Case
A test case is a set of test inputs, execution conditions, and
expected results developed for particular objective, such as
to exercise a particular program path or to verify
compliance with a specific requirement.
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Test
Plan

Scripts Test
Results Cases
Test implementation with Rational Robot

 Rational Robot
Rational Robot is a part of Rational Test Suite that lets to
Test Engineer to create, modify, debug and run automated
functional tests on applications under test (AUT).
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 Implementation of Test Scripts

They are the computer readable instructions that automate the
execution of a test procedure (or portion of a test procedure). Test
scripts may be created (recorded ) or automatically generated
using test automation tools, programmed using a programming
language, or a combination of recording, generating, and
programming.

In order to check an application under test Script Developer

uses such a “Verification Points” combined with different
“Verification Methods ”
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 Verification Points
The location in the instructions where an actual result will be
compared with an expected result.

• Alphanumeric • Window Existence • Region Image

• Clipboard • Window Image • Web Site Scan
• Menu • File Comparison • Web Site Compare
• Object Data • File Existence
• Object Properties • Module Existence
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 Verification Method
The machine readable instruction that executes the comparison
between expected and actual results. Different verification
methods exist to verify different attributes.
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 Example Case: Check that adding of new agent updates Data Base.
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Summary : Benefit of implementation
automatic test
 Unattended Run  Decrease tool time

During run of test cases tester could do his We can use the scripts to run during
other tasks and return only to get results. non working hours (Night Runs)

 Written once, runs a lot of times  Save the time

You could run the same test script again Automatic test decrease dramatically
and again. test time.

 Full Coverage of Inputs Range

Using test script it’s possible to pass over all Valid Input Range and
pass over Invalid Range. This is what regular tester can’t do
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automatic test

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STD TESTS
TESTS

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ScriptsDeveloping
Developing TESTS
TESTS

Time Line
Summary : Obstacles in using Rational
Robot
 Image (picture) depended tests
The Robot can not capture the live image.
Therefore Train can not be Automated
 Test Script Updates
Applications could change from build to build,
so test script should be updated too -
maintenance of scripts
 External Functions
In order to make script smaller and suitable to
our application, we developed an external
functions according our needs. This makes script
developing process easier, but someone should
write those libraries first.
 Result Log File
Default generated Result Log File doesn’t supply
an easy-to-read and understandable output, so
during developing of the script Tester should
write by himself to the log file messages that will
make it easy to analyze the outcomes.
 Advanced Script
In order to make advanced script it’s not enough
just record and playback Tester’s action. In this
case Tester Engineer should combine between
recording and code writing.