M E R C U RY I N T E R A C T I V E ’ S T E S T D I R E C T O R THE GLOBAL TEST MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
TestDirector, the industry’s first global test management solution, helps organizations deploy high-quality applications more quickly and effectively. Its four modules—Requirements Manager, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defects Manager—are seamlessly integrated, allowing for FEATURES AND BENEFITS
a smooth information flow between various testing stages. The completely Web-enabled
• Supports the Entire Testing Process: TestDirector
TestDirector supports high levels of communication and collaboration among distributed
incorporates all aspects of the testing process— requirements management, planning,
testing teams, driving a more effective, efficient global application-testing process.
scheduling, running tests, issue management and project status analysis—into a single browser-based application.
ABOUT TESTDIRECTOR
• Project managers use TestDirector to create
TestDirector brings communication, organization,
application status reports and manage
Assets: Using TestDirector’s Web interface,
documentation and structure into every testing
resource allocation.
testers, developers and business analysts can
project. It becomes the central point of control—
participate in and contribute to the testing
storing all information about application
process by collaborating across geographic and
requirements, tests and defects in a central
• Provides Anytime, Anywhere Access to Testing
organizational boundaries. • Provides Traceability Throughout the Testing Process: TestDirector links requirements to test cases, and test cases to issues, to ensure traceability throughout the testing cycle. When requirement changes or the defect is fixed, the tester is notified of the change. • Integrates with Third-Party Applications:
Microsoft Office or a homegrown defectmanagement tool, any application can be integrated into TestDirector. Through the open API, TestDirector preserves the users’ investment in their existing solutions and enables them to create an end-to-end lifecycle-management solution.
project to decide whether an application is ready to be released.
repository. Because team members can use TestDirector via the Web, they all have access
HOW TESTDIRECTOR WORKS
to critical project information—regardless of
TestDirector streamlines the testing process—
geographic and organizational boundaries.
from requirements management through planning, scheduling and running tests to defect
By adding structure to every aspect of the
tracking—in a single browser-based application.
testing process, TestDirector is beneficial throughout an organization:
Whether an individual uses an industrystandard configuration management solution,
• Product managers review the TestDirector
Requirements Management: Requirements-based testing keeps the testing effort on track and
• Business analysts use TestDirector to define application requirements and testing objectives.
measures the application against business-user needs. TestDirector’s Requirements Manager links test cases to application functional
• Test managers and project leads work with
requirements, ensuring traceability throughout
TestDirector to design test plans and develop
the testing process. TestDirector enables the
test cases.
user to easily see what percentage of the application functional requirements are covered
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• Test-automation engineers create automated scripts and store them in TestDirector’s
by tests, how many of these tests have been run, and how many have passed or failed.
repository. Planning Tests: Based on the requirements, • QA testers use TestDirector to run manual and automated tests, report execution results and enter defects. • Developers review and fix defects logged into the TestDirector database.
T E S T
testers can start building the test plan and designing the actual tests. Test plans can be created in TestDirector or imported from Microsoft Word or Excel. TestDirector supports manual and
automated tests, as well as a transition to
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automation. By maintaining all test planning
• Manages Manual and Automated Tests:
information in a central repository, team members
TestDirector stores and runs both manual and
can easily reuse entire test plans or individual test
automated tests, and can help jumpstart a user’s
cases for future application releases.
automation project by converting manual tests to
Scheduling and Running Tests: After test-design
automated test scripts.
and development issues have been addressed, the testing team is ready to start running tests. To test the system as a whole, the team needs
• Accelerates Testing Cycles: TestDirector’s TestLab The Test Lab Manager helps schedule tests to run anytime, on any machine on the network.
to perform various types of testing—functional,
manager accelerates the test-execution cycles by scheduling and running tests automatically—unattended, even overnight. The results are reported
regression, load, unit and integration—each
into TestDirector’s central repository, creating an
with its own set of requirements, schedules and
accurate audit trail for analysis.
procedures. TestDirector’s Test Lab Manager
• Facilitates Consistent and Repetitive Testing Process:
allows scheduled tests to run unattended,
By providing a central repository for all testing
overnight or when the system is in least demand
assets, TestDirector facilitates the adoption of a
for other resources. By defining dependencies
more consistent testing process, which can be
between tests, users can realistically emulate
repeated throughout the application lifecycle or
real-life business processes, while making it
shared across multiple applications or lines of
easier to maintain and reuse the tests.
business (LOB).
Defect Management: Analyzing defects is what essentially helps managers make the “go/no-go” decision about application deployment.
• Provides Analysis and Decision Support Tools: TestDirector’s graphs and reports give up-to-the-minute information on application status at any stage of the testing process.
TestDirector’s integrated graphs and reports help analyze application readiness at any point in the testing process. Using information about require-
TestDirector’s Defect Manager supports the
ments coverage, planning progress, run schedules
entire defect lifecycle—from initial problem
ABOUT MERCURY INTERACTIVE
or defect statistics, managers are able to make
detection through fixing the defect and verifying
Mercury Interactive is the global leader in business
informed decisions on whether the application is
the fix. This ensures that no defect is over-
technology optimization (BTO). Our Optane suite
ready to go live.
looked or closed before it has been addressed.
of testing, tuning and performance-management
Before any new defect is submitted,
solutions enables companies to unlock the value
TestDirector checks the database for similar
of their Information Technology investments by
defects, minimizing duplicate defects and
optimizing business and technology performance
eliminating the need for manual checking.
to meet business requirements. With Mercury Interactive, customers can measure the quality of their
Graphs and Reports: The testing process generates
IT-enabled business processes, maximize technology
large amounts of data. TestDirector’s customiz-
and business performance at every stage of the
able graphs and reports help users analyze this
application lifecycle, and manage their IT operations
data. In a traditional organization, it may take
for continuous optimization throughout the lifecycle.
10 to 20 hours to create a test-execution report or a release-status assessment. With TestDirector, all of this information is at the user’s fingertips, enabling an up-to-the-minute decision on application status or team productivity.
Our leading-edge BTO software and services are complemented by technologies and services from our global business partners, and are used by more than 30,000 customers—including 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies—to improve quality, reduce costs and align IT with business goals.
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