Optimizing test Management with IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) V2.0

Integrated with rational Quality Manager and rational functional Tester for remote testing

Introduction

The ibm®rational®quality Manager solution is IBM Rational's latest quality management environment. Built on the Jazz platform, Rational Quality Manager is a flexible tool that provides a wide range of options. This article also shows how to implement integration between the Ibm®rational Quality Manager and the ibm®rational®functional Tester environment. In addition, you can view some of the features of the Quality Manager solution at a higher level, including creating test plans, test cases, manual test scripts, test execution, and defect reports, and generating test reports. (although this article focuses primarily on integration with rational functional Tester, the rational Quality Manager solution provides integrated solutions to other IBM product environments, such as the following:

Ibm®rational®performance Tester

Service Test

Ibm®rational®robot

Ibm®rational®appscan®tester Edition

Other Rational test Products

In addition to IBM rational products, the rational Quality Manager solution provides the ability to integrate with other test automation scenarios. Also, the Rational Quality Manager tool enables your team to perform remote testing without reducing performance.

Prerequisite conditions

Installed ibm®rational®quality Manager V2.0 Express Edition.

The installed IBM Rational functional Tester V8.1.0.1. You must create the sample script in Rational functional Tester.

User Management

First, you need to start the Rational Quality Manager server. At startup, you can switch to start > all Programs > IBM Rational Quality Manager and click Start IBM Rational Quality Manager Server. Wait for a while until the server is started. Once the server starts, you can select Start > All Programs > IBM Rational Quality Manager, then click IBM Rational Quality Manager. You will see an interface as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Login window