Post-01: What is the Mercury TestDirector 8.0 ?

What is the Purpose of Mercury TestDirector ?

Purpose:

Mercury TestDirector is a web based Software Test Management Tool to manage Test Cycle.



Mercury Test Director 8.0 - Test Management


Here, we will start with Mercury TestDirector modules and later on will explore all modules using a project

example from software industry.


Test Management Cycle includes followings:

• Requirement Management - REQUIREMENTS module in Mercury TestDirector
• Test Planning - TEST PLAN module in Mercury TestDirector 
• Test Execution - TEST LAB module in Mercury TestDirector 
• Defects Reporting - DEFECTS module in Mercury TestDirector 

  

Mercury TestDirector 8.0 - Modules

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
What are the main components of Mercury TestDirector ?

Main Components of the Mercury TestDirector includes followings:

• Site Administrator
• Project Customization



Mercury TestDirector 8.0 - Main Page

 




















 What is the Purpose of Mercury TestDirector Site Administrator ?

The main purpose of Mercury TestDirector Site Administrator is to manage followings:

• Create Project Domains

          Domain of the Project e.g; HEALTH, FINANCE etc

• Create Projects

          New Project under some Domain e.g; HEALTH - Florida Dental  etc

• Create Users

          Users - Which will use Mercury TestDirector.

• Manage Connected Users

          Users - Accessing the Mercury TestDirector

• Configure  Licenses

          Mercury License for Mercury TestDirector

• Configure Test Director Server

          Server Parameters : Log Files, Mail Protocol, Max. DB Connections etc

• Configure DB Servers

          Database Servers : Access, MS SQL Server etc

• Site Configuration

          Site Parameters : Version Control, Mail Interval, Mail Format, Log File etc

• Configure Site Scope

          TestDirector Server Availability, Performance, Memory & CPU usage etc



  

Mercury TestDirector 8.0 - Site Administrator Tabs

  

What is the Purpose of Mercury TestDirector Project Customization ?

The main purpose of Mercury TestDirector Project Customization is to manage followings:

• Change Password 

          To change the user password

• Change User Properties

          Full Name, Email, Phone, Description etc

• Setup Users 

          Add, Remove, Assign Roles etc

• Setup Groups

          Create, Remove Groups etc

• Customize Module Access

          Access to Mercury TestDirector Modules

• Customize Project Entities

          Defect, Test, Test Setup, Requirements, Run etc

• Customize Project Lists

          Define Project drop down lists like Bug Status, Module etc

• Configure Emails

          Define columns for Email template

• Set Traceability Notification Rules

          Enable or Disable rules defined for requirements

• Setup Workflow

          Dynamically changes fields & values of a project



Mercury TestDirector 8.0 - Project Customization





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