Quality Assurance Training: Know your tool better

As they say, “If a hammer is the only tool you have then you will treat all your problems as nail”. Same goes with Testing, if exposure to tools and their potential is limited then there is a high probability that many features of the product/project that remain untested or not enough testing is done for them. Every Tool has its USP (Unique selling point). Different tools come into action at different times for different aspects of the project .We will be providing you with FULL WORKING KNOWLEDGE of these tools. Highlights of Tools that we use in Quality Analyst Training : HP Quality Center (QC) HP Quality Center known as “Test Director” is a Tool by HP.rnPurpose: HP Quality Center is a Test Management Tool. Features:rn1. Requirement Managementrn2. Requirement to test case mappingrn3. Test Plan creation and management supportrn4. Support for multiple projects at the same timern5. Linkage between the failed test case and defectrn6. State can be monitored for any bug against a particular test casern7. Tracking of execution numbers that is Iterations and their logrn8. Reporting and graph facilityrn9. Multiple Test execution states supported Quick Test Professional (QTP) Quick Test Professional is a Test Automation Tool of HP and was formerly acquired by Mercury Purpose: QTP helps in performing Automated Functional and Regression Testing See are Qa Course Outline. Features:rn1) Record and Playback Featurern2) Supports only vbscript as scripting languagern3) Supports both GUI based and script based automation Load Runner Load Runner is a Test Automation tool from HP Purpose: Load Runner is used for performance testing by simulating many users Features:rnI. Load Runner is a tool that simulates a situation where many users uses the systemrnII. Many scenarios can be created as per requirementrnIII. Many aspects can be tested like hits per secondrnIV. An ideal tool to put the system in a real world scenario and test is as how it will behave in real Mantis Bug Tracker Mantis is a free web-based bug tracking tool. Purpose:rnTo manage bug related datarnFeatures:rnA. Multiple projects per instancernB. Supports for Projects , sun projects and categoriesrnC. Change-log supportedrnD. Built-in reporting (Reports and Graphs)rnE. Attachments can be saved on a web server or a backup can be made to an FTP accountrnF. Export to csv , excel and word formatrnG. Multiple plugins available to extend functionality Snagit Screen capture Snagit replaces the native print screen option. Purpose: Snagit is a screenshot program that displays video and audio output.rnFeatures:rna. Image , Text and video capturernb. Editrnc. Sharernd. Organize