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Silk Central

( Duration: 2 Days )

This Silk Central training course provides the skills needed to effectively use the Silk Central software product. This course focuses on teaching the concepts and technologies in Silk Central and the tasks performed by end users. This course covers the following areas: Requirements, Tests, Execution Management, Execution Plans, Test Tracking, Issue Management, Reports, Manual Testing, Projects.

By attending Silk Central workshop, delegates will learn to:

  • Provide an overview on Silk Central
  • Explain the requirements and how to create them
  • Describe how to create and manage tests
  • Create and understand execution plans
  • Create manual tests
  • Create and implement a manual test
  • Use Issue Manager to create and track test issues
  • Explain the mechanisms for tracking and reporting
  • Perform basic system administration

  • Experience using PC applications and have a basic knowledge of software test administration and planning concepts.

The Silk Central class is ideal for:

  • The persons who will perform basic configuration and use Silk Central.

COURSE AGENDA

1

Course Introduction

  • What is Silk Central
  • Silk Architecture
  • Multi Tenant Security
  • Integrating Silk into SDLC
  • Silk Central Integrations
  • Silk Central Projects
  • Silk Central Interface
  • Keyboard Short-Cuts
  • Accessing Silk Central
  • Learn how to use Silk Central Online help
2

Introduction to Silk Central

  • Building Your QA Assets
  • Step 1: Creating a Project
  • Introduction to Dashboard
  • My Dashboard - Adding panels
  • My Dashboard - The Testbook Panel
  • My Dashboard - Configuring panels
  • Step 2: Create Requirements
  • Step 3: Create Tests
  • Step 4: Create Test Steps
  • Step 5: Create Manual Execution Plan
  • Step 5a: Create Execution Plans
  • Step 6: Execute Tests
  • Step 6a: Execute Tests
  • Step 7: Examine Results
  • Step 8: View Reports
  • Silk Central Test Manager Grand Tour
3

Setting the stage

  • ShopIt Demo Application
  • Explore the ShopIt Application
  • Requirements Defined
  • Where do test Requirements come from?
  • Requirements in Silk Central
  • Silk Central Integrations
  • Define Test Requirements
4

Defining requirements

  • Using the Requirements Unit
  • Requirements - Views
  • Requirements - Detail View
  • Requirements - Document View
  • Requirements - Context Menu
  • Requirements - Reporting via Context Menu
  • Requirements - Requirements Toolbar
  • Adding Requirements in Silk
  • Adding Requirements Manually
  • Defining Requirements
  • Define New Test Requirements Manually
  • Requirement Hierarchies
  • Create Requirement Hierarchies
  • Importing Requirements from Documents
  • Requirement Import - MS Word
  • Requirement - MS Word One-Time Import
  • Add Requirements from a Document
  • Requirement Import - MS Excel
  • Requirements Integration
  • Requirement Integration - 3rd Party Tooling
  • Requirement Changes - Flagging
  • Define Test Requirements
5

Managing tests

  • Silk Central Tests Unit
  • Shared Test Assets
  • What is a Test Container?
  • What is a Test Folder?
  • What is a Test?
  • Using the Tests Unit
  • Test Unit Views
  • Create a Test Container
  • Creating a Test
  • Create a Manual Test
  • Assigning Tests to Requirements
  • Assigning Requirements to Tests
  • Assigning Tests to Requirements
  • Generating Tests from Requirements
  • Generate Tests from Requirements
6

Creating a Test Execution

  • What is Execution Planning
  • Types of Execution Plans
  • Understanding which approach to apply
  • Manual Testing Using Test Cycles
  • What is Manual Execution Planning
  • What is a Test Cycle - Overview
  • Driving Test Selection for a Test Cycle
  • Assignment of Resource to Test Cycle
  • Configuration or Test Cycles - Overview
  • Manual Execution Planning Walkthrough
  • Creation of Testing Cycle
  • Test Cycles - Setup & Resource Allocation
  • Test Cycles - Assignment of Tests
  • Test Cycles - Assigning Tests to Resource
  • Test Cycle - Capacity Planning
  • Test Cycles - Starting an Execution
  • Test Cycle - Configuration
  • Test Cycle - Finish Testing Cycle
  • Define a New Testing Cycle
7

Running a Test Execution

  • About Execution Plans
  • Manual Testing using Execution Plans
  • Definition of Execution Plan
  • Execution Planning Unit Main Tasks
  • Execution Planning Unit Tabs
  • Viewing Execution Plans
  • Execution Plan Document View
  • Execution Plan Common Tasks
  • Defining Execution Plan: Right Context Menu
  • Define Test Execution Details for all Test Containers
  • Assigning Tests to Execution Plans
  • Static vs. Dynamic Execution Plans
  • Assign Tests to out newly Created Execution Plan
  • Creating Deployment Environments
  • Deployment Environments - Group Assignment
  • Deployment Environments - Keyword Identification
  • Configure the Deployment Environment for Execution Plans
  • About Execution Servers
  • Scheduling Test Executions
  • Define an Execution Schedule for your Tests
  • Configuring Execution Dependencies
  • Business Process Testing
  • Configuring Execution Dependencies
  • Execution Setup / Cleanup
  • Execution Planning using Configuration Suites
  • Configuration Suite
  • Configuration Suite Common Tasks
  • Defining Configuration Suites
  • Defining New Configuration Suite
  • Assigning Tests to Configuration Suite
  • Static vs. Dynamic Execution Plans
  • Defining Configurations
  • Define a Configuration Suite
8

Creating manual tests

  • Manual Tests within Silk Central
  • Manual Test Cases within Silk Central
  • Creating Manual Test Cases
  • Creating Test Steps
  • Creation of a new Manual Test in the Tests Unit*
  • Test Versions
  • Comparing Test Versions
  • Working with Libraries
  • Libraries - Concepts
  • Using Libraries - Create Shared Steps
  • Using Libraries: Calling Shared Steps
  • Create a Test Library and reuse the Test Steps
  • Data-Driven Testing
  • Step 1: Creating a Data-Driven Test
  • Data Source Entry
  • Steps 2 and 3: Creating a Manual Test and Enabling Data-driven Properties
  • Step 3: Option Data-Driven Parameters
  • Step 4: Test tree updates
  • Using Data-Driven approach with Manual Test
  • Adding a Data Source to a Manual Step
  • Import Tests
  • Import Tests from Excel
9

Executing manual tests

  • Overview of Test Status with Manual Test
  • Requirement and Test Statuses
  • Overview of Custom Status Reasons
  • Overview of Testbook - Team Communication
  • Overview of Testbook
  • Executing Manual Tests from Dashboard
  • Using the Manual Testing Window
  • Manual Test Configuration Options
  • Manual Testing - Overview Area Actions
  • Manual Testing - Test Steps Area Actions
  • Completing Manual Tests
  • Settings the Test Status
  • View Completed Tests
  • Run an Execution Plan using the Manual Testing Window
  • Executing Manual Tests in Silk Central
  • Executing Manual Tests from Dashboard
  • Executing Manual Tests from Tracking Activities Page
  • Executing Manual Tests from Run tab
  • Offline Testing Using Excel
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Basic Steps
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Download Options
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Open or Save
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Tabs
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Dialog View
  • Executing Offline Testing Using Excel - Upload offline tests
  • What Denotes a Test Offline
10

Issue Manager

  • About Defect Tracking in Silk Central
  • Issue Manager Overview
  • How Issue Manager Uses Inboxes
  • Explore the Issue Manager Inbox
  • Creating Issues in Issue Manager
  • New Issues Dialog
  • Custom Field Tab
  • Creating Issues Within a Test Execution
  • Create an Issue
  • Processing Issues
  • Available Actions for Existing Issues
  • Taking Action on Issues
  • Routing Rules and Workflows
  • Issue Reports in Dashboard
  • Issue Reports - Issues Created Over Time
  • In Context - Report Overview
  • Out-of-the-box Reports
  • Generating Reports - Example
11

Test monitoring and reporting

  • The Tracking Unit
  • The Activities View
  • The Activities View: Last Executions
  • The Project Overview Report
  • Managing Quality within the Project
  • Defining a Quality Goal
  • Quality Goals Menu
  • Quality Goals View
  • Quality Goals Report
  • Quality Goals Reporting - Dashboard
  • Run Test Executions and monitor their status in the Activities Page
  • The Manual Tests Results View
  • Context Reports
  • Report Subscriptions
  • Test Monitoring - Document View
  • The Reports Unit
  • Execute a pre-installed report from the Reports Unit

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