We’re very excited to release QA Wizard Pro 2010.1 to beta today! The beta is open to anyone, so feel free to click through and try it out. If you do try it out, please leave feedback so that we can continue to improve our product offerings.
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TestTrack TCM includes support for running and monitoring automated test scripts. If you’re using QA Wizard Pro, that support is ready out of the box. We also have a plug-in for TestComplete and instructions for integrating other tools into the TCM framework. Don’t hesitate to ask support how to best connect TestTrack TCM to your existing automated tool set.
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Recently, you may have read about some security attacks against large companies like Google, Adobe and others called Operation Aurora. You may have also seen that the underlying attack was against their SCM systems. McAfee published a white paper on this topic (found here) that outlines some of the problems with the SCM system in question. Continue reading…
Custom fields allow you to define metadata you want to capture about a file beyond the normal information (like last date modified) that Surround SCM inherently tracks. Each field can be typed as text, integer, float, list, SCM users, date/time or check box. You can also set default values for any of these.
By themselves, custom fields let you do some useful things. For example, Surround ships with a custom field called Owner, which is a drop-down list of your users. As a team lead you can grab groups of design specifications and, with one click, assign those files to an engineer to manage.
When you’re ready to share your Surround SCM evaluation with your team, it’s relatively straightforward to enable access for those users. The following steps will walk you through the process.
Note that by default the administrator user (no password) is the only account that can access Surround SCM. The following steps will let you add additional users to your Surround SCM installation. Also, be sure to open port 4900 (default for the Surround SCM server) on the machine running the server so the rest of your team can connect from their desktops.
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As a consultant, I have been exposed to many different development methodologies and processes. In most cases, assignments are performed by a person that is aware of staff resources and distributes tasks according to the availability of these resources.
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If you are a loyal reader of this blog, chances are that you read Gerhard Kruger’s post about our Visual Studio Integration. In this article, Gerhard talks about accessing TestTrack Pro items and Surround SCM actions from within Visual Studio. I’d like to present a different angle to this integration, specifically, the TestTrack Pro integration.
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Filtering is a great way to slice data on a daily basis. They really form the basis for working efficiently with your development and QA artifacts. It’s typical for a customer to have 10,000+ issues/bugs/feature requests in a TestTrack project – filters allow users to narrow that list of data to what is relevant to them at any given moment. In this post I want to highlight the filter run time feature that makes creating and maintaining a usable list of filters much easier.
I’m pumped up to announce the Seapine User Days 2010 events in London and Munich in late April! We’ll be holding one-day events in both cities, and we’re cramming a ton of stuff in.
Being able to easily and quickly segregate data by various criteria is a requirement of any product that claims to be “easy to use.” For example, product management is interested in commonly reported issues and feature requests during product planning, but nearing the end of a release cycle they’re focused on critical issues that could delay the release. QA wants to see test runs yet to be executed or those that need to be re-run and development wants to see approved requirements that are ready for implementation. All of these scenarios create the need for distinct and re-usable “views” of the artifacts in TestTrack. This is where TestTrack’s tabbed views can make life much simpler for you as a user.
