Preface

Welcome to the Oracle Test Manager User Guide. This guide explains how to use Oracle Test Manager and the Administrator to organize and manage your overall Web testing process.

Audience

This guide is for developers, administrators, managers, QA engineers, and testers who will be using Oracle Test Manager to track requirements, tests, and issues for testing projects.

This guide is for the following users:

• Developers who create and debug applications.

• Administrators who setup and manage the database, users, and user roles.

• QA engineers and testers who test and track issues found.

• Project managers who define product or project requirements.

• Managers who review reports on development progress.

Prerequisites

Although no specific technical knowledge is required, some knowledge of test management and defect tracking is assumed. Administrators should be familiar with the concepts of user roles and database administration and management.

Using This Guide

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Introduction" provides an overview of Oracle Test Manager.

Chapter 2, "Basics" explains how to install Oracle Test Manager and describes the main window.

Chapter 3, "Working With Projects" describes how to create and manage projects.

Chapter 4, "Working With Requirements" explains how to create and maintain requirements.

Chapter 5, "Working With Tests" explains how to create, run, and maintain tests.

Chapter 6, "Working With Issues" explains how to create and maintain issues.

Chapter 7, "Working With Reports" explains how use the Reports and Dashboard tabs to view, customize, email, and export reports.

Chapter 8, "Configuring Databases" explains how to add, remove, and update databases to Oracle Test Manager.

Chapter 9, "Administering the Database" explains how to use the Administrator to maintain project preferences, users, permissions, and project components.

Chapter 10, "Using the Windows Interface" describes the Windows interface to Oracle Test Manager.

Appendix A, "Screen Capture Utility" describes how to use the Screen Capture utility.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Application Testing Suite documentation set:

• Oracle Application Testing Suite Release Notes

• Oracle Application Testing Suite Getting Started Guide

• Oracle Functional Testing OpenScript User's Guide

• Oracle Load Testing Load Testing User's Guide

• Oracle Test Manager Test Manager User's Guide

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