Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Table of Contents
Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010 ................................. 1
Exercise 1 Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine .................................................................................2 Exercise 2 Setting Up Data Collection In Microsoft Test Manager 2010 .......................................................................4 Exercise 3 Creating an Empty Test Case to Run an Exploratory Test .............................................................................7 Exercise 4 Filing an Exploratory Bug ............................................................................................................................11 Exercise 5 Creating a Manual Test Case from an Exploratory Bug ..............................................................................14

Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be better able to: Set up data collection in Microsoft Test Manager 2010 Create an empty test case to run an exploratory test File an exploratory bug Create a manual test case from an exploratory bug

Scenario

You can use Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to organize your test plans, author and manage your test cases and run manual tests. This lab will introduce you to working with exploratory testing in Microsoft Test Manager 2010.

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab Computers used in this Lab

60 Minutes

VS2010 The password for the Administrator account on all computers in this lab is: P2ssw0rd

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Exercise 1 Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine

Scenario
This exercise details how to connect to the Visual Studio 2010 virtual machine and log in as Abu Obeida Bakhach (Dev).
Tasks Complete the following task on: VS2010 1. Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine Detailed Steps
a. Click Close Window once connected to the remote desktop.

b. Right click VS2010 and click Connect server.

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Exercise 2 Setting Up Data Collection In Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to configure various settings for your Test Plan in Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to collect necessary data for manual test runs (exploratory tests included).
Tasks Complete the following task on: VS2010 1. Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine Detailed Steps
a. Log in as Abu Obeida Bakhach (Dev) if you have not already done so. Please see

Exercise 1 - Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine for instructions on how to log into the VM.
b. To open Microsoft Test Manager 2010, go to Start | All Programs | Microsoft

Visual Studio 2010 | Microsoft Test Manager 2010. This new tool, dedicated to manual software testing, was built from the ground up for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Note: Microsoft Test Manager 2010 allows testers to work with test plans, author and organize manual test cases, execute test cases, file bugs, and post results back to Team Foundation Server.
c. Microsoft Test Manager 2010 will launch and automatically connect to your test

plan as shown below in Figure 1.

d. Click Plan and then select the Properties tab. This will bring up the Test Plan

Properties window shown below in Figure 2.

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e. Under the Run Settings section, click Open (next to Test settings) as shown in

below in Figure 3.

f.

In the Test Settings window as shown in Figure 4, click Data and Diagnostics option in the left panel. In the right panel, scroll down to the Video Recorder option and select it.

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g. Click Finish to exit the page. h. Click Save and Close as shown in Figure 5 to save the changes to the Test Plan.

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Exercise 3 Creating an Empty Test Case to Run an Exploratory Test

Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to create an empty test case in order to run an exploratory test.
Tasks Complete the following task on: VS2010 1. Create an Empty Test Case to Run an Exploratory Test Detailed Steps
a. In Microsoft Test Manager 2010, click Plan and select the Contents tab to open

the Test Plan window shown below in Figure 6.

b. Right-click the Iteration 2 node and select the New test case option as shown

below in Figure 7. This will bring up the New Test Case window.

c. In the Title box of the New Test Case window, type Exploratory Testing as shown

below in Figure 8. Click Save and Close to save the new test case.

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d. The new Exploratory Testing test case is now shown in the test case list. (Figure 9)

e. From the top-level menu, click Test and then select the Run Tests tab. This will

bring up the Run Tests window. Figure 10 shows the newly created Exploratory Testing test case in the right pane.

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f.

Select the Exploratory Testing test case and click Run as shown below in Figure 11. This will start Test Runner.

g. The Test Runner launches as shown below in Figure 12. In Test Runner, select the

Create action recording option and click Start Test (Figure 12) to begin manual testing for exploratory purposes.

Note: Once Create action recording option is set, Microsoft Test Runner will record any action steps during a manual test. A Currently Recording message is visibly shown on the top of the screen to indicate this.

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h. From your desktop, launch Internet Explorer and click the Tailspin Toys favorite

link on the Favorites Bar to launch the site as shown below in Figure 13.

i.

Click the New Planes picture on the Tailspin Toys home page (Figure 14). The link does not take you anywhere and the page just reloads. We will consider this a bug that needs to be filed. We will learn how to file it in the next exercise.

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Exercise 4 Filing an Exploratory Bug

Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to file an exploratory bug based on the manual testing steps.
Tasks Complete the following task on: VS2010 1. Filing an Exploratory Bug Detailed Steps
a. In the previous exercise, a bug was identified during manual exploratory testing

that needs to be filed. This can be done by clicking the Create bug dropdown button in the Test Runner window, as shown below in Figure 15.

b. Select Create exploratory bug option from the dropdown menu as shown below

in Figure 16.

c. A Time Range for Exploratory Bug dialog box (Figure 17) will be displayed so you

can select the time length from your action recording to the link to the bug.

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d. Slide the pointer (See Figure 17) closer toward the end (Now) to shorten the

timeframe or leave it at default to select the entire recording.

e. Click Use range to create bug to create the bug as shown in Figure 17. This will

bring up the New Bug dialog box shown below in Figure 18.

f.

In the Title box, type New Planes page does not load.

g. Click Save and close to save the new bug as shown in Figure 18. h. The Test Runner will resume. Click Save and Close as shown in Figure 19 to exit

the Test Runner. You have successfully created a bug based on an exploratory test.

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Exercise 5 Creating a Manual Test Case from an Exploratory Bug

Scenario
In this exercise, you will learn how to create a manual test case based on an exploratory bug.
Tasks Complete the following task on: VS2010 1. Creating a Manual Test Case from an Exploratory Bug Detailed Steps
a. In Microsoft Test Manager 2010, click Test and select the Verify Bugs tab to open

the Verify Bugs window shown below in Figure 20.

b. Click Created by me (shown in Figure 21) to view all of the bugs created by you,

including the new bug New Planes page does not load created in the previous exercise.

c. Select the new bug New Planes page does not load and click Create test case

from bug (as shown in Figure 22) to create a new test case. This will bring up the New Test Case window.

d. Figure 23 below, shows the automatically generated steps in the New Test Case

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Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010 Tasks Detailed Steps selected in the previous exercise. In the Title box, type Test case for exploratory bug. Click Save and Close to save the new test case. You now have created a manual test case based on the exploratory bug found during exploratory testing. Note: You can choose to insert more steps, remove existing steps, and/or re-arrange steps for this test case. However, those actions are outside the scope of this exercise and will be covered in other labs.

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