ObjectiveTest Tutorial | Test Management System

This is a tutorial on ObjectiveTest, which is a cloud-based test management tool. ObjectiveTest has features like Plan releases, Gather requirements, Manage test cases, Manage test runs, Defect management and Administration. At present, ObjectiveTest is free for small QA teams (up to 10 users for 12 months). Please view the ObjectiveTest tutorial video or read on... ObjectiveTest is available from their website, where we can click on the PRODUCTS tab and then click on the Demo Instance link. In the demo instance, the Username and Password is pre-populated. So, we can simply click the Login button.

The Projects drop down is at the top right, where we can select any project. Let us select the default project. The first task is to Plan releases. We can select any release by clicking  it. Each release needs to be linked to requirements. We can click the Add button in the Link Requirements section to open the Link Requirements window as shown below. A single release may have one or more builds.

The second task is Gather requirements. For this, we can click on the REQUIREMENTS tab. Here, we may add New requirements or Import requirements. We can see some requirements already imported from Jira in the screenshot below. We can click Requirement Traceability button if we want to download the requirement traceability. If you want to learn what is requirement traceability, view my Requirement Traceability tutorial.

The next task is Manage test cases. For this, we can click on the TEST DESIGN tab. It displays some statistics and charts. In the Test Cases Coverage pie chart, there are two pies - Covered and Not Covered. If we click on the Covered pie, it shows the test cases linked to requirements. We can double-click on any test case and see it. Then click the Close button. If we click on the Not Covered pie, it shows the test cases not yet linked to requirements. We can double-click to open  such a test case, then click the Add button in the Link Requirements section, as shown below. Then check the relevant requirement(s). Further, we can import existing test cases after clicking the Import button.

The next task is Manage test runs. For this, we can click on the TEST EXECUTION tab. It also displays some statistics and charts. In the Test Run Results pie chart, there are two pies at present, Passed and Blocked. If we click on the Passed pie, it shows the test cases with a status of Passed. If we click on the Blocked pie, it shows the test cases with a status of Blocked. We can click on the Add button to add a test run. We can select a test suite, as shown below, or any test case(s).

If we click a test suite and then double-click any test case within it, it shows the Execution Results, Test Case Details and Link Defects for that test case. We can click the Link Defect button to link an existing defect to this test case. We can click the New Defect button to create a new defect, as shown below, for this test case's execution.

The last task is Defect management. For this, we can click on the DEFECTS tab. Then, click on the My Defects tab. Here, the defects created under our username are displayed. We can apply filters. If we click on the Recent Defects tab, it shows the defects created within the last two weeks.

If we click on the REPORTS tab, it allows us to generate reports, export to CSV or email report. There is the choice of My Queries or Team Queries. Administration is available via the settings. For this, the administrator can click on the gear icon in the top right corner. It allows the administrator to configure Company Profile and do Project Management (as shown below), User Management, Role Management, add Custom Fields, do Session Management and Integration Configuration and enable SSO (single sign on).

Want to see ObjectiveTest in action or more details? Then, please view my ObjectiveTest tutorial. Or if you would like to request free instance of it, please browse the ObjectiveWare website or feel free to email info@objectiveware.com