Manual Testing with BPT approach in HP ALM

Every body knows BPT (Business Process Testing) can be done with HP UFT/QTP tool with HP ALM. But HP ALM tool has option to support Business Process Testing for manual testing as well. In fact it is quite easy and more structured compare to normal manual testing process in ALM.

Below are the steps how to proceed for that.

1.    Create Business Component in ALM under “Business Components” tab Steps:

1. Choose “Business Components” tab 
2. Select/Create a folder
3. Click on “New Component” (Highlighted in below screenshot)
4. On the new component window enter details and click on “OK” button

Now under “Manual Implementation” tab create test case steps to prepare manual test case.

Click on “New Step” from above screen(Highlighted). On clicking this it opens “Component Step Details” window From the “Component Step Details” window enter manual test case step details and Press OK button

2.    Calling Business Component in Test Plan to create Test Case Steps:

1. Choose “Test Plan” tab 
2. Select/Create a folder
3. Click on “New Test” (Highlighted in below screenshot)

In the “New Test” window choose “Type” as “Business Process” option and enter rest of details and click on OK

From above created test click on “Select Components” button to select business components created above

From the components tab(right hand side) Select the required components and click on “Quick Add” button or drag and drop under “test script” pane

3.    Run the test case (manual business components) from Test Lab tab Steps

1. Choose “Test Lab” tab
2. Select/Create a folder
3. Click on “New Test Set” (Highlighted in above screenshot)

In the “New Test Window” enter mandatory details and click on “OK” button to generate empty test set. Form the above created test set click on “Select Tests” button to select test case(business components test case) From the “Test Plan Tree” pull business process test case and make your business process test set ready

4.    Execute business process test set from Manual Runner

On “BPT Manual Runner” window click on “Begin Run” button to start manual BPT to run On Clicking “Begin Run” button it opens Business process test with manual test steps details Enter actual results and make pass/fail the test step and complete the test case execution

After completing the test case execution click on “end Run” and verify the test case status