User:Mevans/TCMEntityExample

Below is a proposed format for describing a TCM enitity

Name: Test Case

Description

A Test Case is a specific test intended to verify one particular aspect of a Product under test. A test case will contain information entered by the user which covers objectives and requirements for the test.

Attributes

Attribute Name	Description	Type	Value
Title	The title of the test case	STRING	char[100]
Creation Date	The date of test case creation	DATE	System-Date
Last Modification Date	The date the test case was last modified	DATE	System-Date
Author	User who created the test case	STRING	Valid system user name
Status	The current state of the test case	ENUM	[DRAFT,APPROVED,BLOCKED,ACTIVE]
Version	The version number of the test case	SYSTEM-VERSION-NUMBER	<major>.<minor>
Tags	List of one or more tags that aid in test case searches and assignments	SYSTEM-LIST	Array of strings
Attachments	List of one or more attachments	SYSTEM-LIST	Array of attachment objects

Business Rules

1. Newly created Test Case will have a status “Draft”. Testing Managers will have Permission to “Approve Test Case” or “Activate”, but Testers will not. Saving “Draft” Test Case will not result in versioning and UI should not prompt users to increment version numbers.
2. Each test case has one or more steps. Each step has instructions to execute it, expected result of an execution and estimated time to complete. Each test case version will be related to a single product version (latest version - by default).