Assure Project Harmonizer
- 1. Assure Project HarmonizerUnleash the true power of HP Quality Center
- 2. John is late for dinner… again.
- 3. John has to provide a Test Completion report for all business units in the company…but their projects don’t quite align.
- 4. Assure Project Harmonizer brings John home in time……as well as saves his company big money!
- 5. Here’show:
- 6. HP Quality Center Premier – the best of themallQC Premier, with its advanced features, is ideal for mature companies with a quality Center of Excellence (CoE).Aimed for enterprises that manage releases across multiple projects that need to be tested and released togetherIntroduces QC Project Templates - enabling the reuse of assets and cross project reporting
- 7. HP Quality Center Premier: Key Value PropositionReduce cost by enforcing centralized management of consistent workflows and processesReduce cost by eliminating duplication of effort through asset sharing and reuseReduce risk by increasing visibility to quality status, requirements coverage and defect trends across projects
- 8. But guess what…With Assure, the best just got better.
- 9. Assurehas a line of products for unleashing the truepower of HP Quality Center! ASSURE PROJECT HARMONIZERASSURE ADMIN CONSOLEASSURE QC OVERDRIVEASSURE TEST DATA INTEGRITYASSURE QC LIGHTVIEWASSURE TRASHBINASSURERSS FEED GENERATOR
- 10. Assure is trustedby HP.
- 11. Solet’shave a look at…ASSURE PROJECT HARMONIZER
- 12. With HP Quality Center 10, asset sharing is a breeze.
- 13. Project AProject BProject CAsset Sharing with HP QC 10LIBRARYA Library and a Baseline are created from Test Assets of Project AOther Projects can import the BaselineIf Test Assets are updated, new Baseline can be created, compared and imported againBASELINEBASELINEBASELINEBASELINEBASELINEBASELINE
- 14. But what if your QC projectsare not perfectly aligned?
- 15. Asset Sharing with HP QC 10Project AProject BProject CLibraryA Library and a Baseline are created from Test Assets of Project AOther Projects cannot import the BaselineBASELINEBASELINEBASELINE
- 16. Process Enablement feature in QC 10!Doesn’t it solve this problem?
- 17. Process Enablement…A Template project is created.A new field,Software Version is introduced in the TemplateTemplateSoftware VersionProject AProject BProject CSoftware VersionSoftware VersionSoftware VersionProjects are created and linked to the TemplateField is added to Linked Projects through Cross-Customization
- 18. ProcessEnablement Feature worksgreat for new QC projectsBut – let’sseewhathappenswithyourexistingprojects
- 19. ProcessEnablement…TemplateA Field, Software Version is introduced in the templateSoftware VersionSoftware VersionProject AProject BProject CSoftware VersionSoftware VersionSoftware BuildSoftware VersionTo an empty project, the cross-customization will go throughIf a Field already exists with the same name, customization failsIf a Field exists with different name, the field is duplicated
- 20. If your projects are not aligned, you will face challengeswith: Process Enablement Asset Sharing Cross-project reporting
- 21. And whilealigning 100 projectsmanually…… John won’tmakeit for dinner.
- 22. Assure Project Harmonizerfor the rescue!Turnkey solutionEasy to useSolves the problem of mismatching QC projectsHP Enterprise Management Alliance Program (EMAP) certified
- 23. So, if the testing terminology varies between projects…“Software Version”“Software Build”“Release”Project AProject BProject CI represent a tester person
- 24. …and the Data is in different LocationsIntegrationsIntegrationsCross-Project ReportingCross-Project Reporting“Software Version”“Software Build”“Software Version”BG_USER_01“Software Build”BG_USER_02“Release”ReleaseBG_USER_03Project AProject BProject CProject C
- 25. Assure Harmonizer to the Rescue!“Software Version”“Software Build”“Software Version”“Release”“Software Version”Project AProject BProject C
- 26. Plug-and-play Integrations and ReportingIntegrationsCross-Project Reporting“Software Version”“Software Build”“Release”“Software Version”Software VersionBG_USER_TEMPLATE_11Software VersionBG_USER_TEMPLATE_11“Software Version”Software VersionBG_USER_TEMPLATE_11Project AProject BProject CProject C
- 27. Process of harmonizationSETUP PHASEGatherbestpractices
- 28. Design and CreateTemplatesPROJECT CONVERSIONApplying the changes into the databaseMAPPING PHASEMap the differences between the Template and the ProjectTHIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
- 29. Without Assure HarmonizerAligning 100 projects might take one year…52 weeksConversionMappingSetupSolutionCreation
- 30. And with Harmonizer!With Harmonizer, all projects aligned in record time12 weeksMappingConversionSetup
- 31. Harmonizer brings value for your investment from day #1All projects using Process enablementTHE BENEFIT FROM QC10WITH HARMONIZERWITHOUT HARMONIZERTIME
- 32. Simple and intuitive userinterface
- 33. BenefitsHarmonized QC projects bring you the following benefits:Common Reportingon all projectsCommon integrations can be usedSame 'testing language' and processes across the organizationSame Customizations can be used in all projectsSharing and copying of test assets is possible and easyHP Quality Center Premierfeaturesunleashedfor all projectsQuality Center as the platform for Quality Center of Excellence
- 34. And what’smore…John’s dinner won’t get cold.
- 35. 35 projects harmonized – QC 9.2Took total of 40 calendar daysDelivered as a serviceThe main drivers for the Harmonizer were the integration between PPM and QC, and a fragmented environment with several template versions and very different ways of workingCustomer Case – TeliaSonera
- 36. Mats Nordenbäck from TeliaSonera MDE:"Previously a minor upgrade took 3 hours of manual work for 10 projects and we could not deploy any bug fixes since it would have taken so much time“"Now we have harmonized projects that are upgraded in seconds, up-to-date documentation and we are able to give our developers more time to concentrate on the essentials."
- 37. Assure Harmonizer – the right choice for HP QC 10 usersHP QC 10 UNLEASHEDCommon IntegrationsCommon ProcessesCommon Reporting
- 38. Assure Project HarmonizerWhat will it do for youDocumentation of the template fieldsMapping of fields between projects and templates for these entities:CycleDefectReleaseReleaseFolderRequirementRunTestTestInstanceTestSetTestStepProject Conversion - for each mapped field any item that contains this field will be updated with the new field:Favoritesdata hiding filtersReportsGraphsHistoryProject Conversion - for each mapped field - field properties will be updated:SizeTypeAttributesHistoryVerify ValueRequiredA link between the project and the template will be created in QCReports:Description of the template fields in excel formatThe mapping information - which existing field will change to what field(e.g.: BG_USER_01 -> BG_TEMPLATE_USER_12)Other benefitsHarmonization process descriptionharmonization project plan template including tasks and rolesless risk as you are using a tested technologySignificant time savings
- 39. About AssureOurcorecompetence is HP Quality CenterWe work with some of the world’s biggest and advanced HP QC customersHP BTO Partner of the Year in Finland 2008Strong co-operation with HP QC TeamRevenue 2008: 3M$Release quality on time
- 40. I want to know more!Contact Assureinfo@assure.fiCheck us out on the webAssure Web SiteHP Web SiteContactone of ourpartners!Esittäjä/Aihe25.2.201039
Editor's Notes
- #16: Change this oneShow that baselines cannotBe deployed to other projectsAs they are not compatibleSame problem is for cross projectReporting, this should be mentionedsomewhere
- #18: Let’s look at another example... Following this exampleAll projects have the same structureThat’s the desired situation
- #20: Make it clear that the blueProjects are existing projectsThe yellow one is a new project
- #23: Assure Project Harmonizer for HP Quality Center is a turnkey solution for converting existing projects to match the data structure of desired project templates. The Solution is easy to use and guides you through the different stages of the Project Harmonization process. Assure Project Harmonizer for HP Quality Center enables you to use HP Quality Center 10 Process Enablement, Asset Sharing and Cross-Project Reporting for all of your projects.The solution is HP Enterprise Management Alliance Program (EMAP) certified
- #24: The problem is, that when projects are not aligned and have a different process, testers will have a very hard time moving between projects. There’s always a learning curve. It’s not possible to easily share testers to share the workload
- #25: The problem is, that when fields are different, enabling Integrations and Reporting solutions for projects needs tailoring for each individual project. This is a huge amount of work.
- #26: The boxes change so they all say the same – Software VersionA tester can now easily move between projects as the process of using the tool is commonShow an animation where a lot of testers are switching between projects easily, or something like that
- #27: The field names change so that they become BG_USER_TEMPLATE_11 in all projectsAfter the fields are aligned, Integrations and Cross-Project Reporting are just plug-and-play – enable them and they will work.
- #31: Getting the full benefit of QC10 can take a lot of time if your projects are mismatched. With Harmonizer you’ll start saving right from the beginning.
- #32: ”as easy as pick and match”
- #37: When QC projects are harmonized it means that projects are compatible and thus the following can be easily achieved:Common Reporting on all projectsCommon integrations can be usedSame 'testing language' and processes across the organizationSame Customizations can be used in all projectsSharing and copying of test assets is possible and easyHP Quality Center 10 features Unleashed for all projectsQuality Center as the platform for Quality Center of Excellence
- #39: Core experience is around QCEx-Mercury employeesWe offer expertise around all different aspects of QC, from customized solutions, architecture, upgrades, trainings and what we also offer is packaged solutions. Assure has decided to focus on packaged solutions, meaning products that are built to complement QC functionality.Since our time is short, I’m not gonna spend time on the consultancy and training part, instead I will focus on the packaged solutions.