Understand CLM and Global Configuration. Develop a test plan. Define schedules, test environments, and lab resources. Develop a test case and a test script. Create a test suite. Run tests. Submit a defect. Monitor the test effort. Report test results and status.

Anyone who need to understand how to plan and manage a test effort with IBM Rational Quality Manager (renamed to IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM)) , including:

• Test managers, 
• Test leads, 
• Quality managers, 
• Project managers, 
• business analysts,
• testers 

You should have: 

• Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows operating system
• Familiarity with applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system
• Familiarity with Web browsers

CLM Introduction (45 min) 

• CLM Overview and Capabilitites
• CLM Features and Traceability
• Dashboards

Introduction to RQM (60 min) 

• Overview of RQM
• RQM Project areas
• Navigating the RQM application
• Using a dashboard

Planning the test effort (90 min) 

• Test plan overview
• Manage test plan templates
• Create a detailed test plan
• Customize a test plan
• Assign sections to team members

Developing the test plan (120 min) 

• Find assigned test plan sections
• Align requirements and development plans
• Define risks
• Define test schedules and test estimation
• Define platform coverage and test environments

Evaluation the test plan (60 min) 

• Run planning reports
• Prepare a test plan for review
• Review a test plan
• Approve a test plan

Developing test cases (90 min) 

• Test case overview
• Generate test cases from requirements
• Create a test case
• Detail a test case

Developing test suites (30 min) 

• Test suites overview
• Developing test suites

Developing test scripts (60 min) 

• Test scripts overview
• Creating and defining test scripts
• Using keywords

Managing test execution records (60 min) 

• Test execution record overview
• Generating test execution records
• Assigning, sorting, and filtering test execution records

Running tests (60 min) 

• Running manual tests
• Submitting defects
• Test execution results
• Running test suites
• Running automated tests

Reporting test status (30 min) 

• Reports overview
• Running reports
• Customizing reports