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• Methodologyagnostic,flexibleandcustomizabletotheneedsofyourorganization
•Gather,manageandintegratetestassetsfromtestframeworks/toolswithopentestmanagement
•ImproveyourROIbyconvertingyourmanualteststoautomatedtestswithkeyworddriventestintegration
•Supportsmulti-requirementintegrationtocentralizeallyourbusinessneedsintoonelocation
•Deliversadvancedreportingincludingprojectstatus,requirementsandtestcoverage,qualitytrends,milestones,testtypeanddefecttrends
•Reportsubscription-viewreportsrelevanttoyou.Emailreportstogroupsautomatically,provideexternalURL,orpublishtoSilkCentralDashboard
•Definecustomresultstatusreasonsrelevanttoyourorganizationandgaingranularinsightintoresults
•Side-by-sideresultcomparisonsforautomatedtests.Gaindetailedvisualreportsshowingthestatusacrosseachexecution
•Gainrealtimevisibilityandcontrolofissuesateverystageoftestexecution.Choosebuilt-inissuemanagementorseamlessthird-partyintegration
•Testbookdeliversrealtimevisibilityofmanualtesters’activitiesbyenabling‘live’messageposting
•Intuitivemanualtestinterfacesupportsallaspectsofmanualtestexecution,includingresults,videos,screenshots,defectsandTestbookmessages
•Breatheslifeintotestingthroughrequirementsvisualizationsandvideosofresults
•Managego/no-godecisionsbasedoncustomerdrivenqualitygoals,alignedwithyourtesteffort
• Facilitate the what, when, where and who ofmanualtestingthroughadvancedplanning
•Quicklyexecuteyourtestsofflinewithflexibilityintothegranularityofresults.Noinstallationrequired
•Eliminatesreworkassociatedwithprojectchangesandexploitstestassetreuse
Silk Central™ 16.0Thescalable,flexibletestmanagementenginethatworksthewayyoudo
Key benefits Business challenge Effectivecollaborationacrossteams,processesandtoolsdrivessuccessfulprojects.Testingisanareathatsoftwaredeliveryteamsseeastime-consuming,poorlyfocused,andahindrancetoachievingprojectgoals.SilkCentralisanopentestmanagementsolutionthataddressestheseisissuesbyaligninggoalsandrequirementswithtesting,technologyandprocesses.Itprovidesanintegratedframeworkforimprovingproductivity,traceabilityandvisibilityforalltypesofsoftwaretesting,andensurescontroloverapplicationreadiness.
How Silk Central can helpSilkCentralreflectsthewaytoday’sorganizationswork.Asascalable,flexibletestmanagementengine,ithelpsdevelopmentteamsdeliverbetterqualitysoftwarefaster–ensuringgreatervalueinashortertimeframe.
SilkCentralprovidesgoalandrequirementdriventestmanagement.Itcoordinatestechnologies,resources,teamcapabilitiesandmeaningfuldeliverablestopromotequality,collaboration,efficiency,andconfidence.SilkCentralscalesfromsupportingasingleprojecttobeingtheaxisthatunitessoftwaredevelopmentteamsatdifferentlocations,rightacrossanorganization.
Fig 1: User-defined dashboard provides customizable insight into status of testing
Data Sheet
Theintroductionofkeyword-driventestinginSilkCentralhelpsimprovetestingROI,byreducingthecostandtimeneededfortestdesign,automationandexecution.ItimprovestheintegrationofSilkCentralandSilkTestbyenablingtheseamlesstransitionofmanualteststoautomatedtests.Thisenhancescollaborationbetweendifferentteamsanddisciplines.
Feature overviewVisualrequirementsandtestresultsBusinessusersbenefitfromvisualizationswhichenablesfast,easyrequirementsvalidation.SilkCentralintegrateswithCalibertosynchronizesimulationsandvisualizationsofrequirementswithtestplanning(Fig3).
Clientandprojectstructure
SilkCentralsupportsthediverseneedsofcustomersandthescaleofdeploymentbyusing‘clients’tosupportamulti-tenancyapproachtoprojectconfiguration.Thisenablesorganizationstoseparateprojectsaccordingtotheirclients,whilemaintainingsecurityandcontrolwithadditionalabilitytomanagelicenseallocation.
Thisunparalleledsolutiondeliverscontroloverapplicationqualitybyprovidingconsistent,repeatableprocessesfromtraditionalmethodologies–suchasWaterfall–rightthroughtomoreiterativeapproaches,includingAgile.Itisaunifiedframeworkformanagingmanualandautomatedtestsandintegrateswithunit,functionalandperformancetestsuites.
SilkCentralprovidesconsolidatedmanagementandvisibilityoftestingactivitiesthroughoutthesoftwaredevelopmentcycle.Opentestmanagementcapabilitiesprovideintegratedframeworkforimprovingproductivity,traceabilityandvisibilityforalltypesofsoftwaretesting.
Data Sheet SilkCentral™16.0
Figure 3: Caliber process flow in Silk Central
Figure 4: Quality Goal Progress Reporting
Figure 2: Silk Central integrates with third-party requirement, automation, defect, and source control tooling
Managerequirementsfrommultiplesources
SilkCentralenablesyoutobringrequirementstogether,regardlessofsource,intoasingleSilkCentralproject.Gainacentralizedviewofend-to-endtestinginonelocationtoenhancecollaborationandcontrolacrossyourproject,ensuringallbusinessneedsaremet.
Figure 5: Advanced manual execution planning
HighlightriskmitigationandqualitygoalsSilkCentralhelpstestersprioritize,executeanddemonstratehowtesteffortsrespondtoinitiativessuchasrisk-basedtesting.Qualitygoalsprovideaflexible,straightforwardsystemtosupportorganizationsindefiningriskmitigationandbusinessqualitygoals.Reportsillustratehowtestinghasrespondedtoriskmitigationandotherqualitygoals,ultimatelyenablingthecriticalgo/nogodecision(Fig4).
Advancedmanualexecutionplanning
SilkCentralincreasesefficiencyandproductivitybymakingiteasytoidentify,planandschedule:• What to test:throughqualitygoals/filters• When to test:plantestsagainstcycleswithinspecifiedtime-frames(startandend)
• Where to test:wheretestsshouldbeperformed• Who to test:allocationofresourceandtimecapacity
CustomizeResultStatusReasonstosuitbusiness
Reportthestatusoftestsinyourterminology.Definecustomresultstatusreasonsaccordingtoyourbusinessneedsandprovideresultreasonswhichmaptothreeexecutionstatuses:pass,failandnotexecuted.
Testbook:collaborationandcontrol
The Testbookdeliversrealtimeupdatesonallactivitiesduringmanualtesting.Itsimplifiescollaborationamongtestersandtestmanagersbydisplaying‘whodidwhatandwhen’inthedifferenttestingcyclesandexecutionplans.
Data Sheet SilkCentral™16.0
Figure 7: The Manual Testing Interface
Figure 8: Dashboard reporting, requirements, tests, execution
Figure 6: Keyword driven testing
Keyworddriventesting
Allowsanyusertoparticipateinthetestautomationprocess
• Keyword-driventestinginvolvesdifferentprofessionalgroupsinthetestautomationprocessbyseparatingtestdesignandimplementation
• Keyword-driventestsconsistofkeywords(testdesign)
• Keywordsrepresenttestcode(implementation)
• Atexecutiontimethekeyworddriventestisinterpretedandthecodeisexecuted
• Concept-dependentbenefitsinmaintenance–asyoudonothavetochangeeverytestbutthesingleunderlyingimplementationonly
• KeywordsaresharedbetweenSilkCentralandSilkTestviakeywordlibraries
• Keywordscanbecreatedfromscratchorbasedonexistingmanualteststeps.Thisenablesaseamlesstransitionfrommanualtoautomatedtesting.
Enhancedmanualtestinterface
Theadvancedmanualtestwebbasedinterface(Fig.7)requiresnoinstallationandgivesmanualtestersfullfunctionality.Intuitiveandeasytousewithlittleornotraining,themanualtestinterfaceenablesuserstoexecutetests,andcaptureevidencetosupporttestexecutionwithscreenshots,videos,resultfiles,codecoverage,anddefects.Executeyourtestsatauditlevelrelevanttoyourorganization’sneeds,capturestep-by-stepresults,orjustcapturehighlevelstatusatatestlevelforbothonlineandofflineexecution.
Managementandcontroloftestexecutions
SilkCentralenablesdetailedinsightintotestexecutionasyoutest.Quicklyandeasilyflagatestas‘blocked’andnotifytheprojectteaminrealtimethroughTestbook.Reallocatemanualtestsbetweenuserswhilemaintaininginterimresults/status,ensuringthattestingdoesn’tstopbecauseof‘testernotavailable’.
Realtimereportingandanalytics
ReviewtheexecutionstatususingtheManualTestResultViewer.Thisgivesyouafullauditstatusofresultsandassociateddefects,enablingyoutogaindetailedinsightintotheexecutionstatus,duringexecutionanduponcompletion.Itincludesfulltraceabilitytoissuesraised,associatedresultsfilesandprogressstatusinaformatyoucanviewonline,printedorexportedtoaPDF.VideoandScreenCaptureformanualandautomatedtestactivitiesenableseasierreproductionofissuesandcompilingofevidencetosupportcomplianceandauditneeds.
Flexibilityofreporting
Aswellasthewealthofmetricsandanalyticsdirectlyavailablethroughtheout-of-the-boxreports,SilkCentralaccommodatescustomreportingneeds,withsupportforMSWordtemplates,BIRTforadvancedreporting,andexportofdatatoPDForMSExcel.
Insightintotestingthroughcodeandconfigurationcoverage
SilkCentralprovidesdetailedcodecoverageforbothmanualandautomatedtestingfor.Net/Javaapps,tohelpdevelopersunderstandcodecoverageanddrivetesting.
Configurationtestingensuresthattestscanbeexecutedagainstmultipleconfigurationswithouttheneedforduplication,providingclearreuseofscripts,managementoftestsandreportoncoverageoftestenvironments.
Side-by-sideresultscomparisonforautomatedtests
Quicklygaininsightintothestatusofautomatedtestrunsusingside-by-sideresultanalysis.Comparerunsandgainvisualreportsshowingthestatusacrosseachexecution.
Powerfullabandloadtestmanagement
SilkCentralmakesiteasierfororganizationstomanagetestenvironmentswiththeopenvirtualizationsolution,theout-of-the-boxplug-inforVMwarevCloudDirector.Alternatively,useOpenAPItocreateyourownplug-in.
Data Sheet SilkCentral™16.0
TechnicalSupported environments
OperatingSystemSupport• WindowsServer2008R2SP164-bit,2012,2012R2
• Windows7SP1,8,8.132/64-bit(executionserver)
LinuxOperatingSystemSupport(ExecutionServer)• Ubuntu,RedHatEnterpriseLinux5,Debian,SuseLinux
WebServerSupport• IIS7and832-bit/64-bit• StandaloneWebServer(Tomcat)
• Apache(loadbalancer)
WebBrowserSupport• InternetExplorer10orlater,Firefox,Chrome
DatabaseManagementSystemSupport• MicrosoftSQLServer2008R2SP2,2012SP2,2014
• Oracle11g(11.2.0.4),12c(12.1.0.21)
JavaSupport• JavaSoftwareDevelopment(SDK),JavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE)1.6orlater
IntegratedMicroFocusSoftwareSupport• SilkPerformer15.5/16.0•SilkTest15.5/16.0•SilkCentralConnect16.0•StarTeam14.3•Caliber10.x/11.x•SilkTestPartner6.3
IntegratedThird-partySoftwareSupport• Bugzilla4.4.6•IBMRationalRequisitePro7.1.3,7.1.4
•IBMRationalClearQuest8.0•JUnit4.11orlater
• SAPSolutionManager7.1• Subversion1.8.5• VMwarevCloudDirector5.5• IBMDoors9.5and9.6• VersionOne• Rally• JiraAgile6• TeamFoundationServer2010,2012,2013
• JIRA5and6• MicrosoftOfficeExcel(.xlsx)• MicrosoftOfficeWord(.doc,docx)
PleaseconsultyourBorlandaccountrepresentativeforsupportedversions.
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Agiletestmanagement
OptimizedtotestbothAgileandtraditionalprojects,SilkCentralspeedsuptestexecutionandincreasescollaborationonqualityassuranceactivities.ItsmanualexecutionplanningsupportsAgiledevelopmentthroughprogressreporting,burndowncharts,planningandpersonaldashboards.SilkCentralhasstrongintegrationwithRally®andAtlassianJiraAgile®,theleadersinAgileprojectmanagement.
Qualitymetricsforsoftwaredelivery
SilkCentraldeliverstheconfidencetoreleasehighquality,multi-platformapplicationsthrough:
• Personaldashboardsandreportswhichdelivertargetedinformationtoenableinformedgo/no-godecisions
•ReportsubscriptionswhichenableyoutoprovideexternalURLs,andemailorpublishreportstosuityourneeds
•Contextsensitivereportsbasedoncurrent‘inflight’useractivities
•Multi-requirementintegrationforcentralizedtestingacrossallyourbusinessneeds
•Multi-tenancysupportsothatorganizationscanhostmultipleclientsonsingleinstallation
•Qualitygoalsdefinedagainstindividualrequirementsandtests
•Anintuitiveadvancedmanualtestinterfacewhichsupportsallaspectsofmanualtestexecution
•Offlinemanualtesting.Downloadmanualtestson-demandandexecutethemindependently
•Customresultreasonswhichareflexibletoclientandprojectneeds.Definestatusesusingyourterminology
•TheabilitytoarchiveprojectsoutsideofSilkCentral,ormovebetweenclientswithprojectexport/import
•Visibilityoveralltestcyclesforaproject.Understandplannedversusactualexecutiontime
•Simplifiedcustomreporting.EnhanceddatastructurewithDataMartandcustomreportingwithMSWordtemplatesandmacros
•Codecoveragetechnologywhichlinkstestswithcodetheyactuallytouch(32/64-bitforJavaand.NET)
•Supportedlanguages:English,French,German,JapaneseandsimplifiedChinese.
ExtendyourcontrolandcollaborationwithSilkPortfolio
Borland’sSilkPortfoliocoverseveryangleofyourunit,functionalandperformancetesting,whethermanualorautomated.TheSilkPortfolioincludes:
• Silk Central Connect–cloudconfigurationtesting
• Silk Test–automation,functionalandregressiontesting
• Silk Performer–performancetestingforwebandmobile
• Silk Mobile –functionaltestingofmobiledevices.
WhynottrySilkCentralforfreetodiscoverhowitcanimprovethewayyoumanageassetsandactivities?Try now