ALM120 Application Lifecycle Management 12.0 Essentials Gold Package

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1 Course Data Sheet ALM120 Application Lifecycle Management 12.0 Essentials Gold Package Course No: ALM For software version(s): Software version used in the labs: 12.0 Delivery formats: Instructor Led (ILT) and Virtual Instructor Led (VILT) Gold Package Content Category/Sub Category: ADM/ALM Course length: 5 days Training is available as public ILT or VILT. a. 5 days ALM120 Essentials training b. Pre-paid voucher for HP Software Certification c. 5 Days of extended training lab environment d. A recorded video from our ALM350 Site Administration and Project Level customizations training course To order visit: Course Description This course provides the tools you need to implement and use Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Students learn how to manage quality information throughout the development cycle, from construction requirements, designing and executing tests, through monitoring defects. The hands-on labs for this course use version 12.0 of the ALM software Audience / Job Roles This course is recommended for: Quality assurance engineers Quality testers Project manager Quality Center/ALM Administrators Quality Assurance Leads Other Quality Center/ALM users responsible for managing projects, users and workflow customizations Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to: Install the HPE ICE client software Create Expressions Define Controls, Policies, and Actions

2 Prerequisites / Recommended Skills To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge of: Your organization s compliance requirements Windows Websites and browsers Testing Concepts Learning Path ALM120 -Application Lifecycle Management 12.0 Essentials ALM350 -Site and Project Administration 12.0tration 12.0 ALM370 -ALM Scripting 12.0 Certification HP0-M101 HP ATP Application Lifecycle Management 12.x Software [exam voucher included] HP0-M215 HP ASE Advanced Application Lifecycle Management 12.x Software EMEA HP ExpertOne HP Software Certifications Path

3 ALM Gold Package Part A - Confirmed seat on the ALM120 public training course You can register either for an Instructor Led Training (ILT) at one of our public training facilities, or a Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT). The detailed course outline can be found at the end of this document. If you have attended our course already, or if you are planning to attend and already purchased training units, you can also book the Gold Package add-on part B+C+D separately. Part B - A pre-paid voucher for certification You can schedule your exam to achieve the HPE Accredited Technical Professional (ATP) for Application Lifecycle Management 12.0 by passing the corresponding exam at a PearsonVue Authorized training center. There are hundreds of locations available around EMEA and you can use your voucher in the country from where you have ordered the Gold Package. More information can be found at: This certification: Lays the foundation for your career in IT as a QA engineer or ALM administrator Prepares you for innovative technologies, methodologies, and approaches that are rapidly transforming the QA landscape and practices (e.g. agile, testing in the cloud, mobile testing, testing as a service) Verifies that you can deploy, demonstrate, use, and manage the HP ALM platform to support all phases of the quality and test-management process when working as a QA team member or under the supervision of a senior consultant. More detailed information about the exam can be found at: EMEA HP ExpertOne HP Software Certifications Path Part C - 5 days of extended lab environment Pre-populated sandbox environment that you can t break Put into practice everything you have learned on the ALM120 training course Perform additional exercises at your own pace Available for 5 days immediately after your course Give yourself the best chance of passing the ATP exam by preparing with a live environment Basic technical lab environment support available during normal business hours Part D - Recorded live video from our ALM350 Site Administration and Project customizations course The recorded video will provide you the next learning step on your ALM enablement journey and is delivered into a hosted custom ART course module available for 6 months from our website and can be accessed through your internet browser. The one and half hour video content is recorded from a live virtual training session presented by one of our HP Certified Instructors and will provide you with an introduction and product demo on ALM Quality Center - Project Level Customizations.

4 ALM120 Essentials - Course Topics Modules Module 1: Course Overview Module 2: Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management Module 3: Working with ALM Clients Module 4: Working with Releases Module 5: Project Planning and Tracking Module 6: Working with Requirements and Analyzing Risk Module 7: Test Planning Objectives Introduction Course overview Course objectives Introduction to the case study Introduction to the lab environment Describe HP s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) product Describe the ALM hierarchy and roadmap Navigate through the ALM modules Describe the key features and benefits of ALM Identify what s new in ALM version 12.0 Identify additional helpful resources Identify the ALM clients Use the ALM 12 Web client Work with requirements Work with defects Perform web client customization Design and manage forms Work with business rules Identify the relationship between a line of business (LOB), applications, releases, and cycles Create a release tree Recognize the significance of assigning requirements to releases and cycles Recognize the significance of assigning tests to releases and cycles Define Project Planning and Tracking (PPT) Understand the terminology used in PPT Work with PPT including: Define scope items Assign content to scope items Define and configuring milestones Assign and configure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Create a custom KPI Calculate KPIs View the scorecard Use PPT best practices Troubleshoot PPT Specify requirements Identify the characteristics of a useful requirement Add requirements to a project Create a requirements tree Assign requirements to releases and cycles Add traceability links using traceability Add traceability links between requirements Perform risk analysis for requirements Organize subjects and tests in a Test Plan tree HPE Software Education Services - 4 -

5 Module 8: Requirements Coverage Module 9: Test Execution Module 10: Lab Management Module 11: Build Verification Module 12: HP Sprinter 12.0 Module 13: Defect Tracking Module 14: Version Control Create tests that define the steps for testing an application Use parameters in tests Generate test scripts from design steps Define test configurations Generate a live analysis graph from a Test Plan tree Create test coverage in the Requirements module Create requirement coverage in the Test Plan module Create requirement coverage using test configurations Analyze cycle progress Track cycle progress with the test set folders Create and organize folders in a Test Sets tree View all test runs for a project Create test sets Add tests and test configurations into test sets Link test set folders to releases and cycles Manage test execution flow and test dependencies Execute manual and automated tests Record and review the results of test executions Identify the motivation behind lab management Identify the concepts of lab management Manage lab resources Schedule and execute tests Understand Application Under Test (AUT) environments Describe Build Verification functionality Create a Build Verification suite Add functional test sets to the suite Add performance tests to the suite Run the Build Verification suite View test results Review and understand the manual test lifecycle Understand Sprinter features and functionality Use Sprinter Author tests Perform exploratory testing Define storyboarding Use Sprinter to log defects Log defects Search and review defects Track defects throughout their lifecycle Associate defects with entities Describe version control functionality Check out entities Check in entities View version history Compare versions Promote an older version HPE Software Education Services - 5 -

6 Module 15: Library Management Module 16: Asset Sharing (Libraries) Module 17: Exporting from Excel to ALM Module 18: Reporting and Analysis Module 19: Cross-Project Reporting Define a library Define a baseline Compare baselines Pin a test set to a baseline Define an asset library Import an asset library Work in parallel with source and target projects Compare imported assets from the source or target Synchronize assets Define cross-project sharing Share components Use the ALM Synchronizer Define a Hub project Create user-defined fields Explain the defect sharing workflow Apply best practices for reusing assets Identify the types of data that you can export to Quality Center Install an add-in for Microsoft Excel to allow data to be exported to Quality Center Format requirements, test plan, and defects data in Microsoft Excel files Execute the Export wizard in Excel Verify the exported data in Quality Center Describe reporting and analysis in ALM Identify the features of the dashboard Create dashboard folders and pages Configure the dashboard View a dashboard page Generate reports and graphs Analyze reports and graphs Create and view project reports Generate formatted project documentation and Excel reports Share graphs that you can open without the ALM client Define cross-project reporting Enumerate the types of cross-project reports Create, configure, and view cross-project graphs Drill down to the graph records Create project reports Create a dashboard of cross-project graphs Apply the best practices for cross-project reporting Define Cross Project Business View Excel reports Generate a Business View Excel report Understand the HP ALM Excel Add-in tab Work with the Configuration pane Edit the Query dialog box Select projects in the HP ALM Excel Add-in tab Work with the View options Save a Business View Excel report HPE Software Education Services - 6 -

7 Module 20: Using ALM from A to Z Use ALM from A to Z HPE Software Education Services - 7 -