Glossary for Rational ClearQuest
- activity
- A Rational ClearCase Unified Change Management (UCM) object that tracks
the work required to complete a development task. An activity includes a text
headline, which describes the task, and a change set, which identifies all
versions that developers create or modify while working on the activity.
- asset registry
- A set of file locations that can be referenced from a test plan hierarchy.
- change request
- A request from a stakeholder to change an artifact or process.
- configured test case
- A test case that is used to run a test script for a specific test configuration.
- defect
- A type of change request that identifies an anomaly or flaw in a work
product.
- enhancement request
- A change request for a new feature or functionality. (RUP)
- filter
- A criterion that includes or excludes records returned in a database query.
- hook
- A program that performs or triggers a specific task when a specified set
of conditions exists.
- iteration
- The sequence of activities specified in a project plan to create a software
product.
- package
- A set of definitions of schema components such as fields, form controls,
states, and actions that can be applied to a schema to add a feature or functions.
- query
- A request to retrieve records that satisfy specific criteria from a database.
- record
- Information about a change request that is recorded in fields and stored
in a Rational® ClearQuest® user
database.
- record type
- The format for the data in a change request. This format consists of a
state transition model, forms, and hooks.
- report
- In query management, the formatted data that results from running a query
and applying a form to it. (In IBM DB)
- schema
- The complete description of the process model for one or more types of
change request. This description includes the states and actions of the model,
the structure of the data that can be stored about each change request, hook
code or scripts that can be used to implement business rules, and the forms
used to view and input information about each change request.
- state
- The status of a change request in a Rational ClearQuestuser
database.
- state transition
- The change from one state to another.
- system under test
- A system, subsystem, or component that is being tested.
- test asset
- The information that is used to create, run, and evaluate tests. Test
assets include plans, designs, test cases, test logs, and test reports.
- test case
- The inputs, execution conditions, and expected results that are used to
evaluate an aspect of a system under test.
- test configuration
- A set of characteristics of the system that hosts the system under test.
These characteristics affect the conditions for test execution and the evaluation
of test results.
- test plan
- A set of test cases that defines an area of testing.
- test suite
- A set of test scripts that controls the sequence of execution and provides
a log from which to determine test results.
- verdict
- The assessment of the performance of a system under test.