How to create and manage test plans

Creating and managing test plans is one of the tasks of a test manager.

In TestBench, Test Cases can be grouped into Test Suites. As a test manager, you can use this method to create several Test Suites for different purposes, for example, a regression Test Suite, a Test Suite for a User Story, a new feature, etc. 

There are several ways to create a Test Suite.

Create and edit Test Suites in the Planning section
In the Planning section, you can simply add Test Suites by using the  button. After providing a name, the detailed view opens where you can add a description and the Test Cases.

The picture below shows an example Test Suite created for testing the login procedure from the chapter "How to create or edit Test Cases". The Test Suite shall contain all Test Cases which have the purpose of testing the Login Procedure. The corresponding Test Cases can be selected from the Test Case tree. You can also remove individual Test Cases that should not be tested. In this example, the Checklist Test Case can be removed from the selection because it tests the same as the three Test Cases above, i.e., it is redundant. 

Create and edit Test Suites in the Specification section

Another option to create Test Suites is to use filters in the Specification section, as shown below. You define a suitable filter that contains the desired Test Cases and then use the Plus button to create a new Test Suite. You can also save the filter for future re-use. In the example below, the following filter was defined:

Title contains "Login"
Type = "Test Cases"

Once you have created the new Test Suite via the Plus button, the Test Suite detail view opens, listing the Test Cases that belong to this Test Suite. You can also remove individual Test Cases from the selection or add them using the  button, which opens the Test Case tree.

Assign responsible testers

The next step is to assign the tester(s) responsible for running the Test Suite. If you click on the corresponding area, you will see a list of all users with the correct product's correct rights (in this case, "Tester").