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Designing a Test Case on Mind Map

CodeArts TestPlan provides a test design feature that offers multi-dimensional heuristic test strategies and design templates. Testers can break down test requirements into scenarios, test points, and test cases. In this way, we hope to inspire testers to design tests creatively, visualize their ideas, and improve test coverage. This feature enables continuous optimization of test completeness, and helps testers reduce product test omissions during execution.

The purpose of test design is to clarify the scope, objectives, and methods of test activities, guide test activities, and standardize test behaviors.

With the help of mind map, you can perform heuristic and visual test design.

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Notes and Constraints

  • On test design mind maps, you can edit nodes, expand all nodes with one click, and export mind maps to PDF and PNG files. The display effect depends on how well your browsers render the web pages, and is also restricted by the browser version, kernel, memory, style, node content, and mind map size. In extreme cases, the nodes may expand slowly, lines may be lost, the export operation may be suspended or canceled, or the export effect may be poor. If these happen, split the mind map into multiple smaller ones or use other browsers. You are advised to use less than 1,000 nodes in a mind map. If the browser still freezes when there is only a small number of nodes, wait until the export is complete. If you use the MeSign browser, test design mind maps cannot be copied due to its kernel and function restrictions, and the export quality of PDF and PNG files is not optimal. You are advised to use Google Chrome or the 360 browsers instead.
  • If a red indicator appears in the upper-right corner, your changes may not be saved yet due to slow loading or background processing. Wait until the green indicator appears before continuing to edit the mind map.

Designing a Mind Map Based on a Requirement

Create a mind map for a requirement, break down test scenarios, analyze test points, and output test plans and test cases based on the requirement.

  1. Search for your target project and click the name to access the project.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Testing > Testing Design.
  3. Click Test Requirements on the left of the page. By default, all associated requirements of the project belong to this Requirements directory.

    To associate a project with requirements, create a work item.

  4. In the search box under Test Requirements, enter a keyword of the target requirement and click . The target requirement is displayed in the requirement directory.
  5. Click Test Requirements on the left, select a requirement, and click Create or Templates in the upper left corner.
  6. The mind map design page is displayed. For subsequent operations, go to Creating a Mind Map and Generating a Test Case.

Designing a Mind Map Based on a Feature

Create a mind map for a feature, break down test scenarios, analyze test points, and output test plans and test cases based on the feature.

  1. Log in to the CodeArts homepage, search for your target project, and click the project name to access the project.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Testing > Testing Design.
  3. Click Test Features. In the search box under it, enter a keyword of the target feature and click .
  4. Select a test feature and click Create or Templates.
  5. The mind map design page is displayed. For subsequent operations, go to Creating a Mind Map and Generating a Test Case.

Moving a Mind Map to Change Its Test Feature

  1. In the test design list, move the cursor to the check box of a mind map. is displayed on the left of the check box. Drag the mind map to the required feature in the Test Features directory on the left. The feature that the mind map is designed for is changed.

  2. Check the mind map in the directory of the new feature.

    To move mind maps in batches, select multiple or all mind maps, click Batch Change Feature. In the displayed dialog box, select the target directory, and click Confirm.

    Mind maps cannot be moved to other requirements in the Test Requirements directory.

Associating a Test Case Generated on a Mind Map with Requirements

After a test case is designed and archived for a test feature on a mind map, associate the case with the test requirements.

  1. Go to the mind map designed based on a test feature.
  2. Find a test case that has been archived and needs to be associated with a requirement, and click .
  3. Click the Requirements tab and click Associated With Requirement.
  4. In the displayed dialog box, select the target requirement in the current plan and project, and click OK.
  5. Click Save in the upper right corner.
  6. In the navigation pane, choose Testing > Testing Case. On the displayed page, find the test case. The value in the Associated Requirement column is Associated.

    If the Associated Requirement column does not exist in the list, click the gear icon in the upper right corner, select Associated Requirement, and click Save.