• 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.

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