Quality Center 9.

2: Project Planning and Customization

Course Setup Instructions

This document contains system and software requirements required for this training and setup instructions. Please return the completed and signed checklist to Mercury. See last page for full return instructions.

Important Note: This training runs under the following operating systems: Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 Standard/Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4

Courses This Document Supports: 1. Quality Center 9.2: Project Planning and Customization (Book Version: QC92PPC-01A) Minimum system requirements for instructor machine: CPU: Pentium 4 Memory: 1 GB minimum Disk Space: 3 GB J2EE App Server One of the following JBoss 4.0 (included with Quality Center) WebLogic 8.1.5 Web Server One of the following IIS 5.0/6.0 Apache 2.0.54 JBoss 4.0 WebLogic 8.1.5 Database One of the following Oracle 9.2.0.5 Enterprise Edition Oracle 10.0 g Release 1 or 2 Standard/Enterprise Edition MS/SQL Server 2000 Standard/Enterprise Edition Quality Center 9.2 (with sufficient Quality Center licenses for instructor and all students) Browser One of the following Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 Quality Center Explorer QuickTest Professional 9.2 (with license) LoadRunner 8.1 with Service Pack 4 (with license) Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or higher HP fonts (for slides) QC92PPC-Training-01A.zip (contains exercise files)*

Minimum system requirements for student machines: CPU: Pentium II/333 MHz or higher microprocessor Memory: 512 MB Disk Space: 1 GB Operating System One of the following Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 Windows XP Professional/Home with Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 Browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 QC92PPC-Training-01A.zip (contains exercise files)* * The QC92PPC-Training-01A.zip file should be downloaded from the Mercury Interactive web site at http://www.merc-training.com. Select Current Courses to find the download link. No password is necessary. CHECK LIST Please check each item that you have available for this training: Received Quality Center 9.2 for installation on CD Downloaded QC92PPC-Training-01A.zip (contains the exercise files)

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NOTE: Microsoft Debugger files can be downloaded from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=script+debugger&DisplayLang=en Mercury files to be downloaded may be obtained from the Mercury Web site at: http://www.merc-training.com. Select Current Courses to find the download link. No password is necessary.

Other Software Required: Zip utility software like WinZip or PKZip (required to unzip training files.) Operating System: Which Windows platform do you intend to use in this training? Windows ___________

Version of Quality Center used: Please confirm which version of Quality Center you installed: Quality Center ___________

NOTE: Files to be downloaded may be obtained from the Mercury Interactive web site at http://www.merctraining.com. Select Current Courses to find the download link. No password is necessary.

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Checklist and Training Setup Instructions

All installations require Administrative privileges. Please check each item below when complete:

A. QUALITY CENTER INSTALLATION ON THE INSTRUCTOR MACHINE 1. Install Quality Center. This course requires that Quality Center must be installed on the instructor machine or classroom server, and be accessible from student machines. A basic installation of Quality Center should be performed per the product installation guide. This installation must be done with Administrative Privileges. Download and install the QuickTest Professional Add-in for Quality Center from the Quality Center Add-Ins page.

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On All Student Machines:

B. PROJECT SETUP 1. Create the training user account. All lab exercises in this course will have students log in using the training user account and welcome password. 1. Launch Quality Center (standard URL format is http://<Quality Center server name>:<port>/qcbin). 2. Log in to Site Administrator. a) b) c) From the Quality Center login page, click Site Administration. This opens the Site Administration login page. Enter the User name and Password. Click the Login button.

3. Create a new user. a) b) c) d) e) From the Site Administration window, click the Site Users tab. Click the New User button. This opens the New User dialog box. Enter User Name as training and click OK. Under the Site Users tab, all the users are listed. Select training. Click the Password button that appears on the right side of the screen, below the DB Servers tab. The Set User Password dialog box appears. Enter welcome in the New Password and Retype Password fields. Click OK.

f) g)

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2. Set up the permissions that will give the training user access to the Quality Center Demo project.

1. Add the training user to the QualityCenter_Demo project. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) In the Site Administration page, click the Site Projects tab. From the Projects list, select QualityCenter_Demo. Click the Project Users tab on the right side of the page. Click the Add button. A drop-down menu appears. From the drop-down menu, select Add From The Users List. The users list appears. Select training and click Add selected users to the project. The training user is listed under the Project Users tab. Check the check box for training user under the Project Administrator column.

3. Set up the permissions that will give the training user access to Site Administration.

1. Assign Site Administration privileges to the training user. a) b) c) d) On the Site Administration page, click the Site Users tab. On the toolbar, click the Site Administrators button. The Site Administrators window appears. Click Add. The Quality Center users list appears in the right pane of the Site Administrators. From the Quality Center users, select training and click the Add Selected Users button. The training user appears in the Site Administrators list. Click Close to close the Site Administrators window.

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C. CREATE USERS IN QUALITY CENTER 1. Create the users needed for the labs. Set up all users with no password. All lab exercises in this course will have students log in using the training user account and welcome password.

USER DETAILS USER NAME: ALEXP FULL NAME: ALEX POLENDZER EMAIL ID: ALEXP@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4156683185 DESCRIPTION: PROJECT MANAGER USER NAME: JILLG FULL NAME: JILL GARCIA EMAIL ID: JILLC@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4153683185 DESCRIPTION: QA LEAD USER NAME: ASHLEYB FULL NAME: ASHLEY BROWN EMAIL ID: ASHLEYB@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4157683185 DESCRIPTION: QA TEAM MEMBER USER NAME: BRIANH FULL NAME: BRIAN HANKS EMAIL ID: BRIANH@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4157083180 DESCRIPTION: QA TEAM MEMBER USER NAME: ALLENF FULL NAME: ALLEN FLEMMING EMAIL ID: ALLENF@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4157083131 DESCRIPTION: QA TESTER ON CONTRACT USER NAME: KELLYF FULL NAME: KELLY FOSTER EMAIL ID: KELLYF@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4157020152 DESCRIPTION: DEVELOPER USER NAME: JAMESD FULL NAME: JAMES DAVID EMAIL ID: JAMESD@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4157180155 DESCRIPTION: DEVELOPER USER NAME: ROBERTG FULL NAME: ROBERT GREEN EMAIL ID: ROBERTG@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4152280151 DESCRIPTION: DEVELOPER USER NAME: CATHERINEH FULL NAME: CATHERINE HAYAK EMAIL ID: CATHERINEH@TYSOFT.COM PHONE NUMBER: 4152930511 DESCRIPTION: DEVELOPER

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D. EXERCISE FILES 1. Download and unzip the training files on all the student machines. The QC92PPC-Training-01A.zip file contains the following files: Planning Sheet Blank.xls Planning Sheet Sample.xls Script_Editor.txt

Save these files in the C:\Training\Quality Center 9.2\PPC directory on all the student machines.

After you have verified the setup of all machines to be used in the training, please fax the completed checklist to your PSO logistic coordinator. In order for Mercury to have time to review the information, please fax the completed checklist at least two working days before the start of the training event. Thank you for your cooperation.

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