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Index Introduction to Sentry
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 1.9        MS Project Connector
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Project
 2      Getting Started with Gemini 5
usage
projects
templates
 2.5.1          The Grid
usage
Excel
 2.5.2          The Planner
usage
 2.5.3          Activity Page
usage
time
 2.5.4          Timeline Page
usage
time
 2.5.5          Roadmaps and Changelogs
usage
time
 2.5.8          The Calendar
usage
projects
add-ons
time
plugins
ms-outlook
 2.5.9          Burndown and Burnup Charts
usage
time
reporting
 2.5.11           The Data Import Wizard
admin
database
templates
Excel
migration
 3      Creating and Managing Tasks
usage
 3.1        Creating Tasks
projects
templates
 3.2        Rapid Planning (Creating Multiple Tasks)
usage
projects
templates
 3.3        The View Item Page
usage
projects
sentry
 6.1        Introduction to Sentry
usage
testing
sentry
 6.2        Test Cases
usage
testing
sentry
 6.3        Test Plans
usage
testing
sentry
 6.4        Test Runner (Executing Tests)
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testing
sentry
 6.5        Test Run History
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testing
sentry
 10.5         Item Management
 10.5.1           Overview
 10.5.2           Creating
 10.5.3           Editing
 10.5.4           Viewing
 10.5.5           Visibility
 10.5.6           Custom Fields
custom-fields
 10.5.7           Comments
 10.5.8           Hierarchy
 10.5.9           Links
 10.5.10            Recurrence
 10.5.11            Estimates & Time Logs
time
 10.5.12            Source Control Links
 10.5.13            Audit Trails
 10.5.14            Workflow
 10.5.15            Filter Items
find-filter
 10.5.15.1              Using the Filter
find-filter
 10.5.15.2              Saving and Reusing Filters
find-filter
 10.5.15.3              Cross Project Roll-ups
find-filter
 10.5.16            Patterns
usage
projects
 10.7         Time Management
time
 10.7.1           Time Reports
time
 10.7.2           Recording Time
usage
 10.10.1.5              Item Management
admin
 10.12.9            Custom Fields API
custom-fields
api
 10.12.11             Items API
api
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Introduction to Sentry

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Sentry is an add-on to Gemini that delivers fully integrated Testing and QA capability. Sentry is delivered as a series of plugins to the Gemini framework and integrates with the rest of Gemini as a Project Template. This uniquely flexible way of delivering testing capability gives Testers the same high degree of functionality and flexibility in their environment as any other Gemini user. Testers can take advantage of the Project Template’s flexibility in the definitions of Process, Status, Workflow, Menus etc. No other testing tool is as flexible.

How Sentry Works

There are 3 core elements to Sentry: Test Cases, Test Plans and the Test Runner.

Test Cases

Test Cases are the basic unit of testing in Gemini. A Test case consists of:

  • Pre-conditions - a description of the anticipated state before the test begins
  • Expected results – a description of what the outcome of the test should be
  • Test Steps – one or more steps that the tester needs to undertake to execute the test case, each step consisting of the action that the tester is expected to take and the expected outcome of said action

Test Plans

A Test Plan pulls together one or more Test Cases. The plan provides a holistic view of what is to be tested. This is the level at which the history of the testing activity, the items that are to be tested and any additional items (bugs/issues) that are raised during testing, are amalgamated.

Test Runner

The Test Runner provides the functionality to execute the Test Cases, step by step, tracking success and failure at every level and allowing the tester to raise new tasks (bugs or issues to be addressed) in the event of test failure.

Tying all of this together is Sentry’s concept of Traceability, the ability to trace back from any failed step to an item (issue/bug) that was tested/raised and vice versa, providing not just fully auditable tests but tests that are intrinsically linked to issues and bugs that are being tracked by Gemini.


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