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Index Introduction to Sentry
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 2      Getting Started with Gemini 5
items
projects
templates
 2.1        Signing in to Gemini
admin
 2.2        Navigation in Gemini
 2.3        AppNav Cards
 2.4        Gemini Terminology
 2.5        Features and Functions
 2.5.1          The Grid
items
Excel
 2.5.2          The Planner
items
 2.5.3          Activity Page
items
time
 2.5.4          Timeline Page
items
time
 2.5.5          Roadmaps and Changelogs
items
time
 2.5.6          Documents
admin
projects
 2.5.7          Standard Reports
projects
reporting
 2.5.8          The Calendar
items
projects
add-ons
time
plugins
ms-outlook
 2.5.9          Burndown and Burnup Charts
items
time
reporting
 3      Creating and Managing Tasks
items
 3.2        Rapid Planning (Creating Multiple Tasks)
items
projects
templates
 3.3        The View Item Page
items
projects
sentry
 6.1        Introduction to Sentry
items
testing
sentry
 6.2        Test Cases
items
testing
sentry
 6.3        Test Plans
items
testing
sentry
 6.4        Test Runner (Executing Tests)
items
testing
sentry
 6.5        Test Run History
items
testing
sentry
 9.6        Using Saucery for Code Review
saucery
 10       Gemini 4
 10.1         Getting Started
install
 10.5.16            Patterns
projects
items
 10.6         Planning Board
 10.7.2           Recording Time
items
 10.8         Notifications
emails
 10.8.1           Project Alerts
emails
 10.8.2           Item Watchers
emails
 10.11          Using Add-on Products
add-ons
 10.11.1            Visual Studio 2008/2010
add-ons
visual-studio
 10.11.2            Gemini Desktop
add-ons
desktop
 10.11.3            Microsoft Outlook
admin
add-ons
ms-outlook
 10.13          User Profile
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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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