Purpose
This document provides system requirements and installation instructions for VERA on Micro Focus ALM.
Definitions
The following terms are used throughout this document:
Term | Definition |
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ALM | See 'Application Lifecycle Management' |
approval policy | A collection of business rules establishing approval routes for electronic records. |
Micro Focus | Formerly Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software, the manufacturer of the Application Lifecycle Management software. |
ALM | See Application Lifecycle Management' |
Application Lifecycle Management | An enterprise application manufactured by Micro Focus that provides test management, requirements management, and defect management capabilities for information technology and software development organizations. |
notification policy | A collection of business rules establishing email notification for approval tasks and approval routes. |
records management policy | A collection of business rules establishing workflows for electronic records. |
staging project | Project used to create VERA projects in ALM Quality Center Edition |
template | See 'template project' |
template project | A software component of ALM that is used to apply a common set of project customizations to other projects as a part of cross project customization. |
Tx3 VERA | An enterprise application manufactured by Tx3 Services, LLC that specializes in enforcing shared business policies pertaining to the control of electronic records across multiple systems. |
VERA | See 'Tx3 VERA' |
VERA application | See 'Tx3 VERA' |
VERA Records Management Policy | See 'records management policy' |
VERA Server | A central application where users can define business policies and configure those policies to be enforced across multiple information systems |
VERA system adapter | See 'system adapter' |
VERA Windows Client | To-do |
Overview
VERA is deployed as a Project Template extending ALM core functionality to enable test management in a controlled, validated environment. VERA implements electronic signatures, customer-defined procedures, and business rules via ALM's scripting and programming capabilities.
VERA for Micro Focus ALM has three components:
- VERA Client - The VERA windows is a locally installed application comprised of a collection of Microsoft .NET library files (.dll).
- VERA ALM Template – ALM Template Project export (QCP File)
- VERA Policy files – JSON files containing configurable business rules. The JSON files are attached to the Requirements folder (root requirement) in the Requirements module
- Approval Policy
- Notification Policy
- Records Management Policy