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Configuring Projects

Before users start working in a TestTrack project, the administrator needs to configure it to support your team's terminology and methodology. If you use multiple projects, each one can have different configurations.

Review and customize the following areas before users work in a project. You can also change any of these settings at any time after projects are in use.

Project options

Set project options to control how the project works and how information is displayed. For example, you can enable email sending and tracking, set compliance options, and specify how required field labels are displayed. See Setting project options.

Fields

Customize fields to use your team's terminology and capture specific data. You can change field labels, make fields required, set default values, configure parent/child field relationships, configure list values, create custom fields, and more. See Customizing fields.

Workflows

Customize workflows to define how each type of item you track, such as issues or requirements, moves through the lifecycle. Workflows define the states (statuses) items can be in, events that users enter to move items from state to state, and transitions that define the available events for each state. As users perform work, they move items seamlessly through the workflow to completion. See Customizing workflows.

Automation rules

Configure automation rules to reduce the manual intervention required to keep projects running smoothly. You can configure the following automation rules:

See Configuring automation rules.

Email templates

Create email templates and customize existing templates to define the content of emails sent between users, notification emails, and confirmation emails sent to customers. See Customizing email templates.

Link definitions

Create link definitions to allow users to establish relationships between specific item types, such as test cases and requirements, and to control how linked items are handled in the workflow. Link definitions can allow parent/child or peer relationships between items. See Configuring link definitions.

Folder types

Create folder types to control the appearance of folders and the type of data displayed for a group of folders. Folder types also provide a way to tag a group of folders used for similar purposes, which is useful for reporting. See Configuring folder types.

Time tracking

Configure time tracking to capture data that can help your team manage estimates, get updates on actual and remaining effort, and gain insight about project status. You can track and report on time for specific items or across all items in a project. See Configuring time tracking.

Item mapping rules

If you track more than one item type in TestTrack, configure item mapping rules to specify how field values are copied into items created from other items, such as issues created from test runs, and how items are linked. See Configuring item mapping rules.

 

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