The VIP Test Modeller 101
March 12, 2019
Curiosity maintain a ‘101’ course for The VIP Test Modeller, setting out the principles and broad functionality involved in the tool. The short demo videos and tasks are designed to help new users learn quickly how to use The VIP Test Modeller, as well as to provide quick reference guides to specific functionality within the tool.
The videos can be used stand-alone, if you prefer following audio-visual material only. Following the videos in order will provide a good working understanding of the functionality available in The VIP Test Modeller.
Curiosity additionally provide written documentation, that can be used either alongside or instead of the 101 videos if you prefer written user guides. The Knowledge Base articles provide step-by-step instructions on how to use The VIP Test Modeller. The articles relevant to each video are listed in the table below, allowing you to follow the 101 course in order. Alternatively, the videos are embedded in the Knowledge Base articles themselves, which can also be followed in order to gain an overview understanding of The VIP Test Modeller.
Each session below has a series of goals and actions. Simply follow the instructions on-screen to gain the understanding needed to get started with The VIP Test Modeller.
| Chapter | # | Lesson Title | Content and Session goals | Video | Relevant Knowledge Base Articles |
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| Course Overview | 1. Understand the 101 course content and structure. 2. Find out about on demand certification available from Curiosity. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKd7lINgPM | |||
| 1 - Introduction | 1 | What is Test Modeller? | 1. Understand common software testing challenges that The VIP Test Modeller helps to remove. 2. Learn about the different components of the VIP testing framework. 3. Gain an overview understanding of The VIP Test Modeller, and how it helps remove testing painpoints. 4. Understand the principles of Model-Based Testing and Development, from requirements gathering and test case design, to test data provisioning, Script Less automation, and embedded suprocesses. 5. Find out why Robotic Process Automation is valuable in testing and development. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5FQnv-4cDE | |
| 2 | Install VIP and the Excel Plug-in | 1. Check you fulfil the prerequisites for using The VIP Test Modeller with VIP RPA and the Excel Plug-In. 2. Install and configure VIP RPA. 3. Install and set-up the Data Generation Plug-In for Excel. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9euPkLEfQrs | VIP RPA: Prequisites and Installation VIP RPA: Licensing The Excel Plug-In: Prequisites and Installation |
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| 3 | Sign up to Test Modeller | 1. Check you fulfil the prerquisites and licensing requirements needed to start using The VIP Test Modeller. 2. Create an account for The VIP Test Modeller. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZWXMkPNTM | Prerequisites and Installation | |
| 4 | Creating and Navigating the Workspace | 1. Understand workspaces and collaboration in The VIP Test Modeller. 2. Set-up a new workspace. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QvV65wsmCU | Prerequisites and Installation | |
| 2 – Building Models | 1 | Projects and Releases | 1. Understand file management in The VIP Test Modeller: projects, releases, and version control. 2. Create your first project and release. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqWukQphvQI | Projects and Releases |
| 2 | Example Models | 1. Learn to find example models and projects provided within The VIP Test Modeller. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcgPqLRSTIk | ||
| 3 | Creating Your First Model | 1. Understand BPMN notation and the block types used to create models in The VIP Test Modeller. 2. Model simple login UI. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok7A2mXdUoE | Creating and Managing Models Model Versions The Model Editor UI Actions Building Models Example Model |
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| 3 – Test Data Specification | 1 | Defining Test Data at the Model Level | 1. Understand how to specify test data for tests generated in The VIP Test Modeller. 2. Learn the difference between static and dynamic test data functions, and when to use each. 3. Understand the relationship between data variables, values, and models in The VIP Test Modeller. 4. Assign test data to the model created in lesson 2.3. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXvaxXwRroA | Defining Test Data at the Model Level |
| 2 | Synthetic Test Data in Modeller | 1. Understand how and when to use synthetic test data functions to create test data. 2. Learn to use the Data Editor's 500+ data generation functions, and the benefits of "Just in Time" data resolution. 3. Assign dynamic test data functions to the model created in lesson 2.3. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3RTLF_bGY | The Data Editor | |
| 4 – Test Generation | 1 | Generating Test Cases | 1. Understand test coverage and its importance. 2. Understand Model-Based test generation in The VIP Test Modeller. 3. Learn how to use 'coverage profiles' to generate optimised test cases in The VIP Test Modeller. 4. Create three coverage profiles and generate test cases from the model that you created in lesson 2.3. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYye3c01uk | Generating Test Cases Test Case Coverage |
| 2 | Browsing Test Cases | 1. Review test cases in The VIP Test Modeller. 2. Download spreadsheets of the static and dynamic test data that you have defined in The VIP Test Modeller. 3. Export your test cases and data to Microsoft Excel. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yCrDwYM-Og | Browsing Test Cases Exporting Test Cases for Test Automation |
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| 3 | Advanced Test Coverage | 1. Understand the difference between positive and negative testing, and the importance of the latter. 2. Learn how and when to use Filters and Tags in The VIP Test Modeller. 3. Create advanced coverage profiles to generate all tests, positive tests, and negative tests from the model that you created in lesson 2.3. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksAIye03KRQ | Test Case Coverage | |
| 4 | Constraints | 1. Understand when and why to use constraints or "rules". 2. Overlay constraints onto a UI model, to force specific routes through it in testing. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzphKzhYUH4 | ||
| 5 – Reusable Subprocesses | 1 | Creating Reusable Flows | 1. Understand when and how to re-use subprocesses in master flows, and the value of doing. 2. Combine multiple example subprocesses into a master flow. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhjT8YhKPA | Subprocesses |
| 2 | Parameterising Subflow Test Data | 1. Understand the need for subflows to pass data variables or values between one another, and how to use parameters to do this. 2. Add parameters to the master flow created in lesson 5.1. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPumrubQII | ||
| 6 – Advanced Scenario Modelling | 1 | Testing an Advanced Scenario | 1. Understand the end-to-end process of testing a more advanced system. 2. Consolidate the understanding gained from all the The VIP Test Modeller 101 lessons. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9-HYvuP9cQ |