Quality Assurance for Coeus and Kuali Coeus research administration

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Quality Assurance for Coeus and Kuali Coeus
Kuali Coeus User Group 2011
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Quality Assurance for Coeus and Kuali Coeus
• Kyle Burkhardt
Princeton University
Coeus Coordinator
• Jon Peterson
Colorado State University
KC QA Technical Lead
• Jen Flach
Jenistics LLC
Coeus/KC Quality Assurance Manager
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Objectives
Learn How To:
• Approach upgrade testing your institution
• Leverage project-level QA resources
• Report bugs found locally
• Contribute bug fixes to KC
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Coeus Upgrade Testing at Princeton University
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Coeus/KC Project QA Resources
• Web-based Project Tools:
– Confluence (wiki)
– JIRA (bug tracking)
– Contour (test scripts)
• Reporting a bug found locally
• KC bug fix contribution
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QA Resources: Confluence (wiki)
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Wiki – information management
Project teams, Subcommittees
Functional & Technical specifications
Quality Assurance resources, procedures, FAQs
KC:
https://wiki.kuali.org/display/KRACOEUS/Kuali+Coeus+Functional+Home
https://wiki.kuali.org/display/KRACOEUS/Kuali+Coeus+Quality+Assura
nce+Home+Page
Coeus:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/COEUS/Test+Scripts+from+C
oeus+Schools
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Confluence (wiki) – KC
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Confluence (wiki) - Coeus
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QA Resources: JIRA (bug tracking)
• Bug tracking system
• JIRA review, disposition & prioritization
process
• Linking & Filtering back to Confluence
• Issue Status pages
– https://wiki.kuali.org/display/KRACOEUS/KC+QA+
Release+3.1+All+Resolved+Issues
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JIRA (bug tracking)
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JIRA Linking/Filtering in Confluence
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QA Resources: Contour (test scripts) – KC
• Requirements
– Functional
– Design
• Test Analysis
– High-level test cases
• Test Scripts
– Detailed test steps
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Contour: Requirements
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Reporting a bug: Before creating a new JIRA
• Reproduce locally – ensure it is a bug
– Retest in another local instance, if available
– Determine specific steps, data, etc. that trigger the bug
– Verify against user documentation and other resources
• See if the bug has already been reported
– Look in COEUSQA or the relevant KC JIRA projects
• Retest in Coeus Consortium QA or KCTRUNK
environment
– May confirm the issue persists in later release
– Provides information for troubleshooting if the same steps
produce different results
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Reporting a bug found locally: Key fields
• Affected version(s) – release(s) in which bug was
found
• Details on the local environment:
– Code table, parameter, and other set up
– Server, database, OS, java, browser versions
– Production and/or test environment?
• Description of bug
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Step-by-step
Screen shots
Log files
Test data (be careful not to share anything confidential)
Any troubleshooting attempts and workarounds
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KC Bug Fix Contribution Process
• Based on existing processes
– Modeled after KFS procedure
– Similar to Coeus approach
– Managed using JIRA
• Posted in Kuali Confluence:
– KC Contributed Code Process
– Formal process of contributed code:
• Kuali Contributions Guide
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KC Bug Fix Contribution Process
• “Trusted” partners contribute lightweight
Bug Fixes to KC
• Trusted partner = Staff of an investing partner
institution or organization with proven
experience developing KC code
• Provides mechanism to:
- contribute back fixes made locally
- work lower-priority bug fixes into a release
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Project Resources
• Collaboration Lists:
– Coeus: [email protected]
– Kuali:
https://wiki.kuali.org/display/KRADOC/Home
• Help contacts:
– [email protected][email protected]
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Questions / Comments?
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