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Silk Central

Silk Central

Silk Central 12.1 released

  • New cutting-edge, installation-free manual test interface
  • New Testbook dashboard – real time messaging for manual test activities
  • New client data segregation – support all your customers in a central hub
  • New custom reporting – with MS Word template

Silk Central

  • Powerful, open software test management for agile and traditional development projects
  • Connect tools and processes for control over what, how, when, who, and where to test
  • Clear go/no-go decisions
  • Align quality goals with requirements and testing with real-time visibility and tracking

Learn how to use Silk Central

Successful software organizations are built on a solid foundation of consistent and widespread process deployment and of course technological competency. Each new implementation delivers most value when it is based on the understanding that technology, processes and people are closely interlinked. Targeted skills development must be a core part of every successful implementation.

To help you getting the most out of Silk Central the following options are available:

Instructor led training

These courses are instructor led, can be delivered face-to-face or remotely and are presented by product experts. Review our formal course descriptions and assess whether it will suit your needs. If you require additional education around a process or function, our team is available for custom consulting engagements and will focus on your particular needs.

Visit our instructor led training pages to see all courses we have on offer.

Web based training

A cost effective alternative, our web-based training offers high quality skills development at a low price. Give your team a head start and order today.

Visit our web based training pages to see what the web based training is about and to get started.

How to videos

Overview

Silk Central - OverviewA ‘walk through’ the manual execution planning user interface and a quick review of all the manual execution planning videos in the series.

Create Test Cycles and Add Manual Tests

Silk Central - Create Test Cycles and Add Manual TestsA ‘how to’ for test managers. Create (manual) testing cycles in a specified time period with available manual tester resources.

Selecting and Assigning Tests

Silk Central – Selecting and Assigning TestsThis video explains test managers how to select manual tests based on quality goals and plan them for a specific testing cycle.

Distributing, Moving and Removing Tests

Silk Central - Distributing, Moving and Removing TestsThis video explains test managers how the planned tests can be distributed amongst the manual testers of a specific testing cycle. This includes also moving tests around between testers and removing tests from a testing cycle.

Executing Tests

Silk Central – Executing TestsThis video explains manual testers their benefits of the manual execution planning area and how they gain productivity by using the new personal dashboard.

Create a Silk Central project with automatic Issue Manager setup

Silk Central - Create a Silk Central project with automatic Issue Manager setupCreate a Silk Central project and automatically configure Issue Manager, with auto inbox creation.

Manual test execution

Silk Central - Manual test executionManual testing, direct from your dashboard. Silk Central 12.1 is enabled with new manual test interface.

System administration and client setup

Silk Central - System administration and client setupAccess and use the new System Administration area and configure your clients.

Custom reporting with MS Word

Silk Central - Custom reporting with MS WordUse the MS Word Template for custom reporting.

Silk Mobile integration with Silk Central and Silk4J

Integration with Silk Central and Silk4JGain insight into Silk Mobile automation from functional visual scripting through to advanced mobile scripting in Silk4J – understand how you can then incorporate this into you test process through test management with Silk Central.