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Quick start tests for Essential SAFe

Validate that Essential SAFe still works after you make any configuration change such as apply an upgrade or develop an application. Copy and customize these quick start tests to pass when using your instance-specific data.

Essential SAFe quick start tests require activating the Agile - Scaled Agile Framework - Essential SAFe plugin (com.snc.sdlc.safe) and the Agile - Scaled Agile Framework - Essential SAFe - ATF Tests plugin (com.snc.sdlc.safe.atf).

TestDescriptionRelease version
Essential SAFe: Feature testsVerify feature global rank updates.Madrid
Essential SAFe: Feature tests

For a SAFe feature, verify that:

  • Actual start date is populated after the state is changed to Implementation, Validation on Staging, or Deployment.
  • Actual end date is populated after the state is changed to Released or Cancelled.
  • Active flag is set to the appropriate value:
  • False, if the state is changed to Released or Cancelled.
  • True, for all other states.
Orlando
Essential SAFe: Feature testsIf the PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) is active, verify that a Demand can be converted to a SAFe feature using the Create SAFe Feature related link on the Demand form. For more information on how to create an SAFe feature from a demand, see Create an artifact from a demand.Quebec
Essential SAFe: Program increment testsVerify program increment date overlapping.Madrid
Essential SAFe: Sprint testsVerify the generation of ART sprints and team sprints as well as updates to sprint points and dates.Madrid
Essential SAFe: Sprint tests

Verify that any update to the Group capacity field of the assignment group results in the following changes to the Group capacity field of the various sprints associated with this assignment group:

  • For the sprints that are in the Draft or Planning states:
  • The group capacity is updated to the new value.
  • The Group capacity field is editable.
  • For the sprints in the Current, Complete, or Cancelled states:
  • The group capacity remains the old value.
  • The Group capacity field is read-only.

For the sprints in the Draft or Planning state, you can individually edit the group capacity of the sprint anytime later. This would not change the group capacity of the assignment group associated with this sprint.

Paris
Essential SAFe: Story testsVerify story global rank updates.Madrid
Essential SAFe: Story tests

Verify that active flag of the SAFe story is set to the appropriate value:

  • False, if the state of the state is changed to Completed or Cancelled.
  • True, for all other states.
Orlando
Essential SAFe: Story testsVerify that adding, estimating, removing, deleting, updating, or cancelling a SAFe story updates the SAFe feature-level and then the epic-level roll-ups correctly.Orlando
Essential SAFe: Story testsVerify that adding, updating, or deleting the feature on a SAFe story updates the Epic field on the SAFe story form.Orlando
Essential SAFe: Story testsIf the PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) is active, verify that a Demand can be converted to a SAFe story using the Create SAFe Story related link on the Demand form. For more information on how to create a SAFe story from a demand, see Create an artifact from a demand.Quebec
Essential SAFe: Team testsVerify team association with an ART.Madrid
Essential SAFe: Epic testsFor a SAFe epic, verify that:- Actual start date is populated after the state is changed to Implementation. - Actual end date is populated after the state is changed to Complete. - Active flag is set to the appropriate value: - False, if the state is changed to Released or Cancelled states. - True, for all other states.Orlando
Essential SAFe: Epic testsIf the PPM Standard plugin (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) is active, verify that a Demand can be converted to a SAFe epic using the Create SAFe Epic related link on the Demand form.For more information on how to create a SAFe epic agile from a demand, see Create an artifact from a demand.Quebec
Essential SAFe: Program PI Objective testsVerify the functionality of creating and updating PI objectives- Verify that you can create a program increment-level objective - Verify that you can update the created PI objective with the planned business value \(PBV\) and actual business value \(ABV\) - Verify that the percentage of business value achieved is computed as the percentage of ABV complete, for only the committed PI objectives, as compared to the PBV of the program in the PIRome
Essential SAFe: Team PI Objective testsVerify the functionality of creating and updating team PI Objectives- Verify that you can create a team-level PI objective - Verify that you can update the created PI objective with the planned business value \(PBV\) and actual business value \(ABV\) - Verify that the percentage of business value achieved is computed as the percentage of ABV complete, for only the committed PI objectives, as compared to the PBV of the team in the PIRome

Parent Topic:Essential SAFe

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Components installed with Essential SAFe

SAFe entities

SAFe PI objectives

SAFe Board — ART level

SAFe Board — Team level

Quick start tests