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Glossary

Test case management in Azure DevOps

Quick definition

Test case management in Azure DevOps is the practice of creating, organizing, and running test cases within Azure Test Plans, and linking them to the requirements and user stories they verify. It connects testing to the work items being built, so a team can see which requirements are tested and whether they pass.

What it means

In Azure DevOps, test cases are work items themselves, grouped into test suites and test plans. Because they are work items, they can be linked to the user stories or requirements they cover, which is what makes requirements-based testing possible. Run the tests, and the results attach to those links, turning 'is this requirement verified' into a question you can actually answer.

That linkage is the whole point for requirements work. A requirement with no linked, passing test is not really done, however finished the code looks. Azure Test Plans handles the running and results; pulling it into a coverage or traceability view across all requirements is where tools like Modern Requirements add value, especially when an audit needs proof that every requirement was tested.

In practice

Ejemplo

A team writes test cases in Azure Test Plans for each acceptance criterion on a user story and links them to that story. After a test run, the story shows which criteria passed and which failed. A requirement still tied to a failing test is clearly not complete, no matter what the board says.

Preguntas frecuentes

How does Azure DevOps handle test cases?
Through Azure Test Plans, where test cases are work items organized into suites and plans. They can be linked to the requirements or user stories they verify, run manually or as part of automated pipelines, and their results recorded against those links, which supports requirements-based testing and coverage tracking.
How do you link test cases to requirements in Azure DevOps?
You add a link between the test case work item and the requirement or user story it verifies, usually a tested-by relationship. Once linked, the requirement shows its associated tests and their results. Building a full coverage view across all requirements from those links is where many teams add a dedicated tool.

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