The Quality Center Testing Process Quality Center offers an organized framework for testing applications before they are deployed. Because test plans evolve with new or modified application requirements, you need a central data repository for organizing and managing the testing process. Quality Center guides you through all phases of the testing process. The Quality Center testing process includes five phases: ➤ Specifying Releases. Develop a release-cycle management plan. ➤ Specifying Requirements. Identify and validate the functional and performance requirements that need to be tested. ➤ Planning Tests. Plan and confirm which tests need to be performed and how these tests must be run. ➤ Running Tests. Organize test sets, schedule their execution, perform test runs, and analyze the results of these runs. ➤ Tracking Defects. Add defects that were detected in the application and track how repairs are progressing. Throughout the testing process, you can generate reports and graphs to assist you in your “go/no-go” decisions about your application readiness.