In this article you will find the terms and concepts used in TestFirst and this user documentation. You can always refer to this for the explanation of any term used in the rest of the documents.
| Term | Description |
| Test Management System | A piece of software that helps manage the testing process and provides information on the test plans and their status. |
| Home page | A section of TestFirst that contains your work queue, exploratory test sessions, and feedback section. The Home page opens whenever you sign in to the Desktop or Web application. |
| Test Case Management | A section of TestFirst that contains Test Case Library. |
| Test Plan Management | A section of TestFirst that contains test plans and the tools for managing them. |
| My Profile | A section of TestFirst that displays the information of the current user. |
| Test Case Library | A collection of all test cases created in your organization. |
| Test project / project | The root node of the Test Case Library. Can contain test suites and test cases. |
| Test suite / suite | A hierarchy node of the Test Case Library. A child node of test project. Can contain test sections and test cases. |
| Test section / section | A hierarchy node of the Test Case Library. A child node of test suite. Can contain test subsections and test cases. |
| Test subsection / subsection | A hierarchy node of the Test Case Library. A child node of test section. Can contain test cases. |
| Test case | A hierarchy node of the Test Case Library. Can be a child node of a test project, suite, section or subsection. A test case is represented by a sequence of steps with respective expected results. Optionally, it can contain a precondition. |
| Precondition | An optional part of a test case represented by a set of conditions that need to be met before the execution of a test case steps can begin. |
| Test steps | An action or a sequence of actions you need to perform to achieve the desired expected result. |
| Test plan | A set of tests to be executed. |
| Test | An instance of a test case in a test plan. |
| Test result | The result of a test execution created under a test in a test plan. |
| Test status | The current status of a test in a test plan, equal to the latest test result status added. |
| Test plan status | The current status of a test plan execution. |
| Test Execution Module (TEM) | The module in which test execution is performed. |
| Annotation module (AM) | The module in which the annotation of screenshots and step result review is performed. |
| Exploratory Test Session | A test session that allows writing tests while executing them at the same time. |
| Integration | An integration with an issue tracking system that allows you to create tickets in your issue tracking system via TestFirst and view tests in TestFirst through your issue tracking system. |
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