In the past, it was common to use parent-child structures. However, from today's perspective, most of these applications are no longer relevant. Due to developments in filtering, e.g. the ability to combine data based on k-fields etc., almost all previous use cases for parent-child structures - and their problems - have become obsolete. Using parent-child structures to map some sort of "test plan structure", as in Windows Explorer, is also considered bad form. This can all be done with queries and k-fields without using parent-child structures.
There is only one remaining use case for these structures:
Passing k-field information from a superordinate test plan (parent) to all subordinate test plans (children).
| Subordinate Test Plans (Parent-Child Structures) This document explains the purpose and use of parent-child structures. |
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