How should we structure a large testing project using Rational

Hi,

Our Project is trying to set up testing scripts for a very large testing effort on a project and having a large amount of difficulty using Rational tools.

Here's a summary of our current setup:

Test Script: Houses a series of steps to accomplish a functional task (Login, click through 3 screens, see output form, run report, logout)

Test Case: pretty much a useless shell to hold 1 test script (needed to link requirements)

Test Suite: Logical grouping of scripts that cover the same area of the application

Test Plan: the Phase of Testing e.g. Integration Test

Our problem is that we need to associate Testing Conditions (requirements) with the step level of test scripts. in the example above, if the report doesnt work, i need to show that the condition around the report fails (when the step fails), but the other conditions associated (say login for example) work. This seems impossible in Rational.

So I was going to try the following:

Test Script 1: Login steps

Test Case 1: Holds Test Script 1 (Linked to Login Requirement)

Test Script 2: Screen 1 steps

Test Case 2: Holds Test Script 2 (Linked to Screen 1 Requirement)

Test Script 3: Screen 2 steps

Test Case 3: Holds Test Script 3 (Linked to Screen 2 Requirement)

Test Script 4: Screen 3 steps

Test Case 4: Holds Test Script 4 (Linked to Screen 3 Requirement)

Test Script 5: logout steps

Test Case 5: Holds Test Script 5 (Linked to logout Requirement)

Then make a Test Suite that holds Test Case 1-5 from above and sequences them in order with Execution Order (no idea how to set this). The Test Suite qould be called: Test Group 1

there would be multiple suites all grouped under a Test Plan: Which would cover something like "Intake"

Multiple test plans would work together to create full scenarios of testing using the Test Suite Naming to make sure teh correct scripts are run in order.

It's a huge work around, but so far we've just found Rational incredibly difficult.

Please advise (also please suggest whether this will break the canned reports)

Thanks,

Ryan