diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/dflt/model/EntityFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/dflt/model/EntityFactory.java
index 3a58e25..c199fca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/dflt/model/EntityFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mdm/api/dflt/model/EntityFactory.java
@@ -798,6 +798,12 @@
 		return valueListValue;
 	}
 
+	public Classification createClassification(Domain domain, ProjectDomain projectDomain, Status status) {
+		String name = String.format("ProjDomainId_%s.DomainId_%s.StatusId_%s", projectDomain.getID(), domain.getID(),
+				status.getID());
+		return createClassification(name, status, projectDomain, domain);
+	}
+
 	public Classification createClassification(String name, Status status, ProjectDomain projectDomain, Domain domain) {
 		Classification classification = new Classification(createCore(Classification.class));
 
@@ -921,6 +927,22 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param name
+	 * @param test
+	 * @param templateTestStep
+	 * @param classification
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public TestStep createTestStep(String name, Test test, TemplateTestStep templateTestStep,
+			Classification classification) {
+		TestStep testStep = createTestStep(test, templateTestStep);
+		getCore(testStep).getMutableStore().set(classification);
+		testStep.setName(name);
+		return testStep;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Test} for given {@link Pool}.
 	 *
 	 * @param name   Name of the created {@code Test}.