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Bomarc writes: I've been working with software testing ... for a few years now. And there seems to be a serious lack of QA — Test Case Management (TCM) tools. The company that I'm working for needs a good test case manager. Currently JIRA is the tool of choice for other aspects of project management. I'm not asking to jump ship from JIRA, but the Atlassian TCM "Zephyr" has several problems, some of the key ones include: It does not have (any) matrix capabilities, no test case suite capabilities, if you change one test case (including assignments) the system changes all of the runs from that test case, the integration between the defect tracker and the TCM is archaic (at best), the number of actions to pass/fail a step (or test case) are annoying (way to many). Whoever designed it doesn't use it. If you watch the "Introduction" for Zephyr – it is amusing to see how the person performing he demo skips over and fumbles when dealing with the flaws I've mentioned above.
I have used the product "TestLog" which is a well-thought-out product; has test matrix capabilities (and other good features); however it does not have any integration with JIRA. (Hint, hint: Atlassian, this is what you need!).
Is there any company that makes a "plug-in" for JIRA with a similar features to TestLog – test case management that is well thought out, not just an afterthought?
I have used the product "TestLog" which is a well-thought-out product; has test matrix capabilities (and other good features); however it does not have any integration with JIRA. (Hint, hint: Atlassian, this is what you need!).
Is there any company that makes a "plug-in" for JIRA with a similar features to TestLog – test case management that is well thought out, not just an afterthought?
The last few places I've worked that use Jira for have used Enterprise Tester. Seems to do an okay job for the QA people.
http://catchsoftware.com/testi...
Okay, Testlog looks like an awful proprietary Windows-native tool. But if you can find a TCM with your required feature set and a documented API, it shouldn't be too big of a deal to make an own Jira plugin that interacts with that hypothetical TCM.
Maybe Testrail has those features?
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I have been testing TFS and got a parsing error at "(way to many)".
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
We're just getting ready to publish or Test Case Management plugin to the Atlassian marketplace. I can provide trial installation packages to people interested in trying it out. Collaborative editing, tight integration with Jira, great UI. https://www.evernote.com/l/AAL... Comment if interested, I'll set up trial link.
We use TestRail (http://www.gurock.com/testrail/) with much success. It integrates with Jira (or not, up to you) and has a very simple and intuitive interface. I am a former Zephyr user and that experience is, in part, why I ended up with Testrail. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
Good luck.
TK
I understand that TestTrack TCM has been integrated with JIRA at some shops.
Full disclosure: I work on this product.
We use RMsis; it's not the slickest interface in the whole world but it does everything we (medium size engineering company) want to do so far.
The people who support it are very good, and seem to be very amenable to requests for features and support.
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We use JIRA at Apache for all the Apache projects. I wouldn't say it's the best software in the world, but it is better than most of the other ones I've personally used. They don't seem to have the stability issues you listed . Some of my direct clients use JIRA as well, and they have never mentioned stability issues with it either...