Test management tips for Partners

Test management tool will help you with archiving test documentation, monitoring test progress and results and clear communication with customer about testing.

You should always keep in mind that main tasks test management tool will help you with are:

  • Document test cases during Feature Sprints

  • Document test results

  • Help to customer with test management during UAT

  • Customer can use the test cases written by QA analyst as reference to develop their test cases 

There are several tools you can use on your project:

  1. X-Ray in Pfx Jira project - note that X-Ray is a Plugin in Jira so when you are using Jira for project administration, the big advantage of using X-Ray is that all test cases and test results can be easily linked with other project tasks

  2. Any other test management tool based on your choice. The list of current test management tools is in the following article

Top 20 Best Test Management Tools (New 2024 Rankings)

 

  1. Excel or Word - it should be always just a backup for small projects or small updates, it should be never used on standard project