X-Ray is a test management add-on in JIRA that allows teams to perform testing activities within the JIRA platform. It offers several advantages such as linking test cases to user stories, making testing activities visible to the project team, providing test results to project managers, facilitating test case reviews, and enabling regression and smoke tests in JIRA.

Using X-Ray as an add-on in JIRA, allows teams to perform testing activities within the JIRA platform. It can be easily configured by the project admin and is safe to use in running projects.

The benefits of using X-Ray for test management include: Linking test cases to user stories, making testing activities visible to the project team, providing test results to project managers, facilitating test case reviews, and enabling regression and smoke tests in JIRA.

Basic information

• X-Ray is in JIRA, but it needs to be configured for the project by the project admin

• The configuration is easy and is safe even for running projects

• Basic advantages:

  • test cases are in JIRA and linked to user stories

  • testing activities are visible for the project team

  • test results are visible for PM at the end of feature sprints

  • review of test cases with the team or the customer is easy

  • allows us to have regression tests and smoke tests in JIRA