Evaluating Test Management Tools – Top 8 Parameters to Consider

Test Management encompasses anything and everything that we do as testers. Our day-to-day activities include:

• Creating and maintaining release/project cycle/component information
• Creating and maintaining the test artifacts (requirements, test cases, etc) specific to each release/cycle.
• Establishing traceability and coverage between the test assets
• Test execution support – Test suite creation, test execution status capture, etc.
• Metric collection/Report-graph generation for analysis
• Bug tracking/defect management

What are the primary factors while choosing test management tools?

Based on our experience on multiple tools, we have identified a few prominent test management tools which provide rich features and ensure substantial cost benefit.

Conclusion:

With the presence of open source tools, the space of test management tool has become very dynamic & flexible in terms of customization based on the project requirements. Instead of opting for proprietary tools, we can use much better, flexible & inexpensive options available in the form of open source tools based on individual project requirements.