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Zephyr Scale

Score8 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is Zephyr Scale?

TM4j is a test management application for Jira, developed by Jira solutions specialist Adaptavist, acquired and now supported by SmartBear since March 2020.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Centralized test management

    Ability to manages both manual and automated tests from a centralized location

    Category average: 8.6

  • Map tests to user stories

    Provide visibility into user story test coverage

    Category average: 8

  • Test execution reporting

    Comprehensive reporting on which tests have been run and pass/fail

    Category average: 8.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Defect management

    Ability to automatically log defects and link them to failed tests, and report defect resolution progress

    Category average: 8

Zephyr Scale Seamless & Scalable

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zephyr Scale as a project systems testing management platform. We recently transitioned from testrail to Zephyr Scale to better integrate our management tools including Jira/Confluence. Although our time with Zephyr Scale is recent, we are still learning and optimistic about experiencing an efficient testing platform. Zephyr Scale is scalable test management compatible with Jira so better project management and testing visibility is possible.

Pros

  • Scalable and compatible with Jira & Confluence
  • Improves testing visibility, data analysis, collaboration with reports & gadgets
  • Easy to retrospectively trace testing with change history

Cons

  • Not as valuable if not already using Jira or Confluence
  • Can be overlooked if the user does not set automation
  • Needs better first time tutorials

Return on Investment

  • Dozens of added testing capability via integrated gadgets
  • Reduced testing and tracking time
  • Faster and clearer testing operations awareness

Alternatives Considered

TestRail

Other Software Used

Grafana, Prometheus, Grafana Loki