Requirements, test suites, a test plan, traceability, and reports are the main components of testing provided as part of the Jira test management solution. Test suites, also known as test repositories, are used to organize test cases. Test planning is an important factor before we move on to the test execution phase. Traceability and reports help us to track the coverage and progress of the testing efforts in a project-release cycle.
In this chapter, we will cover the approach of Test Management using its plugins in Jira. First, we'll understand the requirements and some basics of a test plan, along with issue types, including the default workflow that every issue type goes through in Jira. We'll learn to create customized workflows and add them to the project using workflow schemes. Then we'll create...