WHAT IS ZEPHYR SCALE?

A Test Management Platform. Using this platform we can manage, plan and measure our test cases inside Jira in very structured way. It includes built in gadgets that can be added directly to the Jira dashboard. Zephyr for Jira is a powerful tool that can be used to manage project-related bugs and track their progress.

There are a lot of facilities that Zephyr can provide to a tester or to a test lead.

WHY ZEPHYR SCALE?

Now let’s find what the reasons are, or why we should use Zephyr instead of other tools…..

Zephyr Scale is ideal for organizations with larger numbers of teams or that have demanding data requirements because it offers cross-project integration, traceability, and a structure designed useful in large environments. It is equally utilized with smaller organizations that want room to grow.

• Zephyr Scale Cloud, previously known as Test Management for Jira Cloud (TM4J Cloud), is a full-featured test management solution that seamlessly integrates with Jira. So with Zephyr Scale we can coordinate and track all our testing activities from a convenient central location which is Jira.

• Zephyr scale provides facilities to manage “Test Cases, Test Cycles, Test Plans, Reports” everything what we need in a single platform.

• Zephyr scale has features specifically designed for larger and more complex data sets management. It also helps to manage re-indexing, and complex organizational needs like handling cross-project integrated traceability.

• If we have different kinds of testing, or a long process of test that requires huge steps, zephyr scale can help us solution with having a different folders of Test Cases. So that it is easily understandable and useable.

• Zephyr Scale provides powerful visibility across our entire test management lifecycle, right inside Jira.

• Scale and standardize our testing with tools and infrastructure that support large test libraries. Remove bottlenecks and duplication by using parameters, test data, and call to test.

• Zephyr Scale Integrates across multiple tools & frameworks:

1. Import and export support for XLS & XML
2. Create BDD/ Gherkin test cases to align teams using Cucumber
3. CI Servers integration (Jenkins, Bamboo & more)
4. REST API to integrate with automation: Selenium, Junit etc.…..

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Zephyr Scale_Part2: Huge Number of Test Cases and Zephyr Scale