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(Compare features with those in SpiraTest or SpiraTeam)
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SpiraPlan®
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General Features
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Free upgrades and support for 1 year from date of purchase
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Unlimited requirements, releases, test cases and incidents
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Support mobile devices including iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
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Support for SQL Server 2005 or newer
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Clean and powerful user interface
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Supports major agile methodologies such as Scrum,
Agile Unified Process (AUP), Extreme Programming (XP)
and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM).
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Built-in screenshot capture capability
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Full Unicode Extended Character Support
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Support for Multiple Languages. Language Files Available for English, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Chinese and Finnish.
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WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing
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Web Services SOAP and REST APIs to enable integration with other tools/applications
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Data import wizard that allows easy migration of existing data via Microsoft Excel, Word or Project
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Requirements Management
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Create, edit and delete requirements in a hierarchical 'scope matrix' organization
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Assign importance levels to requirements based on business priority
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Assign owners and track requirement completion status
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Assign a high-level effort estimate to each requirement and perform high-level planning by scheduling
against a specific project release.
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Decompose each requirement into a detailed task list together with low-level estimates
that can be validated against the high-level requirement estimate
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View the aggregate status and progress of the tasks attached to a requirement
in the requirements matrix to see at glance which features have the most
schedule risk and/or estimate inflation.
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Ability to filter the list of requirements by any of the built-in or custom fields/properties.
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Move and copy functionality - This allows you to easily move/copy a
requirement or set of requirements in the requirements matrix.
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Ability to attach documents and other files to requirements.
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Ability to define custom requirements fields/properties, both free-text and list-based.
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Audit log of all changes made to requirements in the system. Ability to rollback to prior versions.
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Ability to link requirements to each other as well as to other artifacts.
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Data import wizard that allows easy import of Requirements and Use Cases from IBM Rational
Requisite Pro software.
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Release (Backlog) Planning
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Organize releases hierarchically, with unlimited levels of granularity
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Specify the number of notional project resources available per release and
determine the available effort for assigned requirements and tasks.
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View the aggregate estimated vs. actual progress of tasks scheduled for the release or iterations
contained within the release.
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The resolution of an Incident and its subsequent verification can be tracked to a specific release during the Incident resolution cycle.
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Drill down capability to list the incidents detected, resolved and verified for each release
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Ability to filter the list of releases by any of the built-in or custom fields/properties.
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Move and copy functionality - This allows you to easily move/copy a
release or set of releases in the releases list.
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Ability to attach documents and other files to releases.
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Ability to define custom release fields/properties, both free-text and list-based.
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Audit log of all changes made to releases in the system. Ability to rollback to prior versions.
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Iteration (Sprint) Planning
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Create list of iterations within each major release to break down the requested functionality
into manageable blocks that can be tracked.
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Specify iteration length, number of working days and project resources to determine
the available effort for each iteration.
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Schedule requirements and tasks against iterations using the iteration planning wizard. This
will help you best optimize the iteration plan to deliver the required features
within the allotted time.
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Compare estimates to actuals for continuous process improvement.
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Quickly adjust scope to respond to changing priorities.
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Scrum/Kanban Planning Board
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Planning Board that allows you to easily visualize the requirements (stories), tasks and incidents
in each iteration.
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Displays the iteration plan graphically so that Scrum stand-up meetings can leverage the real-time
status of the project.
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Drill-down capability to view the allocation of requirements (stories), tasks and incidents
across the members of the development team.
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Drag-and-drop editing allows project managers to quickly reschedule backlog items and load-balance tasks
between resources.
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Task Tracking
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Create, edit, assign, track, manage and complete project tasks tasks
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Assign an owner, business priority and completion status to each task
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Centralized Timecard for entering the daily effort expended on tasks and incidents.
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Email notifications - You can specify when notifications should be sent and to whom.
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Comprehensive searching and sorting of all tasks stored in the system, by name, progress,
status, owner, start date, end date, completion percentage and business priority.
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Ability to attach documents and other files to tasks.
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Ability to define custom incident fields/properties, both free-text and list-based.
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Ability to filter and/or sort the list of tasks by any of the built-in or custom fields/properties.
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Audit log of all changes made to tasks in the system. Ability to rollback to prior versions.
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Bug/Defect/Issue Management
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Create, edit, assign, track, manage and close incidents (defects)
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Automatically create new incidents (defects) during the execution of test scripts,
with the ability to trace incidents to the failing test.
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Incidents can be categorized into
bugs, enhancements, issues, training items, limitations, change requests, and risks
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Assign an owner, business priority and completion status to each incident
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Incident fields can be customized to fit your business needs.
Add and/or modify the list of statuses, priorities, defect types and severities.
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Fully customizable workflows - You can tailor an incident's lifecycle to match
the business processes in your organization by incident type and/or project.
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Email notifications - You can specify when notifications should be sent and to whom.
Each workflow allows its transitions to be linked to email notification by role.
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Comprehensive searching and sorting of all incidents stored in the system, by name, type,
status, owner, detector, creation date, closed date and business priority.
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Ability to attach documents and other files to incidents.
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Ability to define custom incident fields/properties, both free-text and list-based.
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Ability to filter and/or sort the list of incidents by any of the built-in or custom fields/properties.
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Audit log of all changes made to incidents in the system. Ability to rollback to prior versions.
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Ability to link incidents to each other as well as to other artifacts.
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Ability to export incidents from SpiraPlan® into the popular JIRA® issue tracking system,
and have status changes made in JIRA® be reflected back in SpiraPlan®.
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Ability to export incidents from SpiraPlan® into the popular Bugzilla issue tracking system,
and have status changes made in Bugzilla be reflected back in SpiraPlan®.
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Ability to export incidents from SpiraPlan® into the Microsoft® Team Foundation Server® issue tracking system,
and have status changes made in Team Foundation Server be reflected back in SpiraPlan®.
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Ability to report bugs and issues through email and add comments to existing items by replying by email to the
system generation notifications.
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Source Code Traceability
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Ability to browse linked source code repositories, including files and revisions.
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Ability to view the revisions associated with each file in the repository
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Ability to view the details of each revision, and link SpiraPlan artifacts
to the revision for full traceability
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Ability to view the revisions associated with each Requirement, Incident and Task
in SpiraPlan
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Support for multiple Version Control / Software Configuration Management (SCM) providers
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Providers available for Subversion, CVS, Visual SourceSafe and Microsoft Team System.
Additional providers planned for Perforce, Rational ClearCase, GIT and Mercurial.
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Document Management and Collaboration
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Ability to upload documents and web links to a central knowledge sharing repository.
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Customizable document categorization with support for folders, document types and linked meta-tags.
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Version control of documents and web links uploaded into the system, providing an audit trail of document revisions.
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Document management fully integrated into project requirements, releases, incidents and tasks, with
all assets uploaded in other parts of the system being available in the central knowledge repository.
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Ability to search, sort and filter the documents in the repository, with meta-tags providing
references to related documents and resources.
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Build Management
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Ability to integrate with continuous integration build servers and display build status.
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Link source code revisions to specific builds.
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Link bugs and defects to the specific build they were fixed in.
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Dashboards and Reporting
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Personalized dashboard summary of everything a user needs to know, across all projects, covering
requirements, tests and incidents.
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Project summary dashboard that displays the health of a project in a single screen, with
summary graphs to highlight key information
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Customizable dashboards that can be configured by the users of the system to be responsive to their needs.
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Summary listing of project issues and risks, color-coded by importance
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Summary graphs that outline release/iteration and task progress
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Library of graphical graphs including project velocity, task burndown, task burnup, incident progress and incident aging.
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Library of printable testing reports including: Requirements, Releases, Tasks and Incidents narrative and tabular reports.
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Ability to customize the reports to include different types of information
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Ability to filter the reports by date ranges
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Ability to filter the reports by artifact parameters (e.g. display only high-priority, completed requirements)
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Multi-format reporting, including HTML, MS-Word, MS-Excel, and MS-Project format reports.
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Summary tables that breakdown the project's requirements and incidents
by status and business importance.
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Custom report writer that lets you build custom reports with user-defined headers, footers and templates.
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Custom reporting engine that lets you define custom queries against the reportable entities in the system
and generate custom templates that lets you refine how the data is presented.
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Project Management
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Create and edit project workspaces, each with associated requirements, releases, tasks and incidents
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Support for unlimited number of projects
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Role-based, configurable access control
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Unlimited number of customizable project roles
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Create new projects based on existing project templates.
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Easy to use web-based project administration screens
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Administration and User Management
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Create and edit user profiles, each with their own set of access permissions
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Import users from existing LDAP / ActiveDirectory server, with integrated authentication. Reuse existing passwords
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Email notification for new account creation, lost passwords and account requests
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Secure forms-based web authentication that optionally allows users to save credentials on trusted machines
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Easy to use web-based system administration screens
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Easy install (server side only) using Windows Installer and minimal ongoing maintenance needed
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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Integration
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Work on your assigned requirements, tasks and incidents directly inside Microsoft Visual
Studio 2005, 2008 or 2010.
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Work on your assigned requirements, tasks and incidents directly inside Eclipse using the
Mylyn task-based interface that is part of Eclipse.
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