Webinar Recap: SpiraTeam for QA Excellence with Adam Sandman

May 25, 2023

On May 24, 2023, CEO Adam Sandman hosted a live course on How to Leverage SpiraTeam for QA Excellence that concluded with a live Q&A session.

Quality assurance (QA) holds utmost importance in software development to guarantee products adhere to paramount levels of functionality and reliability. In order to attain a high level of QA, companies need to implement efficient tools and methodologies to enhance their testing process. In this recap blog, discover how to utilize SpiraTeam effectively to optimize QA excellence, enabling teams to deliver exceptional software solutions.

Ingeniería de Calidad con Plataformas Inflectra - Sesiones Relámpago

May 18, 2023

Únete a la nueva iniciativa de Inflectra: Ingeniería de Calidad con Plataformas Inflectra – Sesiones Relámpago. Sesiones Relámpago son una serie de demos de los productos estelares de Inflectra: Spira* y Rapise. 

Durante estas sesiones de 30 minutos impartidas en inglés y español, discutiremos la mejor manera de superar desafíos de ingeniería de calidad utilizando Spira y Rapise en tiempos de incertidumbre, específicamente en estos tiempos problemáticos de recesión en curso.

Inflectra Ninjas - Technical Assistance Drop-ins for Spira And Rapise Users

April 5, 2023

Inflectra is proud to introduce a new user engagement program called Inflectra Ninjas.

Inflectra Ninjas is a series of hour-long workshops where Inflectra’s technical support team, Devs, and testers help customers find solutions to their real-world challenges. This unscripted, some-to-many technical assistance drop-in will help facilitate a quicker adoption and ease of use of Inflectra’s flagship products: Spira and Rapise. 

Read more and sign up for upcoming sessions.

Webinar Recap: Lightning Session - How to Manage Your Agile Projects with SpiraTeam

January 26, 2023

The Inflectra team continued our Lightning Sessions series focusing on How to Manage Your Agile Projects with SpiraTeam. In this session, Inflectra’s experts demo'd our award winning test automation tool (SpiraTeam) and provided our 2023 product roadmap. This webinar took place on January 17, 2023.

Read more to view the recording.

Recording: Spira 7.3: Agile Planning Boards To Rule Your Projects

December 21, 2022

Meet the latest enhancements to Inflectra’s Quality Management platform - Spira. The newest release in 2022, Spira v7.3, holds noteworthy improvements to the Agile Planning Boards. This webinar was presented by Adam Sandman, the CEO of Inflectra, on December 20, 2022.

Read more to view the recording.

Webinar Recap: Lightning Session - How To Turbo-Charge Your Test Management with SpiraTest

December 20, 2022

We are excited to share a recap of our first Lightning Session in Inflectra’s newest series. This first event in our latest initiative is titled How To Turbo-Charge Your Test Management with SpiraTest. 

Continue to view the recording.

SpiraApps by Inflectra: Plugin Extensibility Framework | A Recap

July 21, 2022

On July 19th, Inflectra hosted a live demo and a discussion focused on SpiraApps - Spira Extensibility Framework You've Been Waiting For. In this Show & Tell, we covered:

• DEMO: Spira v7.0 major new feature: SpiraApps - Inflectra’s plug-in extensibility framework

• Enhancements: Data synchronization

If you missed the event, we have a full recap below.

Why We Removed the 'Add Comment' Button for Many Users in Spira 7.0

July 12, 2022

Several eagle-eyed users have noticed that for most users in Spira 7.0, we have removed the Add Comment button on all the artifact details pages. There is actually a good reason for this, based on some usability issues that users were having with the previous version.

Spotlight on Spira 7.0 - New Plugin Architecture With SpiraApps

May 23, 2022

We are very excited about the upcoming release of Spira 7.0 in July 2022. In previous articles we've described some of the new plugins and integrations coming to SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan in this release. However even more exciting than that is the actual plugin architecture itself. To differentiate it from the other plugins we already have (data-synchronization plugins, RemoteLaunch engines and other add-ons), this new plugin architecture will be known as SpiraApps. Initially the available SpiraApps will be created by Inflectra, but the future plans are to open up the SpiraApps architecture to allow technology partners, solution partners, and customers write their own Apps to further customize Spira to better suit their needs.

Webinar Recap: The Automation of Requirements

March 30, 2022

On March 29th, Inflectra and partner Orca Intelligence hosted a webinar focused on The Automation of Requirements: Save Time Planning, Creating, and Managing Requirements with Swiftly and SpiraTeam. In this webinar, we covered:

• Solicitation Response

  • Work in SpiraTeam to build out a scope for solicitation and generate an estimate in Swiftly

• Agile Project Planning 

  • Plan in detail with SpiraTeam and automatically generate details with Swiftly 

• Agile Delivery Lifecycle Management 

  • Generate detailed user stories with Swiftly and SpiraTeam

  • Manage user stories through SpiraTeam.

If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.

Webinar Recap: SpiraPlan v6 - The Latest and Greatest Features and Enhancements

January 13, 2022

On January 13, Inflectra hosted a webinar called Spira - The Latest and Greatest Features and Enhancements. Adam Sandman, Founder, and Director of Technology covered the following new features and enhancements:

1. Support for two new (SSO) providers: OneLogin service and a generic OpenID provider

2. New Upgraded Rich Text Editor

3. Ability to edit releases and tasks in both the Gantt and Pert chart views

4. New custom property types: Password (fully encrypted) Release, Automation Host, and Date and Time

5. Industry-specific Sample Data for new installs and trials

6. Built-in diagram tools get additional shapes and options,  including Swimlanes

7. Editable Parent requirement types versus previous Epic type and simplified SAFe support for requirement types

If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.

Why You Should Use SpiraPlan If You Care About Software Quality

October 28, 2021

Recently we were interviewed by TestBash for its 30 Days Of Testing Tools event on Oct 28, 2021. Below you will find the answers to many thoughtful questions about how we build, test, and sell our agile program management platform - SpiraPlan. I hope you will find the answers informative. 

How to Use Boards in Spira for Your Agile Ceremonies

September 28, 2021

This is Part 3 of the larger paper on Good Agile Product Backlog by Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan, Enterprise Agile Evangelist, Inflectra.

Introduction

Readers are recommended to review my earlier blogs in this series for context and to understand this blog better. The first part of the series focused on demystifying a good agile product backlog - emphasizing how a good product backlog promotes stakeholder alignment. The second part of the series focused on ensuring alignment between business stakeholders and the delivery team highlighting the need for the refined, risk-adjusted, and prioritized backlog. In this final blog of the trilogy, I will review the use of the planning and tracking boards in the four agile ceremonies.

Webinar Recap: Spira v6.11 - New Features and Enhancements

September 3, 2021

On September 1st, Inflectra hosted a webinar called Spira v6.11 - New Features and Enhancements. Adam Sandman, Inflectra's Director of Technology, covered the following topics in the live webinar:

1. Multi-factor authentication

2. New diagram, flowchart, and organization chart editor

3. Agile planning board & task tracking enhancements

If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below.

Spira v.6 Getting Started Videos Are Here!

May 26, 2021

Welcome to your one-stop-shop for all Spira v6 Getting Started Videos! 

We are glad you are interested in learning the fundamentals of Inflectra’s QA, ALM, and Enterprise Agile Program Management platforms! This video playlist will help you to smoothly navigate our award-winning platforms, onboard your team members, as well as help you toward your Spira certification efforts under Inflectra's new Initiative called Spira Academy!

The below series of videos explores the most fundamental aspects of the three Spira platforms - SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan. The videos are divided into:

• the Cross-Cutting Spira features for all Spira products, 

• the SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan-only features. 

Begin your adventure with our Getting Started with Spira series’ below!

Webinar Recap: Spira v6.9 - OData, Baselining and Requirements Management

May 13, 2021

On May 12th, Inflectra hosted a webinar on Spira version 6.9 in which we covered the new and enhanced functionality, including:

• Enhanced Requirements Management Document Views

• New Odata functionality for SpiraPlan

• 99 Custom Properties

• Baselining enhancements for SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan. 

If you missed the webinar, we have a full for your cap below 👇

Inflectra's SpiraTest Is A Tool of Choice To Run Israeli Testing Competition 2021

March 25, 2021

Inflectra is excited to support the Israeli Software Testing Cup (ISTC)- the ultimate challenge for QA testing professionals - for the fifth year in a row!

Sponsors in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, we’re happy to continue to support the Israeli testing community through this competition. Inflectra is once again making its award-winning test management solution - SpiraTest available to the organizers, judges, and teams for this year’s competition.

Recap: Building Quality Pipelines With SpiraPlan

February 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, Coveros and Inflectra co-hosted a virtual meetup where the representatives of the two companies discussed various aspects of how to deliver quality through a DevSecOps pipeline. The event used Inflectra's enterprise-grade portfolio management platform - SpiraPlan to demonstrate the above. 

We hope you had a chance to join this fun event, which took place in a bespoke virtual environment! If you missed it, however, here is a full recap of the event! 

Webinar Recap: Spira v6.7 - New SCM Functionality for Devs

January 13, 2021

We are happy to share with you a recap of our recent webinar on Spira v6.7 - New Source Code Management Functionality for Devs. If you missed the webinar, please enjoy this video recording.

In this webinar, Adam Sandman covered the following topics: 
- Spira 6.7 at a glance
- Enhanced Source Code Management module
- Markdown Preview & Rendering Capability
- Integrated Source Code Difference Viewing

- Source Code Pull Requests & Code Reviewing (Spira v6.7.1 preview)

Spotlight on Spira 6.7.1 - CI Build and Source Code Diff Enhancements

January 13, 2021

We are excited about the next release of Spira 6.7.1, due to be released in early February. This new version includes some usability enhancements for viewing the differences between changes in large source code files as well as a major overhaul of the continuous integration (CI) build details page. These enhancements streamline the viewing of CI builds and verifying the code changes included in each CI build.

Webinar Recap: Spira v6.6 - Working With Baselines

November 24, 2020

We are happy to share with you a recap of our recent live webinar on Spira 6.6 - Project Baselining. If you missed the webinar, please enjoy this video recording.

Webinar Agenda:

The webinar will cover the following areas: 

• Spira v6.6 at a glance

• How baselining works in SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan

• Inflectra's roadmap for baselining 2021.

How to Export Projects from Jira Server to Spira

November 18, 2020

Since we published our article letting our users know of Atlassian's plans to phase out and discontinue Jira Server, we have had many Spira users contact us to ask us if they could export their projects from Jira Server to Spira (either on-premise or cloud) and continue working in Spira instead of Jira. This article provides some strategies for migrating the data from Jira Server to Spira as easily as possible. Of course, for those looking to migrate to Jira Cloud, Spira works perfectly with Jira Cloud as well.

Spotlight on Spira 6.7 - Markdown Preview & Rendering Capability

November 17, 2020

We are excited about the next release of Spira 6.7 that is due to be released in early December. As mentioned in the previous article on the new release, a key area of focus in this new release is improving the experience and functionality for developers and development teams. With that in mind, we have revamped the source code management and documents management module, and for the first time, there is now a way to view rendered markdown files directly in Spira.

Spotlight on Spira 6.7 - Integrated Source Code Difference Viewing

November 10, 2020

We are excited about the next release of Spira 6.7, due to be released in early December. As mentioned in the previous article on the new release, a key area of focus in this new release is improving the experience and functionality for developers and development teams. With that in mind, we have revamped the source code management module, and for the first time, there is now a native code difference viewing capability in Spira.

Advantages of Integrating a DevSecOps Pipeline with Spira | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

November 6, 2020

We have recently hosted Inflectra's annual user conference - InflectraCon. In 2020, we have dedicated InflectraCon to Agile Software Testing and DevOps theme and held it virtually. InflectraCon 2020 combined multiple tracks, of which, one - called Inflectra in Real Life or IRL in short - showcased the various uses of the Inflectra platforms (SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan, Rapise, Kronodesk, etc.)

Today, we present an InflectraCon 2020 IRL talk by our Sponsor - Coveros. The session focuses on how the Spira toolset can be used in a DevSecOps pipeline, giving you the tools needed to get rapid feedback and quickly find and fix defects.

Enjoy this recap!

Spotlight on Spira 6.7 - Enhanced Source Code Management

November 3, 2020

We are excited about the next release of Spira 6.7 that is due to be released in early December. This new version has lots of general enhancements, bug fixes, and improvements to baselining. However, a key feature of this new version is a completely revamped Source Code Management module. Our company's mission is to enable Harmony between developers, testers, and managers, and this new release is focused heavily on the needs of Developers.

From Bunkum to Bank with SpiraPlan | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

November 2, 2020

Today, we present an InflectraCon 2020 IRL talk by our Sponsor - Influence IT Consulting. The session focuses on how SpiraPlan was implemented in an Australian neo-bank to help organize, manage, and test ready for the initial launch. Enjoy the presentation below!

Spira for Non-Software Applications: Covid-19 Mask Testing | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

October 30, 2020

Our annual user conference - InflectraCon 2020: Agile Software Testing & DevOps Conference is in the rearview mirror. Today, we are proud to present the Inflectra In Real Life (IRL) talk by our partner sponsor - NVP Software Solutions, called Spira for Non-Software Applications: Covid-19 Mask Testing.

The session focuses on how Spira supports the testing of Covid-19 masks under varying conditions and the transit application.

Enjoy the recording below!

Scaling Spira On-Premise: Enterprise Deployment of Spira | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

October 27, 2020

In early October 2020, we hosted Inflectra's annual user conference - InflectraCon. In 2020, we have dedicated InflectraCon to Agile Software Testing and DevOps theme and held it virtually. InflectraCon 2020 combined multiple tracks, of which, one - called Inflectra in Real Life or IRL in short - showcased the various uses of the Inflectra platforms (SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan, Rapise, Kronodesk, etc.). 

Today, we'd like to share with you an interview with our loyal customer and friend - Jill Ball of the Cincinnati Insurance Company. This interview was recorded as part of the InfletraCon 2020 IRL track. The interview highlights the growing on-premise implementation from 20 users to 1350 with redundancy and load-balancing for Spira administrators and architects. Enjoy the presentation below!

Implementing a Large HR ERP System using SpiraPlan at EY | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

October 27, 2020

In early October 2020, we hosted Inflectra's annual user conference - InflectraCon. In 2020, we have dedicated InflectraCon to Agile Software Testing and DevOps theme and held it virtually. InflectraCon 2020 combined multiple tracks, of which, one - called Inflectra in Real Life or IRL in short - showcased the various uses of the Inflectra platforms (SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan, Rapise, Kronodesk, etc.). 

Today, we'd like to share with you an interview with our Dutch Partner - Robust-IT as part of the InfletraCon 2020 IRL track. The interview highlights the benefits that EY found adopting the SpiraPlan platform for managing the entire implementation and rollout of SAP SuccessFactors.

Enjoy the recording of the interview below!

IQM Studio - Enhanced Model-based Testing Add-On for Spira and Rapise | InflectraCon 2020 IRL

October 22, 2020

We have recently hosted Inflectra's annual user conference - InflectraCon. In 2020, we have dedicated InflectraCon to Agile Software Testing and DevOps theme and held it virtually. InflectraCon 2020 combined multiple tracks, of which, one - called Inflectra in Real Life or IRL in short - showcased the various uses of the Inflectra platforms (SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan, Rapise, Kronodesk, etc.). 

Below, we will present an InflectraCon 2020 IRL talk by our US-based Partner - Critical Logic. The session demonstrates how IQM Studio generates tests and scripts and how to integrate it with SpiraTest for test management and with Rapise for script execution.

Jira Server Discontinued by Atlassian - Inflectra Spira is Here for You

October 20, 2020

With Atlassian's recent announcement that they would be discontinuing Jira Server in favor of the cloud version, we, at Inflectra would like to reaffirm our long-standing commitment to releasing Spira as both a cloud-hosted subscription and an on-premise solution. Why and how we are staying true to our customers is outlined in these passages below. 

Inflectra's SpiraTeam Is Having A Moment

July 13, 2020

Inflectra's Application Lifecycle Management platform - SpiraTeam is finally coming to its own! 

SpiraTeam is an integrated solution that helps teams manage requirements, tests, plans, tasks, bugs, and issues in one environment, with end-to-end traceability baked in. The product first hit the proverbial shelves in 2011; it had a few make-overs along the way, and as of July 2020, it is thriving in its version 6.6. 

In our humble opinion, SpiraTeam has been an excellent ALM platform for a while, but it took the world a bit to catch up. And now that it has, it can not get enough of SpiraTeam!

Here is a sampling of the recent SpiraTeam accolades from across the internet: 

Webinar Recap: Top Productivity Boosting Features of SpiraPlan

July 8, 2020

WEBINAR AGENDA:

The webinar covered the following areas: 

• transitioning from QA to Portfolio Management with SpiraPlan
• Powerful Program and #Portfolio management (including for DevOps)
• Enhanced Planning Boards
• Risk Management 
• SpiraPlan and scaling agile/SAFe
• Easy upgrade from SpiraTest to SpiraPlan.

If you missed the webinar, you can watch the recording here 👇.

Clone, Copy and Split - What's the Difference?

April 13, 2020

Several of our users have mentioned that in Spira we have different options for duplicating items, including Copy, Clone and for some artifacts Split. In this article we shed some light on the different options and how you can use them.

Webinar recap: Spira v6.5 - Portfolios & Oauth Have Arrived

March 9, 2020

On March 5, 2020 Inflectra hosted a live webinar: Spira v6.5 - Portfolios & Oauth Have Arrived.

If you missed the webinar, here is a recap of the most important take-aways 👇:

Spotlight on Spira 6.4 - Single Sign On with OAuth and Reports Enhancements

February 12, 2020

As we get ready for the release of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan 6.4 early next month, we'd like to introduce some of the new functionality that will be available in this release. This release includes two main features, plus lots of smaller enhancements and bug fixes. The two main marquee features are support for Single Sign On (SSO) using the industry standard OAuth 2.0 protocol, and some major enhancements to the Reports dashboard.

Webinar Recap: Major Spira v6.3 Usability & Performance Enhancements

January 22, 2020

On January 16th, 2020 Inflectra hosted a live webinar:  Major Spira v6.3 Usability & Performance Enhancements Unveiled.  If you missed the webinar, here is a recap of the most important take-aways 👇:

Creating Custom Graphs with Spira (Part 4)

January 21, 2020

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact, the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in our Spira platform is the ability to do custom graphing, so that you are not limited to just the graphs that ship with the system. This article is the fourth and last one in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom graphing features, which continues on from our third article that explained the differences between Entity SQL (ESQL) and traditional database SQL. In this article we'll discuss some of the more advanced types of query that you will want to use when creating graphs.

Creating Custom Graphs with Spira (Part 3)

January 15, 2020

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact, the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in our Spira platform is the ability to do custom graphing, so that you are not limited to just the graphs that ship with the system. This article is the third in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom graphing features, which continues on from our second article that provided the basics of writing ESQL queries. In this article we'll discuss some of the differences and limitations between ESQL and traditional database SQL.

Creating Custom Graphs with Spira (Part 2)

January 3, 2020

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact, the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in our Spira platform is the ability to do custom graphing, so that you are not limited to just the graphs that ship with the system. This article is the second in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom graphing features, which continues on from our first article that explains the basics. In this article, we'll be diving deeper into some of the intricacies of the Entity SQL language itself.

Product Development Tools - The Top 10 Features

December 12, 2019

SpiraPlan is an easy to use, complete solution for managing your product development lifecycle. In this article we discuss the top 10 features you should look for in a product development tool, and why you should choose SpiraPlan over other tools on the market that offer features for product development.

Creating Custom Graphs with Spira (Part 1)

October 23, 2019

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact, the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in our Spira platform is the ability to do custom graphing, so that you are not limited to just the graphs that ship with the system. This article is the first in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom graphing features, which continues on from our previous series on custom reporting!

Webinar Recap: SpiraPlan 6.2 - Enhancements You've Been Waiting For

October 11, 2019

This is a recap of Inflectra's recent live webinar that highlights the major enhancements to SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam in tools' 6.2 version. 

Spotlight on SpiraPlan 6.2 - Risk Management Enhancements

August 20, 2019

As we get ready for the release of SpiraPlan 6.2 later this month, we'd like too introduce some of the new functionality that will be available in this release. In the third installment of this series, we're excited to announce some key enhancements to the risk management module in SpiraPlan. This new functionality extends the power of the risk management features and also better integrates them into the rest of the SpiraPlan platform.

Spotlight on SpiraTeam 6.2 - New Requirements Management Views

August 8, 2019

As we get ready for the release of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan 6.2 later this month, we'd like too introduce some of the new functionality that will be available in this release. In the first installment of this series, we're excited to announce the new requirements management views that have been added to SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan 6.2. They are designed to better serve the needs of the Business Analyst community who often need different views of requirements than the project teams and project managers.

Inflectra-Neotys Webinar Recap: Transform Software Testing & Quality

July 23, 2019

On July 17, 2019 Adam Sandman of Inflectra and Henrik Rexed of Neotys hosted a joint webinar called: Transform Software Testing & Quality with the Neotys-Inflectra Platform. The webinar demonstrated the powerful capabilities of this combined QA and performance testing platform vis-a-vis legacy tools. 

If you missed the webinar, here is a recap of the most important take-aways:

Introducing… Dark Mode For Spira

July 10, 2019

As of version 6.1 SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan sport a gorgeous new dark mode. We have reworked every part of the application to give you an easy on the eyes, fully dark experience. It helps you focus on your work and focus on the content most important to you. SpiraPlan is now the first test management tool, the first ALM tool, and the first portfolio management tool to have an in-house, native dark mode.*

Some Tips and Tricks using Risk Management in SpiraPlan

June 20, 2019

The theme this month is Risk Management, with the new functionality available in SpiraPlan v6.0 as well as the article on Risk Management in Agile Initiatives from Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan that we features earlier in the week. In this article we discuss some important tricks and tips from one of our key partners - Peter Brackstone from Influence IT Consulting in Brisbane, Australia.

Webinars On Demand: Agile Management By Inflectra

June 13, 2019

We have recently completed a series of in depth webinars on agile project management, software development and testing. The webinar series was immensely popular and so we are offering these webinars on demand. 

Please view the details below and register. 

Webinar #Recap: 4 Key Elements of Inflectra's New Spira 6.0

May 24, 2019

On May 16, Inflectra hosted a webinar: 4 Key Elements of Inflectra's New Spira 6.0 to introduce the latest enhancements to the SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam to its loyal customers as well as other interested parties. 

Some of you may have missed the webinar. that is why we are sharing the recording with you. 

Onboarding is a Team Sport - How We Changed Evaluations

May 21, 2019

One of the changes we have made in the latest version of Spira is to increase the trial evaluation accounts to support up to 20 concurrent users. Previously our trial cloud instances were limited to only three concurrent users. Find out why we decided to make the change.

SpiraPlan 6 is Coming: Upgrading to Templates

April 23, 2019

In a recent post, we highlighted new templating functionality in SpiraTest/SpiraTeam/SpiraPlan 6.0. Templates let you have multiple products (formerly known as projects) that all share the same workflow configuration, types, priorities, and more with each other. If you change the template, all the products based off of that template immediately change too. This post will explore how templates will work. A more detailed post about how to plan your migration to templates will be out soon.

Webinar Recap: Excellence through Reporting in Agile Projects

March 27, 2019

On March 21st, 2019, Inflectra and #SriramRajagopalan hosted a webinar on Excellence through Reporting in Agile Projects. This webinar concluded the 5 part certificate series called: Journey Into Agile With Inflectra - A Free Webinar Course.

If you missed the webinar, please enjoy the recap in this blog.

Blog: Excellence in Reporting In Agile Projects

March 26, 2019

When we focus on reporting, we often fail to recognize value using benefit delivery. Instead, many view reports only as a transactional instrument. Based on my experience in managing the program management office, and being a change agent for a product development framework, I believe the purpose of a report is to tell a story! The story not only should tell what has happened but also give a preview of what may come!

Webinar Recap: Cutting the Costs And Improving The Software Quality with SpiraTeam®

March 15, 2019

On March 7th, 2019, Inflectra and #SriramRajagopalan hosted a webinar on Cutting the Costs And Improving The Software Quality with SpiraTeam®. This is the 4th webinar in the certificate series called: Journey Into Agile With Inflectra - A Free Webinar Course.

If you missed the webinar, please enjoy the recap in this blog.

Webinar Recap: The Top Alternative To Micro Focus QA Suite

March 4, 2019

We have recently hosted a webinar on The Top Alternative To Micro Focus QA Suite. If you missed the webinar, please enjoy the recap in this blog.

Webinar Recap: Five Essentials to Managing Your Requirements with SpiraTeam®

February 28, 2019

On February 21, 2019, Inflectra and #SriramRajagopalan hosted a webinar on Five Essentials to Managing Your Requirements with SpiraTeam®. This is the 3rd webinar in the certificate series called: Journey Into Agile With Inflectra - A Free Webinar Course.

If you missed the webinar, please enjoy the recap in this blog.

Webinar Recap: Mastering Four Ceremonies Of Better Agile Project Delivery

February 18, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Inflectra and #SriramRajagopalan hosted a webinar on Mastering Four Ceremonies Of Better Agile Project Delivery. This is the 2nd webinar in the certificate series called: Journey Into Agile With Inflectra - A Free Webinar Course.

If you missed the webinar, please enjoy the recap in this blog.

SpiraTest, logiciel recommandé sur appvizer.fr, média spécialiste des logiciels SaaS

February 6, 2019

Média 100 % dédié aux logiciels B2B, appvizer guide les décisionnaires d’entreprise et les responsables de service dans leurs choix de solutions logicielles.
Il les informe au quotidien à travers des comparatifs et des articles sur les nouvelles tendances numériques, pour les aider à gagner en productivité et en agilité.

La gestion des tests logiciels fait partie des pratiques IT qui demandent des outils perfectionnés et professionnels.

Spotlight on SpiraPlan 6.0 - Enterprise Risk Management

February 5, 2019

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraPlan v6.0, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. In this third installment of the blog series on the new version we'll be discussing the new enterprise risk management features, including support for risks, mitigations, tasks and risk cubes.

Spotlight on Spira 6.0 - Document Management Workflows

January 28, 2019

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v6.0, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. In the second installment of the blog series on the new version we'll be discussing the new document management features, including workflows, and check-in / check-out functionality.

Spotlight on Spira 6.0 - Project Templates & Customizable Fields

January 18, 2019

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v6.0, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. In this first installment of the blog series on the new version we'll be discussing the long-awaited project templates feature, together with the new customization options that templates will bring.

Agile by Inflectra - Certificate Course - FAQs

January 14, 2019

Inflectra is hosting Journey Into Agile With Inflectra - A Free Webinar Course for those who choose to learn more about how Inflectra approaches agile software development and testing process. The course participants are eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion after the course is completed. 

If you are interested in learning more about getting Agile By Inflectra Course Certificate, feel free to check out our FAQ below: 

How Do You Pronounce Spira and Rapise?

October 5, 2018

It's Friday and after a long week at work, we thought it might be good to share an anecdote from the week. We had a customer call our support team with a really important question that had been vexing their team. How do you pronounce Spira? Well find out the truth.

Quickly See Your SpiraPlan Things To Do On iOS 12 Using The Shortcuts App

October 3, 2018

With iOS 12 Apple introduced a new application called Shortcuts. This is an evolution of the excellent Workflow app and let's iPhone and iPad users create some amazingly cool and useful shortcuts. With the touch of a button your phone can do a whole load of things at once. Want to take a nap? Make a shortcut that will dim the lights, put on some soothing music, and put on Do Not Disturb for an hour. Want to be productive? Why not get a list of all your requirements, incidents, or tasks in SpiraPlan and choose, right from the Shortcuts app, what you want to work on.

Using a Pseudouser to Act as a Traffic Cop in Agile Projects

September 11, 2018

During his work assisting our clients with their agile transformations, Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan has found a best practice to be the use of a "Traffic Cop" pseudo user to better manage the flow of work items in a project and/or sprint.

System Administrators Are People Too!

August 29, 2018

One of the unfortunate realities of software development is that the system administrators are usually the last people to get new features. When products are adding new goodies, improving usability or looking to streamline workflows, the administrators are usually an afterthought. Well, as we're working on the new templating and program management features in Spira 6.0, we have made sure to improve the experience for system and project administrators at the same time.

Webinar Recording: The Role of Exploratory Testing

July 30, 2018

We recently hosted another free webinar - this time on The Role of Exploratory Testing.

This webinar was first presented at DevGeekWeek 2018 by Inflectra's Technical Director - Adam Sandman.

Don't worry if you missed the webinar, we have a recording available.

JUnit 5 Extension Now Available

July 17, 2018

JUnit 5 is the next generation of JUnit. The goal was to create an up-to-date foundation for developer-side testing on the JVM. This included focusing on Java 8 and above, as well as enabling many different styles of testing. JUnit 5 is the result of these efforts, and at Inflectra we already have JUnit 5 available for integration with SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, or SpiraPlan.

Code Smarter: SpiraPlan Now Integrates With Visual Studio Code

June 21, 2018

At Inflectra, we love making tools that make developers’ lives easier. That’s why we have so many extensions for the tools developers use most. We’re really excited to announce our next extension and for our first text editor: Visual Studio Code. This lightweight text editor has surged in popularity over the last few years (including at Inflectra). With the help of our returning intern, Peter, we now have a great extension in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

Becoming Agile In Software Testing: The Government Edition - Webinar Recording

June 15, 2018

Thank you for joining our June 12th webinar on Becoming Agile In Software Testing: The US Government Edition. The webinar recording and slides are offered below for those who had to miss it. 

Spotlight on SpiraTeam v5.4.0.4 - Security & Performance

June 5, 2018

We will be releasing the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan v5.4 this week - v5.4.0.4. It's probably the last release of Spira v5 as we now change gears and focus on Spira v6.0. We shall be updating the roadmap shortly, for those who have been asking. But first, what's in the latest version.

Eating Our Own Dogfood - Using Rapise to Automate Spira

May 17, 2018

So, we had the task of loading a bunch of users into an instance of SpiraTest for our upcoming Social Testing competition this week. The good news was that we had a nice Excel sheet of all the users that had registered using Eventbrite and Meetup, but we now had to get them into SpiraTest. What we needed was a tool that can read a spreadsheet and make REST web service calls into SpiraTest to create the projects and load in the users. Wow, we have a tool that can do that, Rapise! Find out how we used Rapise to automate this laborious task.

DevOps Using SpiraTeam, Jenkins and TaraVault (Parts 2-7)

April 23, 2018

We decided it made more sense to release the entire DevOps blog as a single whitepaper, so in this paper, will be discussing some best practices and lessons learned about how to implement DevOps (Development + Operations) using the Inflectra platform in conjunction with other tools such as Jenkins. This is based on some experiences we've had internally implementing DevOps in the past 2-3 years as well as feedback and suggestions from our customers.

Inflectra Goes West - User Summits Are Coming To California

March 2, 2018

In mid-April 2018, #teamInflectra is coming to California! And we're combining teaching and learning at STPCon with efforts to strengthen relationships with the Inflectra community on the West Coast. With this in mind, we've planned a number of events for our partners, customers and technologists in California:

1. Three User Summits in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA
2. Two Lunch & Learn events at two Wework locations
3. Individual meetings with key partners in CA

Please consider joining us for one of the events detailed below:

Configuring SpiraTest to Integrate with Atlassian JIRA

February 22, 2018

When you need a comprehensive test management system that can integrate with your existing Atlassian Jira platform, SpiraTest is the perfect solution. We recently had a webinar where we discussed the integration, outlined our future plans for making it even better, and also provided a step by step walk-through for setting up the integration.

SpiraTeam: Frequently Asked Questions & Best Practices

February 13, 2018

We recently surveyed one of our key training partners - Agile Training Champions, and asked them to let us know what were some of the most common questions about SpiraTeam that people have, as well as some of the best practices they recommend. In this article, we cover some of the items that frequently come up during training, so that you can benefit from them.

What's New in SpiraTest v5.4 - The Number One Test Management System

January 29, 2018

We shall be releasing the latest update of our powerful, award-winning test management system - SpiraTest in a few weeks, so we thought it would be good to highlight some of the new features coming your way.

The Top 10 Reasons Why SpiraTeam Is Better than JIRA for ALM

January 23, 2018

Spotlight on SpiraPlan 5.4 - Program View of Releases & Incidents

January 23, 2018

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v5.4, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. Last week we discussed the new graphs and charts, so this time we shall be illustrating the new program management features in SpiraPlan v5.4. In addition, this is the first release of the new SpiraPlan that we discussed in December, it has all of the functionality of SpiraTeam, but in addition has the new program planning features.

Spotlight on SpiraTeam 5.4 - New Agile Task and Incident Boards

January 16, 2018

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v5.4, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. Last week we discussed the new graphs and charts, so this time we shall be illustrating some of the new agile software development features in SpiraTeam v5.4, specifically the new board views we've introduced for tasks and incidents.

Spotlight on SpiraTeam 5.4 - Graphing Enhancements and Custom Graphs

January 10, 2018

As we're in the final countdown for the release of the latest version of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v5.4, we are going to be highlighting some of the most important new features in this version to help you get ready for the release. In this article we shall be discussing some of the graphing enhancements in v5.4, both the additional standard graphs, and the new custom graphing engine that lots of customers have been waiting for!

DevOps Using SpiraTeam, Jenkins and TaraVault (Part 1)

December 18, 2017

In this new blog series we will be discussing some best practices and lessons learned about how to implement DevOps (Development + Operations) using the Inflectra platform in conjunction with other tools such as Jenkins. This is based on some experiences we've had internally implementing DevOps in the past 2-3 years as well as feedback and suggestions from our customers.

Changes to the Spira Product Family in 2018 - The New SpiraPlan

December 15, 2017

We have some big news to share for 2018!

Based on extensive feedback and discussions with our customers during the user summits and consultations with our partners, we are making some changes to our product lineup next year. The big news is that we will be retiring our existing "SpiraPlan" feature set, and launching a new SpiraPlan edition of our Spira ALM platform that will cater to the needs of programs, portfolios, and enterprises.

Migrating from Legacy Test Management Tools Such as TestRail to SpiraTest

December 6, 2017

We always want to make things easy for our customers, and many of our recent customers have been looking to move to SpiraTest for their test management because they are excited about the new exploratory testing features, easy to use drag-and-drop user interface, integrated requirements management, and the powerful reporting and analytics. They are also concerned that their old legacy test management tool will no longer be supported or developed due to a recent company acquisition (TestRail by IDERA, HPE by Micro Focus, etc.). So to augment our line up of migration tools that we already have for HP ALM, Microsoft Test Manager, Excel, Word and Google Sheets, we have added a  new migration tool to streamline switching from TestRail to SpiraTest.

Updated Product Roadmaps for SpiraTeam, SpiraTest, and SpiraPlan Released

October 30, 2017

We are pleased to release the updated Development Roadmaps for our SpiraTeam application lifecycle management platform. The development roadmaps outline the functionality enhancements planned for later this year and 2018 and covers the features planned for SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam.

Spotlight on SpiraTeam v5.3 - What's New?

October 18, 2017

We are excited with the new release of SpiraTeam v5.3 (also including SpiraTest and SpiraPlan in case you were asking!). In this article we are going to highlight some of the enhancements in the latest version. The full list of enhancements, bug fixes and new features can be found in the release notes.

Recording of Custom Report Webinar using SpiraTeam

September 22, 2017

One of the nice features in SpiraTeam is the ability to do custom reporting, so that you are not limited to just the reports that ship with the system. Due to popular demand, we recently had a webinar explaining how to use these powerful custom reporting features in your projects. Don't worry if you missed the webinar, we have a recording available as well as a copy of the presentation.

Fun To Be Had With Inflectra This Fall

September 7, 2017

It is never a dull moment with Inflectra, and after the lull of summer, we are back with vengeance! Which is to say, we are going all out sponsoring two software testing events in September-October 2017 in the US: STPCon in the greater D.C.-area and Agile Open Florida, in Orlando, Florida. So, if you are attending one of these, read what Inflectra has in store for you (and if you are not, there is still time to sign up):

Running UnitJS Tests with Mocha and SpiraTest

September 1, 2017

We announced today that we have just released a new plugin for SpiraTest - a custom reporter for the popular Mocha JavaScript test execution framework. We thought it would be helpful to provide more information around using the new plugin as well as some background on why we decided to develop it in the first place.

When Selenium IDE Doesn't Work, SpiraTest Comes to the Rescue!

August 31, 2017

We heard from one of our customers recently that due to breaking changes in the Firefox plugin model, Selenium IDE will no longer work. This somewhat sad news took us by surprise since we didn’t realize that Selenium IDE had not been migrated to the new WebExtensions plugin architecture. Hopefully, that will happen, but we have some good news in the meantime!

SpiraTest and RemoteLaunch already provide a solution.

The Curse of the Middle Choice - Why SpiraTeam Has 4 Priorities

August 25, 2017

Customers sometimes ask us why we chose four priorities, severities and importance values in SpiraTeam. Now you can of course customize the system to change the priorities and severities but this article explains why we chose four and why you might want to keep them.

You Did Not Know It Was Called Black Box Testing

August 9, 2017

Have you ever wondered about what it is called when you test a system by interacting with it solely through external interfaces, without looking inside?

Wonder no more – it is called Black Box Testing!  

So, when do you use black box testing? What are some of the approaches in the black box testing? Which elements of software's design may help you make black box testing more effective?

From Our Partner: Test Cases in Word or Excel?

August 8, 2017

We all agree that recording your test cases, as well as the whole software testing space, in general, has come a loooong way. But sometimes you may still find yourself in need of migrating your #awesome test results into a legacy tool with a limited scope, such as excel or word. 

And while we, at Inflectra, are avid followers of the continuous delivery and integration philosophy, we just can't do it all on our own. So, with the help of our partners, we are making our products more inclusive, bringing more and more features that, hopefully, make testers' lives easier, while saving time and optimizing results. 

So without further ado, let us introduce the WorX plugin for SpiraTest from autom8 - our partner in New Zealand!

Speeding Up Software Testing with New Eclipse Plugin for SpiraTeam

August 3, 2017

At Inflectra, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to manage your tasks, bugs, and requirements, so you can get back to developing. That’s why we develop plugins that work in the IDEs you use the most. Eclipse remains the most popular Java IDE on the planet, and we are happy to announce a new version of our Eclipse plugin.

Spotlight on SpiraTest 5.3 - Data Driven Testing with Test Configurations

July 31, 2017

We are busy bees this summer, and one of the most exciting new features of SpiraTest (and SpiraTeam, of course) is a better support for data-driven testing with the new test configurations functionality. We are adding support for test configurations that will let you create a data-set of possible testing configurations (e.g. 5 browsers, 4 operating systems, 10 logins = 200 possible combinations) and run your test sets through the different combinations with ease. This will be available for both manual and automated testing.

Roundup: 10 Reasons You Should Switch From HP to Inflectra

July 12, 2017

We just released the final evaluation guide in our three part series comparing legacy HP products with new and easy to use alternatives from Inflectra. Coinciding with the announcement that HP is selling its software assets to Micro Focus, we thought it would be good to highlight the three guides in case you need help convincing your boss or a co-worker on the benefits of switching to Inflectra.

Spotlight on SpiraTest 5.3 - Exploratory Testing Coming Soon

July 10, 2017

We are busy bees this summer, and one of the most exciting new features of SpiraTest (and SpiraTeam of course) is the fact that we're adding support in SpiraTest for exploratory/session-based testing. This article outlines how this new functionality will work and explains what will be possible in SpiraTest, and what additional features will be in SpiraTeam (hint integration with Task Management!)

Recording of SpiraTest Introductory Webinar

July 7, 2017

Many of our customers choose SpiraTest because they are tired of using manual paper-based methods such as Microsoft Excel or Word. They want to be able to more easily manage their testing, record test results and see in real-time the progress and status of their testing activities.

What's Coming Up This Summer at Inflectra

July 4, 2017

Our development teams are going to be avoiding the sweltering summer heat here in Washington, DC by staying inside and cooking up some amazing new features for our products. In this blog, I thought it would be good to highlight some of the key new features coming to our product families this summer.

All This Talk of Real-life TestOps Environment...

June 12, 2017

We’ve mentioned before that Inflectra is sponsoring DevGeekWeek2017 in Israel later this month. One of the perks of being a sponsor is an ability to engage with the conference attendees through seminars and talks. It is then only natural that we decided to also contribute our experience, technical knowledge and testing wisdom to this conference.

So, we are sending #TeamInflectra’s crème de la crème - Adam Sandman, Inflectra’s Technical Director, to talk about A Real-life TestOps Environment during a seminar called: Real Testing Scenario Strategy lead by Anna Lucovsky on June 21, 2017.

Highlights from the SpiraTeam v5.2 Webinar

June 5, 2017

Last week, Adam Sandman from Inflectra hosted a webinar to discuss the new features available in SpiraTeam v5.2 (including SpiraTest and SpiraPlan). This was a great opportunity for customers and new users to learn about the new features, ask questions and provide feedback. If you missed the webinar, don't worry, there is a second session this week and we have the recording from the first session.

The Top 5 Software Testing Pitfalls

June 2, 2017

You're testing the latest release of your software. Time is tight as always. Your mission is to find serious bugs, so they can be reported and fixed before the product goes out to customers.

The Top 10 Reasons You Should Switch from HP QualityCenter

May 9, 2017

With the recent news about HPE selling its software portfolio to Micro Focus, and the herd of former HP customers trying out SpiraTest to see what alternatives they have, we thought it would be a good idea to see how SpiraTest compares against HP QualityCenter (and its predecessor TestDirector).

The Top 10 Reasons You Should Switch from HP ALM

May 2, 2017

With the recent news about HPE selling its software portfolio to Micro Focus, and the herd of former HP customers trying out SpiraTeam to see what alternatives they have, we thought it would be a good idea to see how SpiraTeam compares against HP ALM.

Preview of SpiraTest v5.2 - Testing Enhancements

April 24, 2017

We're very excited about the next version of SpiraTest (also SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam) coming out on April 26th. It includes a set of enhancements to the test management functionality that were a favorite of our testers at the recent user summits in Europe. In this article, we'd like to highlight three of these popular changes: 

Read more on how these upgrades to SpiraTest will make your life as a test manager much easier! 

Google for Developers: Pros and Cons of Google's Sheets API

April 18, 2017

Chris, one of Inflectra's latest interns, has created a brand new way to get data into SpiraTeam: Google Sheets (feel free to check out the code on Github). Google Sheets is great product, letting you create spreadsheets from anywhere at anytime. While it's great for us as consumers to use, what's it like for a developer? Chris explains some plusses and minuses to working with the Google Sheets API.

Preview of SpiraTest v5.2 - Revamped User Interface for Incidents

April 10, 2017

We're very excited about the next version of SpiraTest (also SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam) coming out on April 26th. It features a lot of enhancements which will be the subject of future blog posts. However one big area is the redesign of the Incidents pages (both the one that displays the list of incidents and the one that displays a single incident when you click on it). This article explains some of the reasons behind the change and an explanation of what you can expect in v5.2. For those not heavily using the incidents module, it is still worth reading because in v5.3 we will be similarly changing all of the testing pages.

Listening to our Customers: Updated Product Roadmaps

April 4, 2017

One of the most popular sessions in our recent user summits in London, Zürich and Mannheim were the discussions of the future Inflectra product roadmaps. We presented the proposed roadmap for SpiraTest, SpiraPlan, SpiraTeam and Rapise to the community and captured their feedback and suggestions (sadly there was not time to also cover KronoDesk). Based on their feedback we have now published the updated roadmaps for the products for 2017/2018. Learn what users in Europe had to say.

Going the Extra Mile with SpiraTest v5.2

March 15, 2017

Over the years, we have received countless requests to introduce a feature allowing users to "hand-off" a test run that is already in progress from one tester to another. This lets person A do some testing and then dynamically hand it over to person B who can finish off the test run. In the current version (5.1) you have to start a new test execution. Well now.... despite us telling customers that this feature would probably not be included in Spiratest v5.2, we have some good news and some better news:

Unlock The Secrets of SpiraTeam v5.1!

December 12, 2016

Spira v5.1 is now out! This blog gives you some insight into the release and discusses our accelerated release strategy going forward.

Spira 5.1 - Size is What Matters - Resizeable Columns!

November 17, 2016

One of the frequent pieces of feedback we have received has been that the columns in the various list pages within Spira are not resizable. We have listened to your feedback and Spira 5.1 provides resizable columns for the first time.

Spira 5.1 - Cross Project Associations

November 3, 2016

One of the key new features is that you can share artifacts between different projects. This is useful for customers that have projects in Spira that contain requirements for core components that can be reused by other projects that are composed of those core components.

Spira 5.1 Features - New Global Search

October 31, 2016

One of the key enhancements in v5.1 of Spira is the use of SQL Server free text indexing to provide a completely new search experience. The new search capabilities in Spira 5.1 are a dramatic improvement over the previous version.

We Need More Process and Less Pain

October 6, 2016

I had an interesting discussion with a prospective client last week - they were using another planning tool (Microsoft TFS) and were looking for a tool that would give them a more structured process, but had an easier to use, less painful UI.

Spira 5 Beta - Take a Look at Test Execution in Action

April 19, 2016

Thanks again to all of our loyal customers that provided feedback and suggestions for the test execution screens in SpiraTest / SpiraTeam. We have released a beta version with the new screens. Please take a look and let us know what you think.

What to Do When Your Testers Are Addicted to Word and Excel?

March 25, 2016

Many of our customers have spent much of their testing career managing tests in Word or Excel. These tools are flexible, ubiquitous, and easy to use. But they are also fiddly, inefficient, and hard to manage over time. SpiraTest addresses these downsides, bringing a host of other pluses too. For people looking to combine the best of both (SpiraTest and more traditional tools), WorX (from Autom8) may well be what you are looking for.

To Diagram or Not to Diagram?

February 5, 2016

Some people think in fully-formed and eloquent prose (like Supreme Court Justices). The rest of us either think in shorter-form lists and phrases, or visually with pictures. We want to know if our users would benefit from richer integration and use of visual tools and diagrams in SpiraTeam.

Customer Concept for SpiraTest 5 Test Execution

January 29, 2016

We've shared two sets of mockups for revisions to test execution. This has generated great ideas from many of our customers. We want to share a concept from a customer on how one of the views for test execution could look in SpiraTest 5.

SpiraTest 5 Revised Designs for Test Execution

January 25, 2016

Last week we published mockups for a revised test execution page in SpiraTest. We asked for your feedback and got lots of insightful and useful suggestions. Based on what we heard we have published a second round of mockups for you to look at.
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SpiraTest 5 Design Ideas for Test Execution

January 14, 2016

Our designers have come up with a set of prototypes for the test execution page in the next version of SpiraTest 5 to address feedback and usability issues we have identified over the past 5 years. We need your feedback to make sure we're on the right track...

Spira 5.0 - Releases that Roll Up

November 25, 2015

We often think of a release as a simple idea, you have a new version (say 1.0) of a product and you plan on releasing it on a specific date. You might then divide up that release into either iterations or sprints if you're using an agile approach or perhaps phases if using a waterfall one. You then want to be able to report at the project, release and iteration level. Well after much feedback from customers, we found that customers need more than that...

From Darkness to Light

November 19, 2015

The SpiraTeam development group has been working really hard on version 5. It will bring many great new features that our users have been requesting. We also get asked about refinements to the user experience. We have been equally busy carefully updating every screen, every button, and every field our customers will see and use in version 5.

Writing Custom Reports with Spira (Part 3)

October 15, 2015

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in SpiraTeam is the ability to do custom reporting, so that you are not limited to just the reports that ship with the system. This article is the third in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom reporting features.

In this article we shall be creating a branch new custom report that has a custom header, footer and a custom section that displays data based on a custom ESQL (Entity SQL) query. This is useful in cases where you have some special metrics that you want to be able publish in a report.

Writing Custom Reports with Spira (Part 2)

September 11, 2015

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in SpiraTeam is the ability to do custom reporting, so that you are not limited to just the reports that ship with the system. This article is the second in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom reporting features.

In this article we shall be taking one of the standard reports and using the standard section XML editor to make some changes to the XSLT template to hide some columns and add a new calculated column.

Writing Custom Reports with Spira (Part 1)

July 22, 2015

One of the maxims I always tell developers is that regardless of what you build, customers will never be satisfied with the reports you offer or the integration that you provide. In fact the two most underestimated tasks in software development are data feeds and reporting. So one of the nice features in SpiraTeam is the ability to do custom reporting, so that you are not limited to just the reports that ship with the system. This article is the first in a series that explains how to use these powerful custom reporting features.