by Michael Sasaki

Defect tracking is a very critical part of the testing process. In the test process, it is important to track the life of bugs to ensure they do not manifest in other ways which may slowdown or halt or disrupt the working of software applications. One of the most common defect tracking systems that is implement in many project organizations is JIRA. The JIRA test platform merges well with other development tools and even provides detailed and exhaustive analysis and regular reports on source code, build, reviews etc.

JIRA provides flexible permission levels to ensure that bugs and their current statuses are visible only to team leads or test leads. JIRA is a system that specializes in test team management by helping the team leads to monitor test activities with the help of personal dashboards and reporting features like test case tracking and quantitative analysis. JIRA can be integrated with other efficient test management tools which can help to reduce overall operating costs of the test teams.

Another favorite bug tracking systems widely used by many organizations around the world is Bugzilla. Bugzilla is test software that is used to track software bugs and source code changes. There are additional features provided for quality assurance and communication within the team.

The test software, Bugzilla, is supported by the Mozilla foundation. The software is regularly upgraded to help test teams to reduce downtime, increase productivity and finally increase client satisfaction. When this test tool is integrated with certain efficient other test automation tools, it can offer effective systems administration and deployment management.

Since software test management activity is a highly critical phase of project development, companies need to opt for efficient and robust test automation tools which can improve the test team productivity.

The efficiency of any test team lies in defect recognition and tracking. For this, the teams require systems that can link or integrate with the various defect tracking systems used in other project modules.

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