Spira Team Overview Presentation

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SpiraTeam® - Product InformationSynchronizing Your Application Lifecycle


Objectives After viewing this presentation you will:

Understand the challenges involved in managing the development and testing lifecycle of a project

Understand the challenges involved in planning and managing projects and why traditional waterfall methodologies have failed to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.

Have a strong grasp on the quality assurance and project management features provided by SpiraTeam

Have learned about the benefits of using SpiraTeam to plan, execute, test and manage your project


Agenda Quality Assurance & Project Management Challenges SpiraTeam Overview Feature Walkthrough

Requirements Management Test Case Management Release & Iteration Planning Task Tracking Incident / Defect Tracking Source Code Integration

Integration / Migration Options Use of automated testing tools Integration with other systems Synchronization with external bug-trackers


QA Testing Landscape Traditionally, QA organizations use the following tools

and systems to manage their testing: Requirements stored in MS-Word documents or MS-Excel

spreadsheets

Test scripts for user acceptance testing stored in MS-Word, MS-Excel with results recorded on paper and transcribed manually back into the spreadsheet

MS-Access, MS-Excel or standalone web-based bug-tracking system for tracking issues and defects

Automated testing is done with a variety of tools depending on the platform and language being tested (Java vs. .NET, web vs. client-server)


QA Testing Challenges This leads to the following challenges:

Processes are ad-hoc and not repeatable across projects

There is no visibility between test cases, requirements and defects. How do you know when you are truly ‘done’?

Measuring progress and productivity during testing is time consuming and difficult

It’s hard to share information across the project and get real-time metrics regarding the quality of the system being tested

There is no central repository of test results from all sources – both automated and manual

SpiraTeam is explicitly designed to address these issues and provide an integrated solution


Why Agile Methodologies? Traditionally projects are delivered in a series of phases

that are based on increasing levels of certainty around the system being built:

However this approach has some drawbacks: It is not flexible to changes in customer requirements Time is wasted building features that nobody needs The end user cannot give feedback till it’s completed coded You don’t know how stable the system is until the end

RequirementsGathering

Business Design

UnitTesting

Traditional Waterfall Methodology

Release Complete

Technical Design Systems Development Integration

Testing

AcceptanceTesting (UAT)


The Agile Approach Instead of phases, projects are broken down into

releases and iterations. At the end of each iteration you have a fully functioning system that could be released:

RequirementsGathering

Business Design

UnitTesting

Traditional Waterfall Methodology

Release Complete

Technical Design Systems Development Integration

Testing

AcceptanceTesting (UAT)

Limited Upfront

Planning

Release #1 Release #2

Agile Methodology

It 1 It 2 It 3 It 4 It 5 It 6

Release #3

It 7 It 8 It 9

Release #4

It 10 It 11 It 12

Iteration N

Iteration Planning

Release Complete

Development, Continuous Integration, Unit Testing, Functional & Acceptance Testing


The Agile Approach (3) The requirements for the project do not have to be codified upfront,

instead they are prioritized and scheduled for each iteration: The requirements are composed of ‘stories’ that can be

scheduled into a particular release and iteration

Iteration

IterationScope

Tested,IntegratedWorkingSystem

IterationPlan

Release Plan


The Agile Approach (3) There are several different agile methods:

Scrum Extreme Programming (XP) Agile Unified Process (AUP) Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

They have specific features that make them better suited to different situations, but in general, they follow the same basic agile principles*: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan

*Source: Agile Manifesto - http://agilemanifesto.org


The Existing Project Management Toolkit Traditionally, Software Development organizations use

the following tools to manage their lifecycles: Requirements stored in MS-Word documents, MS-Excel

spreadsheets or expensive tools such a RequisitePro, Doors

High-level project plan (GANTT chart) developed in tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera and printed out for reference

Project estimates prepared using a combination of the high-level project plan and specialized standalone MS-Excel spreadsheets

Detailed schedules maintained by individual team members using MS-Excel, Whiteboards or Groupware solutions

MS-Access, MS-Excel or standalone web-based bug-tracking system for tracking issues and defects


Project Management Toolkit Challenges As the static project plan with its discrete phases has

become replaced by the more flexible agile approach, the old set of tools no longer works: The project requirements and scope are not locked-down so the

schedule of releases and iterations needs to be connected to the requirements backlog in real-time

The project schedule is constantly evolving, with stories being reallocated to different iterations and team members re-estimating the number of stories they can complete (velocity)

Defects and stories need to be managed in the same environment, with the project estimates and schedules taking account of both at all times

SpiraTeam is explicitly designed to address these issues and provide an integrated solution


SpiraTeam® Overview

© Copyright 2006-2016, Inflectra Corporation

SpiraTeam®

The Inflectra® Product Suite

SpiraTest®Requirements, Test & Defect Management

SpiraPlan®Agile Project Management

KronoDesk®

IT Support & Help Desk Ticketing

Rapise® Test Automation Platform (Web, GUI, Services)

TaraVault™ - Source Code Hosting

We provide a complete suite to manage your entire lifecycle:


SpiraTeam®

SpiraTeam – The Integrated ALM Solution

SpiraTest®Requirements, Test & Defect Management

SpiraPlan®Agile Project Management

KronoDesk®

IT Support & Help Desk Ticketing

Rapise® Test Automation Platform (Web, GUI, Services)

TaraVault™ - Source Code Hosting

SpiraTeam includes SpiraTest and SpiraPlan and is a complete ALM solution:


What Makes SpiraTeam Different? There are many Agile Planning Tools available There are many Testing & QA Tools for Only SpiraTeam has the Agile Planning &

Testing Lifecycle covered in one solution

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Development

Testing


Feature Snapshot

Develop high-level requirements with initial estimates

Create, edit and execute test-cases

Track bugs, enhancements, risks and issues

Map tests to requirements to track coverage

Prioritize and schedule requirements for each release

Determine resourcing levels to deliver required features

Link bugs to test steps during test execution

Drill down from requirements to tests and incidents

Load-balance project resources to maximize project velocity

Track issues and defects against project schedule

Personalized dashboards and customizable reporting

Integrated web-based document management.

Listed below are some of the many great features that makes SpiraTeam the leading choice of ALM solution for companies and organizations worldwide:


Competitive Landscape We believe that SpiraTeam offers an unbeatable combination of

capability and affordability:

Breadth of Features / Capability

Affo

rdab

ility

CA Rally

CollabNet Version One

SpiraTeam

IncumbentsUncompetitive

ChallengersNiche PlayersSource: Inflectra Corporation, 2016

TargetProcessRommana

AcuNote

HP ALM

Microsoft TFS

Atlassian JIRA

IBM RTC

Polarion


Representative Customers The following are some of the organizations who are using

SpiraTeam to manage their application development lifecycles:

Energy & Industrial

Government

Retail & Consumer Goods

Healthcare & Bio-Technology

Financial & Business Services

Information Technology

Transportation & Hospitality

Telecommunications


Testimonials “We have been using SpiraTeam within our organization for quite a few years.

SpiraTeam is very easy to use, and is a great way to help track, maintain and troubleshoot an entire project, from the planning stages, to implementation, to enhancement requests and software bug and defect resolution. I would recommend SpiraTeam to any organization looking for a straightforward, easy to use tool.”- Erin Egleston, Senior QA Analyst, ASI Business Solutions, Inc.

“…Inflectra’s SpiraTeam is disrupting this market. And deservedly so. If you’re in the market for an ADLM tool, I recommend you put SpiraTeam at the top of your shortlist…”- Jim Reardan, Business and IT Process Management Consultant

“For me I look for a tool that allows me to get my job done faster and still provide me the data I need. This tool does that and with the enhancements that are planed it will actually be very valuable for other portions of our company. The other thing I look for is a responsive customer & tech support team. Inflectra has hands down the best support teams I have ever worked with. Makes all the difference when you can tell them what you need to product to do and the actually address your needs...”- Daniel Hauser of RegEd


Solution Partner Network We have an extensive worldwide partner network that is used to

provide global consulting and training services:

North America

Asia

Australia

South America & Mexico

Europe

Middle East & Africa


How Are We Different?1. We help you manage the entire project lifecycle—not just

planning, development, or testing—all of it!2. Our products are actually understandable, easy to use and

affordable3. We provide exceptional support with every purchase—our

support is so good, customers call us to help fix products with their other tools (!)

This is validated by our ~ 80% customer retention rate.


Feature Walkthrough


Personalized ‘My Page’

Upon login to SpiraTeam, you are presented with a personalized ‘dashboard’ of all your key information.This provides a consolidated view of all the artifacts that are of interest to you with information to let you know what action needs to be taken. RSS Feeds of your information are available.


Project Home Page

Each project has a dashboard home-page that summarizes all of the information regarding the project into a comprehensive, easily digestible form.It provides a “one-stop-shop” for people interested in understanding the overall status and health of the project at a glance.


Project Portfolio Management

Projects in SpiraTeam can be organized into Project Groups that belong to a common organization, customer or division. This allows you to view a summary project group dashboard that lets you view the aggregate status of the group as whole as well as compare the relative health of the different projects in the group:


Requirements Management

SpiraTeam lets you easily manage your requirements and user stories in an integrated requirements matrix. SpiraTeam allows you to drill down from each of your captured requirements to determine how many test cases have validated the functionality, and status of each of the defects logged.


Requirements Test Coverage

Each requirement is mapped to one or more test cases that can be used to validate that the functionality works as expected.


Requirements Elaboration (Tasks)

SpiraTeam lets you decompose each requirement into lower-level work Task work items. These tasks can be assigned to different team members and individually estimated. SpiraTeam lets you compare the top-down story point estimate with the detailed task estimates.


Test Case Management

SpiraTeam lets you quickly and easily create and manage your test cases in folders, with powerful sorting and filtering capabilities. You can display different columns in your own customized view, including both standard fields and any custom properties defined for the project.


Manual Test Cases - Editing

Each test case consists of a set of test steps that represent the individual actions a user must take to complete the test.You can include other template test cases as steps within your test case. This allows you to build a library of reusable test components.


Manual Test Cases - Execution

SpiraTeam provides the ability to execute groups of test cases - along with their test steps – so that the testers can follow the instructions and determine if the system being tested behaves as expected. Any deviations from expected behavior can then be recorded, and a new defect raised – linked to the test step failure.


Automated Testing – Test Scripts

You can attached test automation scripts to test cases in SpiraTeam.SpiraTeam supports a wide variety of test automation engines (both commercial and open-source) including Rapise, UFT, Ranorex, Squish, NeoLoad, LoadRunner, TestComplete and Selenium.


Automated Testing – Test Hosts

The automated test scripts managed in SpiraTeam can be either executed on the local machine or scheduled for execution on a series of remote hosts.Using either Rapise or RemoteLaunch, you can manage an entire global test lab from a central SpiraTeam server, with test sets being executed using a variety of different automation technologies 24/7.


Test Set Organization

To make it easier to assign and track the execution of test cases, SpiraTeam allows you to optionally group the test cases into test sets that can be assigned as a ‘package’ to individual testers or automation hosts.Each test set can be associated with a particular release for testing, and you can quickly see the execution status of each test set in one consolidated view.


Test Run Tracking

Every time you execute a test case, SpiraTeam records every pass / failure as well as the associated incidents generated as a ‘Test Run’. These archived Test Runs can be viewed to determine if changes to the system have introduced failures to previously working functionality.


Release Planning

You have the ability to create a master release schedule containing all the major milestone releases together with the individual iterations – smaller releases of the system delivered every 4-6 weeks.


Product Backlog Planning

The list of user stories, requirements, defects and features is called the Product Backlog. SpiraTeam lets you organize the backlog by component, package or priority. You can order and categorize them by simple drag and drop editing. This is called backlog grooming.


Sprint / Iteration Planning

The requirements, user stories, tasks, test cases and outstanding incidents (bugs, issues) can be scheduled against the different iterations / sprints in the release. The system will calculate the available effort as items are added.


Scrum Task Boards

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SpiraTeam includes Scrum Task Boards that let you see the individual tasks assigned to each of the Sprints and Iterations as well as by-person


Kanban Boards

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SpiraTeam provides a Kanban view of the project, where you can see all of the requirements planned for each release organized according to their position in the lifecycle. This view lets you see the flow of the requirements and identify then rectify any bottlenecks.


Task Progress Tracking

SpiraTeam provides the ability to track the progress of the tasks in the system and determine if tasks are suffering from schedule overrun or mis-estimation. In addition you can compare actuals for continuous process improvement.


Build Management

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SpiraTeam provides the ability to integrate with continuous integration build servers such as Jenkins and TeamCity so that the status of builds can be recorded in SpiraTeam and linked to source code revisions, incidents and test runs. This provides traceability for each build, so that you can see what was changed in each build, what was tested and what was fixed.


Resource Tracking

Once the requirements, tasks and incidents have been scheduled against the iteration plan, you can use the Resource Tracking screens to view the total assigned workload for the members of the project and determine the resource assignments and perform load balancing if necessary.


Bug / Issue Tracking

SpiraTeam offers a complete bug tracking solution. Bug tracking features include support for customizable workflows and fields, flexible reporting, configurable email notifications, and fully editable statuses, priorities, severities and bug types.


Defect Traceability

With SpiraTeam, you can trace the bugs/defects back to the test case and the underlying requirement that generated them, giving the project manager unprecedented power in analyzing the “in-process” quality of a system during its lifecycle.


Document Management

SpiraTeam includes an integrated web-based document management system that allows project members to upload documents in a secure, centralized location, with support for folder organization, documentation taxonomies and meta-tagging as well as built-in version control.Unlike a standalone tool, these documents can then be connected to SpiraTeam artifacts (requirements, tasks, incidents) to provide the complete picture to users.


Document Version Tracking

Once uploaded to the central knowledge repository, revisions to the documents can be uploaded so that there is complete audit trail of all changes made to artifacts and associated documentation in the project.


Instant Messaging & Collaboration

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SpiraTeam includes an integrated instant-messenger that lets users collaborate and communicate in real-time regardless of geographic location. The discussions can be tagged against specific artifacts in the system, so that they become part of the artifact discussion thread.


Software Configuration Management (SCM)

For those customers using the cloud hosted version of SpiraTeam, we offer a free source code hosting solution – TaraVault based on the industry standard Git and Subversion platforms. For on-premise customers you can link you existing source code repositories using our gallery of plugins.


Source Code Integration

In addition to being able to view the source code repository, using SpiraTeam you can link artifacts to specific source code revisions. This allows you to associate requirements, tasks or defects/incidents with the corresponding code changes. This provides end-to-end traceability from requirements to working software code.


Attachments & Screenshot Capture

You can attachment documents to all artifacts in the system, with full versioning provided out of the box. In addition, there is a built-in screen capture utility for quickly adding screenshots during test execution, logging a defect or editing items.


Customizable Reporting Dashboard

SpiraTeam includes an extensive reports library that can display information such as test coverage, requirements burndown, and defect aging. It also provides a fully customizable report writer that gives you flexibility to report the way you need it.


Change History Tracking

All of the changes made to a particular artifact in the system are tracked by SpiraTeam, so that at any time you can view the complete audit trail of all the changes made to an artifact, including the date of the change, who made the change, and what information was changed.SpiraTeam features full version-control capabilities that allow you to rollback specific changes and revert the artifact back to a prior revision.


Timecard Submission

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SpiraTeam includes a built-in timecard entry system that lets developers quickly and easily enter the time spent each day on their assigned tasks and defects as well as report the time remaining for completion.


Custom Properties

In addition to the built-in fields that are associated with each type of artifact, you can also define custom properties for each type of artifact in the system.The system supports a variety of different field types including: text, rich-text, dropdown lists, user selectors, and date-fields


Customizable Incident Fields

You can customize each of the fields used in the bug tracking module to suit your own business needs - including types, status, priority and severity. You can even associate your own color schemes with the different values.


Customizable Workflows & Notifications

Different types of defect, requirement, test case, release, and task can follow their own customized workflows. This allows you to tailor SpiraTeam to the business processes used by your organization. Each workflow consists of a set of steps and transitions. In addition each transition can be used to send email notifications to the detector, owner or users in a certain project group.


Artifact Associations

Each artifact can be linked to an unlimited number of other requirements, defects and source code revisions, providing traceability between related artifacts. For example a change request incident that turns into a new requirement can be associated to preserve the pedigree of the requirement.


Fully Mobile Responsive

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SpiraTeam has been designed to optimize its features on any device, whether that be a large desktop monitor, a tablet or mobile phone.During test execution, you can attach screenshots to failed tests using the device’s built-in camera, providing additional context.


Integration / Migration Options


Automated Testing Systems

Integration Overview SpiraTeam has a very flexible architecture and has been integrated

with a variety of external tools and systems:

SpiraTeamRequirements

Test CasesReleasesSprintsDefectsTasks

Defect/IssueTracking ToolsBugzilla, TFS,

FogBugz, JIRA,Mantis, etc.

SoftwareConfigurationManagement

TaraVaultGit / SVN

Various ToolsRequirements

MS-OfficeLegacy Data

xUnitUnit

Testing

RapiseFunctional

Testing

Various ToolsFunctional

Testing

Various ToolsPerformance

& Load Testing


Integration Options SpiraTeam comes with a wide variety of plugins and connectors:

Developer IDEs

Build Servers

Source Code Management

Modelling Tools

Unit Test Frameworks

Bug-Tracking Tools

Performance Testing Tools

Functional Testing Tools


Email Integration

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SpiraTeam has a built-in email notification engine that lets you define custom email templates and notification events. This enables the system to send out notifications when specific events occur (e.g. user is assigned a test case, the priority of a requirement changes, etc.).

In addition, SpiraTeam can connect to your email system and retrieve users’ comments and attach them to the appropriate artifact in the system. It can also create new incidents directly from emails, saving users’ time.


Visual Studio & Eclipse IDE Integration

Developers can work on assigned requirements, tasks and incidents directly inside their Integrated Development Environment (IDE).SpiraTeam has plug-ins available for both Eclipse and Visual Studio.Research has shown that allowing developers to use the same tool to develop their code and manage their workload enhances efficiency and improves data accuracy.


Approach for Using SpiraTeamStep By Step Guide for using SpiraTeam

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Approach for Using SpiraTeam (1) The first step is to define the high-level project requirements:

This is a hierarchical list of all the features that the system needs to fulfill (in some methodologies these are called user stories)

They can be entered by hand, imported from Excel, or loaded from other tools like Jama Contour or Enterprise Architect

The next step is to create the project’s high-level schedule: Include the major releases, minor releases and optionally builds

and iterations depending on desired granularity You can now assign the different lower-level requirements to

each of the iterations so that it is possible to start planning the features that will be developed in each iteration

Requirements & Release Plan


Approach for Using SpiraTeam (2) Now you can create the test plan

This consists of a hierarchical list of test cases organized into folders. Each test case can have multiple test steps.

Each test case can be mapped to one or more requirements – this is used to specify the test coverage of the various requirements.

Any requirements that have no covering tests are a project risk and additional covering tests should now be written

The tests can be entered by hand or imported from Excel. Finally you can also map the test cases to the releases to

provide regression testing capability


Test PlanCreation


Approach for Using SpiraTeam (3) Now you start the iteration planning:

Decompose the requirements into detailed project tasks that can be prioritized and individually estimated. These estimates can be then compared against the top-down requirement estimate

Potentially re-assign the requirements and tasks to different iterations, if there is not enough time/resources to support the planned functionality

Assign any defects that were raised in the previous release/iteration into the current iteration for resolution

In some methodologies (Scrum) this is called ‘sprint planning’


Test PlanCreation Iteration Planning


Approach for Using SpiraTeam (4) Now you can schedule the team members and load

balance the task resourcing allocation: Assign the discrete project tasks and defects to the members of

the development team staffed to the iteration Create and assign test sets to the various testers. Each test set

contains a group of test cases that need to be executed. Team members view their individual schedule and task

assignments to determine if they can perform all the tasks The detailed task schedule is updated by the team members,

with the release/iteration schedule reflecting the updates so that the management can make changes to the master schedule


Test PlanCreation Iteration Planning Schedule &

Resourcing


Approach for Using SpiraTeam (5) Real-time status of the progress of the iteration and release is

visible by the management during development and testing: The team members update the status and actual effort values for

their assigned test sets, tasks and incidents. When tasks and tests are completed, or if exception conditions

occur (late starting tasks, late finishing tasks, overruns, etc.), the status of the overall iteration and release is updated to give early indication of needed management intervention

During the test runs, test failures can be used to automatically generate new defects that are managed by the incident tracker


Test PlanCreation Iteration Planning Schedule &

Resourcing Tracking & Testing


Questions?Please contact [email protected] if you have additional questions.


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