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QA Traq - Free test case management tool

Being a test lead requires you to have enough knowledge about Project management since it involves managing the whole testing process.

In fact the success of any test project depends on how much good Project management skills/best practices are employed in the project….

Let me start with the below project scenario:

As a test lead/lead tester, you are managing a complex testing project. The requirements

are complex and changing dynamically (due to business demands) leading to constant

changes in test cases .There are four testers working in the team.

Managing all the different phases of the project is becoming a complex task for you.

You wish you had a “Test Case Management Tool” at your disposal.

But unfortunately due to budget constraints /limited licenses you cannot use the

any of the commercially available test management tools like “test director”,”QA Run” etc.

So You are badly in need of a test case management tool…

What will you do????

Well. …Don’t worry “Open Source” comes to your rescue…

“QA Traq” is one such freely downloadable open source test case management tool.

In today’s ever changing software world, Open source is increasing its importance day by day.

I stumbled upon this “tool” during my pursuit to find out whether a free testing tool is available or not. Based upon my previous experience with Open Source, I was highly optimistic and the Open source community did not let me down (.

Google provided me with tons of links…Thanks Google .

Let me provide you with some basic details about “QA traq” :

QaTraq is a test case management tool, providing a solid foundation for test teams to create and update test scripts, test cases and test results. QaTraq provides you with instant access to numerous reports, improving visibility of your testing and pin pointing test progress.

Qa Traq is based on LAMP (Linux,Apache,MySql and PHP) ,all free open source technologies/platforms.

QaTraq encourages a structured approach, which will help to increase productivity and improve visibility of your test progress.

Qa traq has been tested on three install platforms :

• Linux

• Solaris and

• Windows.

The below is a screenshot of the main screen of “QA Traq” which I have installed on my machine .

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The above screenshot displays the various phases in a “Software Development Life cycle”.

As seen ,one can log in /record all the documents (Requirements document ,test plan,test cases) etc in the relevant phases of the project.

Below is another screenshot of the “Users” menu functionality :

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Once can also create different users (testers etc) who can access the application for any particular project.

Instead of providing you with more details here ,I would recommend you to visit the below site :



This website has all the details related to “QA traq”.

In case of any issues regarding this ,Feel free to contact me @

milind.makwana@

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