Test planning/documentation/management tools

Question

I'm looking for a good, preferably free, test planning and documentation tool. Ideally something that will keep track of which tests have been run against which software version, with reporting ability. There's a whole bunch of tools listed here but are there any others, and which ones have you had the best experience with? (You do run tests, right?)

UPDATE 2008-01-29

So far TestLink and Fitness have been mentioned. A related question yielded also a link to the ReadySet project, an open collection of software planning documentation templates.

I have used TestLink and found it okayish, but I cannot say I enjoyed using it. Has anyone had any experience with Fitnesse? Or are there any other free tools out there that you have used and found satisfactory?

Answer 1

We use Quality Center / Test Director stuff. Its expensive as far as I know, and it's not that great.

Answer 2

One thought, and perhaps not a good one, would be to have every test submit a ticket to your ticketing system when it's run indicating the test name, build version, and date, and test results.

That would make the results searchable later-on.

Answer 3

We use a home-grown Access database.

This database keeps track of our requirements, test cases, test plan and test runs. We're able to produce an up-to-date RVTM, keep track of progress against the plan, and assign tasks to testers. We integrated it with Outlook, so each tester is assigned a task from the plan by the QA lead. When they're complete, they just tick it off in Outlook and it updates the database.

For our small team of testers it works nicely, and we're free to customize it however we want.

Answer 4

Yes, we do run tests, but not nearly as many as I'd like !

I highly recommend TestLink - the list of tools that you linked to shows that it's had more downloads than all of the other tools put together.

Answer 5

I've heard good things about Fitnesse but I don't know how good it's test tracking is.

I know I just recently saw a slick looking test tracker for Trac or something, but I can't find it now...

Answer 6

I've used QualityCenter/TestDirectory for a long time.

I'm now using testlink and I must say that I prefer QualityCenter/TestDirectory by far, even if it based on some buggy ActiveX control.

QualityCenter/TestDirectory is more easier to use and the interface is quite better.

TestLink and QualityCenter/TestDirectory are mainly for manual test case (however, you can use Quick Test Pro on QualityCenter/TestDirectory to automatize your tests).

Fitnesse is another kind of tool in my mind : basically, you write your test case on a wiki and link that to a JUnit test. Another tools like that are GreenPepper, Concordion, etc.

Answer 7

Quality Center . Its expensive but it is the best

Regards,

Kimbelry

Free Quality Center Tutorials

Answer 8

QPack has a 5-users free editions for test management - I posted a link a while ago:

QPack test management post

Answer 9

PractiTest is a very good option. Not free but very affordable - http://www.practitest.com

Answer 10

I agree

Quality center is a great testing tool But the way I see it, if you want to manage a complete application lifecycle management, Quality center is not an out-of-the-box ALM system.

QPack gives you a complete ALM tool, including the test management.

What I like about QPack is the streamline workflow from requirement to delivery, more than a specific testing feature.

It seems it provides a really good solution for small-medium companies, so why pay 20,000$ for what you can get for free??

QPack Test Management Free Edition Download

Answer 11

im with Patrick - good ol' office tools :)

i just write mine in Microsoft Word

this is the structure i developed: Writing a System Test Plan

--LM

Answer 12

You should definitely try out Klaros-Testmanagement http://www.klaros-testmanagement.com which has an free, unrestricted Community Edition.

Answer 13

Hi,

I would like to suggest a tool I have been developing TestLodge - Test Case Management Tool

TestLodge is a relatively new hosted tool that is designed to be a lot simpler than traditional software by only providing the essentials to get the job done well. The system focuses on helping you create your test plans, creating and managing your test suites, requirements and cases along with allowing you to easily perform multiple test runs and generate reports.

This is a commercial product, but it does have a free price plan that may fit your needs.

As always, if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the tool, please get in touch with us.