Test Development Engineer Growth Diary 008 - Talking About Some Bugs/Use Case Management Platform/Collaboration Platform

I. Introduction to the platform

bugfree

BugFree is a free and open source, Web-based, streamlined defect management system that draws on Microsoft's software development philosophy.It is currently the only free software that "clones" Microsoft's internal bug management tool, Product Stuido (formerly Raid).BugFree is written in PHP+MySQL and can run on both Linux and Windows platforms.The design ideas contained in BugFree 2.0 are:

• Code: The program is an implementation (mapping) of the requirements design specification document (Spec);
• Test Case: It is also an implementation (mapping) of Spec, just from the perspective of testing;
• Test Result: Use Test Case (test mapping) to check Code (development mapping) once;
• Bug: The inconsistency between the two mappings may be a bug (the deviation of Code from Spec). In this way, from the test case (Test Case) to the test result (Test Result) to the defect (Bug), the three are organically combined.

The Way of Zen

Domestic software, Zendao project management software integrates product management, project management, quality management, document management, organization management and affairs management. It is a project management software with complete functions, which perfectly covers the core of project management.process.
The author of Zen Tao is the author of bugfree, but bugfree stopped doing it and changed it to Zen Tao.

TAPD

It is an open source project management tool developed by Tencent. It is suitable for agile testing. From project initiation to project acceptance, progress can be tracked and team collaboration and communication can be conducted on TAPD.The administrator can freely configure the project and configure the field information required for the test.You can create test plans, requirements reviews, test cases, new requirements and bugs on it.

Jira

Veteran project management tools, widely used in defect tracking, customer service, requirements gathering, process approval, task tracking, project tracking and agile management.

Tower

The project solution tool developed by a company in Chengdu is very similar to the basecamp of 37signals abroad.

Second, the scale of use

Zen Tao: Suitable for medium to large teams and projects, with unlimited numbers

Tapd: Very agile, unlimited number of participants on different projects

Jira: Suitable for medium to large teams and projects, with unlimited numbers

Tower: Ideal for small to medium teams and project sizes

Third, positioning

Zen Dao: The biggest feature is that it creatively separates the concepts of product, project and test clearly, cooperates with each other, and restricts each other.Tasks and bugs to interact with each other, and finally get a qualified product through the project.

Tapd: By default, all are designed in accordance with agile thinking, requirements, defects, iterations, etc., can be used perfectly without configuration, product manager thinking.

Jira: Various configurations, various reports, different requirements for different departments, very complex functions, typical engineer thinking.

Tower: Focus on the completion of single projects, each requirement can be assigned a person, and complex functions and processes cannot be completed.

Fourth, function comparison

Zen Dao: Powerful, support open source local deployment, support saas version, the functions are as follows:
Product management: products, requirements, plans, releases, roadmaps and other functions.
Project management: projects, tasks, teams, builds, burndown charts and other functions.
Quality management: bugs, test cases, test tasks, test results and other functions.
Document management: product document library, project document library, custom document library and other functions.
Transaction management: todo management, my tasks, my bugs, my needs, my projects and other personal affairs management functions.
Organization management: departments, users, groups, permissions and other functions.
Statistics function: rich statistics table.
Search function: find the corresponding data by searching

Tapd: Powerful functions, no need to customize, can be used directly, and the functions that the project needs to use are covered

Jira: very powerful, with almost no unexpected features, even code management and flowchart design are integrated

Tower: Kanban, Project Management

Summary

The Way of Zen

Advantages: ZenTao is open source and free, and it costs nothing from download to use.The function is very complete, extensible, and the code is open for secondary development

Disadvantages: The interface design of Zen Tao is slightly inferior, not simple enough, and the use of colors is relatively simple. Some newcomers will still have some problems in the operation.

Tapd

Advantages: Document management is very convenient to use, wiki naturally supports Markdown format, and automated publishing of test cases and Jenkins can be done

Disadvantages: need to review, not friendly to companies with sensitive business

Jira

Advantages: Covers almost all conceivable functions, including mobile terminals (IOS\Android)

Disadvantages: It is relatively easy to open in China, which is not in line with the use logic of Chinese people, the threshold for use is very high (the function is extremely complicated), and the cost is high

Tower

Advantages: simple operation, convenient push, fast opening speed in China

Disadvantages: less functions, some complex processes, multi-person maintenance modules, tests and products, etc. cannot be used for use

References:

towe/ jira / tapd / ZenTao Collaboration Platform Comparison
A brief discussion on BUG management tools such as bugfree, Buzilla, TAPD, Zen Tao, etc.