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We performed a comparison between Adaptavist Test Management for Jira and OpenText Silk Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Joseph Menezes
Integrates with any automation tool, but the granular reporting feature should be more intuitive
Anonymous User
A powerful platform and strong technical support help us to make the right decisions
This solution adds value because we are able to get the right information at the right time, which helps us to make the right decisions. We have... Read more →
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Pros
"It is a scalable solution.""We don't use technical support. We have an office in Austria that provides us with solutions. Also, this solution is pretty simple and user-friendly. We don't really need help with it.""The program is very stable and scalable.""You can group test cases together and track the execution of them."

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"The stability of this solution is very good. In our experience it is approximately ninety-nine percent."

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Cons
"I don't like that you need to use a lot of tabs. One test case takes 15-20 minutes and on Zephyr is take about 5-10 minutes.""They should work on integrating the solution with AI.""Lacking visual gadgets that go on a dashboard, pie charts, bar charts and histograms."

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"We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end."

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  • "The licensing is rather expensive for those that have many users."

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  • "The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large."

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    What do you like most about Adaptavist Test Management for Jira?
    Top Answer:It is a scalable solution.
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    What needs improvement with Adaptavist Test Management for Jira?
    Top Answer:They should improve the solution's granular reporting feature. It could be more intuitive. It doesn't serve delivery and management purpose. They should integrate the solution with AI. So that, in… more »
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    Top Answer:We use the solution for test management.
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    Also Known As
    Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
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    Overview

    Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is the full, featured, enterprise ready test management solution directly in Jira. It offers full traceability across issues, requirements, test cases, and execution. The tool allows for flexibility and customisation for test plans and runs. It offers a free and flexible REST API, includes the ability to automate bulk tests, and enables seamless integration with most continuous integration tools. The in-depth reporting capability gives users the ability to analyse and share test data results between development and business teams. It’s the single source of truth to track, manage and optimise your whole test lifecycle right inside Jira software.

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    Benefits:

    • Drive reusability across Jira with cross-project hierarchical repositories for all test assets 
    • Improve collaboration with flexible workflows between traditional and Agile development teams
    • Enhance coverage with end-to-end traceability across all test artifacts
    • Eliminate duplication to increase efficiency with versioning, test data parameters and shared step features
    • Improve visibility and functionality with 70 cross-project reports and gadgets
    • Reduce management time and effort, with rich APIs for integration with test automation and DevOps tools
    • Allows teams to seamlessly collaborate and manage multiple versions of test cases in parallel while providing an audit history of changes

    Features:

    • Easy drag and drop organisation, planning and execution 
    • Hierarchical folders to manage and reuse assets across Jira projects, releases and sprints
    • Test case libraries including versioning, shared steps and test data parameters
    • Test plans and runs to manage and track test execution cycles
    • Full traceability of test cases, requirements, test execution results and defects
    • 70 cross-project reports, gadgets and Confluence Macros to track the coverage of your tests with advanced cross project reporting
    • Global and project level settings for customisation and standardisation
    • Custom fields for test cases, test steps, test plans and test runs
    • Migration function to import test cases from files or legacy test management tools
    • REST APIs for integration with test automation and DevOp tools

    Use Cases:

    • Integrate CI tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis CI or other development applications like Github, Bitbucket, Datadog via the REST API for end-to-end integration across test case management, execution, and reporting
    • Automate testing at scale, whilst maintaining traceability inside Jira. Scaled to 10,000+ tests across multiple configurations, publishing results in Jira in under 30 minutes
    • Increase efficiency by significantly reducing time spent on test case specification and management
    • Benefit from reusability across Jira projects and single points of maintenance when reusing and organizing test cases
    • Improved visibility of software testing process and quality with 70 out-of-the-box reports, including real-time dashboards
    • Clear end-to-end traceability of requirements, tests, and defects ensuring that the delivered software meets requirements.














    Silk Central is an open test management solution which unifies all test assets into one easy-to-use planning, tracking, reporting and execution hub. Silk Central enables you to gain control, collaboration and traceability across all areas of your software testing, whether your methodology is Agile, Traditional or hybrid. Silk Central provides integration of requirements, manual and automated tests, defect tools and your test execution, giving full traceability of the quality of your software testing regardless of role.
    Sample Customers
    IBM, John Lewis, Trip Advisor, Netgear,  Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Sapient
    AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm30%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Energy/Utilities Company5%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Transportation Company25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise64%
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is ranked 12th in Test Management Tools with 4 reviews while OpenText Silk Central is ranked 20th in Test Management Tools. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is rated 7.2, while OpenText Silk Central is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Adaptavist Test Management for Jira writes "Integrates with any automation tool, but the granular reporting feature should be more intuitive ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Silk Central writes "We have many possibilities to customize the utilization and we can also work easily at database level for custom reporting and to manage additional information and integration". Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Tricentis Tosca and Tricentis qTest, whereas OpenText Silk Central is most compared with OpenText ALM / Quality Center and Zephyr Enterprise.

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