#1 most frequent
United States of America
43.7%281 installations of 643
What is Azure Test Plans?
Azure Test Plans is an exploratory test toolkit available from Microsoft's Azure suite of services. It enables manual testing for users, so that they can plan, execute, and track scripted tests with actionable defects and end-to-end traceability. Assess quality throughout the development lifecycle by testing your desktop or web applications. It is available with Azure DevOps Services.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Test execution reporting
Comprehensive reporting on which tests have been run and pass/fail
Category average: 8.1
Centralized test management
Ability to manages both manual and automated tests from a centralized location
Category average: 8.6
Map tests to user stories
Provide visibility into user story test coverage
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Manage test hosts and schedules
Ease of setup of automated tests and test schedules
Category average: 7.5
Defect management
Ability to automatically log defects and link them to failed tests, and report defect resolution progress
Category average: 8
Who Buys & Uses Azure Test Plans
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.0%45 installations of 643
#3 most frequent
Brazil
5.9%38 installations of 643
Azure Test Plans: SCRUM activities with Backlog follow up after runs.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Azure Test Plans is an implementation of the SCRUM method to give follow-up of software development (DevOps). We can design the test plans in graphic mode and then Azure TP displays each activity in the backlog divided into different phases. It documents what errors are occurred in each backlog phase to do corrections and rerun the tests until you get a success.
Pros
- Backlog phases documentation and follow up
- Scrum method to control de time spent in the test project.
- Graphic reports to review the number of success and failed runs.
Cons
- Graphic definition of the the Work Break Down Structure
- Gantt Chart to check the activity dependance and flow of the process
- Basic cost module to design test budgets.
Return on Investment
- Scrum method to difine backlog activities
- Documentation of test results after each run.
- Graphic reports in Bar and Circle charts to measure advance of the tests.
Other Software Used
Elasticsearch, Kibana, .NET
One stop Solution - Integrates well with other tools, and enables us to perform different functions within one tool.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Azure Test Plans supports linking bugs and requirements to test cases and test suites. In addition, the following web portal and test-related tools support traceability: View items linked to a test case: View the test plans, test suites, and requirements. They have been lately adding features to the services on a regular basis. Every two weeks, they add functionality to Azure DevOps Services to match it with what Azure DevOps Server or on-prem would offer.
Pros
- Azure Test Plans provides rich and powerful tools everyone in the team can use to drive quality and collaboration throughout the development process.
- Browser-based test management solution provides all the capabilities required for planned manual testing, user acceptance testing, exploratory testing, and gathering feedback from stakeholders.
Cons
- The UI, the user experience, is challenging for newcomers.
- Project management could be improved.
Return on Investment
- Typically the sprints themselves and managing the tasks have essentially eliminated our need for reporting.
- The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure DevOps are high-level protection. Protection is very important to the customers to prevent eavesdropping.
Alternatives Considered
GitLab
Other Software Used
Jira Software, GitLab, GitHub
Azure Test Plans great software
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Great value in regression testing our use cases and expected behaviors and outcomes prior to releasing new software. Commonly I spend time with our QA team looking at regression testing results. The visibility from these test cases is highly editable, trackable and collaborative. Azure is easy to work with and as a new user you will feel comfortable within the software rather quickly.
Pros
- Regression Testing
- In app test flight
- Logging of behaviors
Cons
- continue refining ease of use
- navigation pane simplified
Return on Investment
- Streamlined productivity
- Visibility
- Defect management
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365, Pluralsight Flow, Zoom
Great test management tool to move to QA automation.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We were using spreadsheets to track our manual test cases; we migrate from spreadsheets to this test management tool and then help us to keep control of how many manual test cases we automate. The interface is friendly and has integration with Visual Studio 2022, we were able to tie from end to end our development workflow, from the user stories to the release of those user stories. Technologies utilized were: NuGet, SpecFlow, and Selenium. For our manual tester, it was a really great experience to utilize to start as an automation QA, code using Gherkin structure: Given, When, then It has great integration with Azure boards, pipelines, and releases if you are using Microsoft Azure definitely worth to try it for your project.
Pros
- Integration with Azure Boards
- Integration with Visual Studio 2022
- Automation using Pipelines and releases
- Real time dashboards
- Integration with code repositories
Cons
- More documentation
- Provide some examples using SpecFlow
Return on Investment
- Reduce test execution time
- Improve visibility through its dashboard
- Increase software quality
Alternatives Considered
QMetry Test Management
Other Software Used
Jira Software, Google Workspace, MURAL
Azure Test Plans - An honest user review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We work with a wide range of products and a variety of staff with various skill levels. We required a solution that fit into the companies vision for a uniform seamless and open work environment and compared to the older solution, Microsoft Azure test plans fit somewhat perfectly .Allows employees to have access to any test plan across the wide range of teams, and because we operate as a boundaryless organisation ,having something with these features is vital for the future we want
Pros
- Multi test plan access
- Well structured and easy to use
- Integrates with other azure features to work seamlessly ,connecting the data flow
Cons
- The UI while easy to use could use more defining area's.Color choice and basic design could use a more obvious facelift as finding certain buttons as a new user might be a challenge
- Test cases require manual addition into a suite,could be better handled with some form of automation
- Data tracing while a good feature can often lead you to get confused and lost within the navigation of it all. Can be abit daunting to the new user.
Return on Investment
- Speed in test creation results in a ROI of time that can be allocated to another task
- Efficiency that the software allows is positive for speed and quality of software
- Being able to work with azure devops as a whole creates a unified system for entire company.Linking test plan to a project Epic or story creates great tracking
Other Software Used
Azure DevOps Server, GitKraken, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Apache JMeter, Atlassian Confluence