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  • Plan phase: Test Plan issues
  • Design phase: The specification can be done with defined using Precondition and Test issue types. The organization of the tests can be done defined using Test Sets.
  • Execute phase: Test Execution issues
  • Report phase: Test Execution issues, along with the built-in requirement coverage reports and some custom ones using Jira tools

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Complete (with workflows)

This is similar to the previous approachesapproach, but allows the complete control of the test management workflow.

Maybe Let's say you want to validate and approve Test-related issues before using them. Whatever workflow fits your organization/scenario the best, you are able to fully manage your testing lifecycle using Jira's workflow facilities for Xray's issue types.

Below is an example of  a possible workflow for Test, Precondition or Test Set issues.

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Note that Xray does not not install any workflow, but it is workflow-aware, providing some configurations specifically for that purpose (see Global Preferences page).    .


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Go to Using Jira workflows for testing purposes for a more an in-depth explanation of the advantages of using JIRA Jira workflows for Xray issue types, along with some a few usage examples.


Simplest

So, you have a small project and you just want to add tests to it? You may can just use Test issues to create tests for your requirements and execute ad hoc, unplanned Test Executions.

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