Single project that is a Requirement Project & a Test Project at the same time
Tip
The All-IN-One approach is the simplest and is the one suggested during the Basic Setup.
Most organizations use this simple approach!
UI Step
Don't mix my Requirements and Defects with Tests
If you already have a Jira project for managing Requirements and Defects and don't want to have any tests nor executions in this project, you can create a separate companion project just for testing purposes.
To enable this approach you need to perform the following actions as an admin:
Another common use case for Xray is to have a dedicated project for Test (and Pre-Condition and Test Set) issues. Test Executions are the responsibility of other project(s). This separation allows you to manage permissions more effectively, so maybe only a few testers have permission to write tests and others only have permission to execute.
Of course, this use case can also be combined with the previous one by having separate projects for managing Requirements and Defects.
To enable this approach you need to perform the following actions as an admin: