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Recommendations

• Have a status for “deprecated” Tests; you can then disallow executions for Tests in this status, in Xray settings.
• Have an initial stage for the specification (e.g., “draft” or “new”) and then another status whenever it’s ready to be used.

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Recommendations

• You can eventually implement similar workflows for Tests, Pre-Conditions and Test Sets.
• In more conventional scenarios, it may be preferable to keep this workflow as simple as possible.

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Recommendations

• To keep it simple, you can have an initial status (e.g., “new”), another when it’s in progress (e.g., “in progress”) and then another when it’s finished (e.g. “closed”).
• If your Test Executions needs approval or you have a reviewing state, you can then disallow executions for it, in the Xray settings. 
• You may need to have an interim status if you need to review the results of a Test Execution. For Test Executions, it may be quite appropriate for both manual and automated testing (due to flaky tests).

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Recommendations

• Have an initial status (e.g., “new”), another when it’s in progress (e.g., “in progress”), and then another when it’s finished (e.g., “closed”).
• You may need to have an interim status if you need to review the results of a Test Plan.