In this more uncommon scenario, you would have your requirements outside of Jira in some other tool. You use Jira only as a testing repository for creating Tests, Test Sets, Test Plans and Test Executions.
You can use Xray for this, but you will lose the benefits of requirement coverage and traceability.
Architecture
Number projects | 1 |
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Entities Organization | Requirements Test, Pre-Conditions & Test Sets Test Plan, Test Executions Defects |
Team Organization | QA team may be divided into users who write tests & users that execute test |
Advantages (Pros)
- This separation allows to manage permissions and visibility more effectively
- Keeps your existing requirements and defects project as-is, completely separated from testing related tasks
- Isolates Test Specification
- Keeps sensible data related with bugs and test planning/execution in a different project
Disadvantages (Cons)
- Requires manually synchronizing versions from the requirements project to the other ones
- More projects to manage
- More projects to maintain
- May promote team separation