Test Management Featured Article

As long as there has been software, there has been a need for software testing management—an industry that has grown rapidly over the years to accommodate new technologies as they emerge, so that they may be monitored. Test management tools are instrumental in standardizing software testing procedures for companies of any size, either manually or as an automated service, to help users ensure that their systems are running at top notch, and that the results they want from their software are the results they’re getting.

There has been a lot to learn over the years in the test management space, and one company is combining its 20 years of industry experience to create a test management platform that is both powerful and easy to use. Zephyr, founded in the spring of 2007 in Sunnyvale, Calif., was created by a team devoted to making a rich, full-featured test management system that was user-friendly and effective. Not unlike the companies it serves, Zephyr is spread across the globe, headquartered in Newark, Calif., with additional locations in Bangalore, India and Europe. 

“We know testing, and we've lived through the pains of managing everything that testing is,” the company states on its website.

One key ingredient to Zephyr’s business model that makes it so successful is the company’s willingness to learn from past mistakes, constantly review and reevaluate its efforts, and find solutions to make its services the best they can be. This devotion to fine-tuning its own company should be no surprise, however, considering that the company provides its customers with a testing system designed with the same goal—to constantly improve the way things work.

“We then poured all [of our] experiences in designing and creating a unique test management platform that innovates on many fronts – technology, user-interface, deployment and business model. Zephyr addresses…challenges and makes test management easier, test cycles faster and test team members more effective,” the company explains. “We continue to innovate and raise the bar as we continue to execute on our mission.”

Through every stage of the testing life cycle, Zephyr has built a system that allows all members of a team to run tests, communicate, send updated metrics in real time, and share reports as they come in, regardless of where in the world they are, using the Zephyr Server to keep everyone connected. Whether you’re a small operation or a global enterprise, Zephyr has a test management product to match your needs, including Zephyr Enterprise Edition 4.5, Zephyr for JIRA, and Zephyr Community Edition.

Companies are always looking to for solutions that will foster collaboration and increase productivity by regularly evaluating performance, and test management platforms like Zephyr are a surefire way to get that and more.