PractiTest Updates

May 2023 Updates

Last updated: May 31, 2023

Here are some updates from the past month

PractiTest and Beyond

  • 2023 Forrester Total Economic Impact study of PractiTest discovers a 312% ROI
    Total Economic Impact study of PractiTest
    According to Forrester Total Economic Impact 2023, PractiTest can provide total benefits of up to $2.4 million over three years. Want to learn more? Download your copy of the Forrester Total Economic Impact of PractiTest

  • Migrate from QC to PractiTest
    Decided to leave QC? Want to migrate successfully? This guide is for you. Get your copy now

  • Digital Transformation in Financial Services
    Working in the financial industry? Accelerate digital transformation with the right processes and tools. Read our latest White Paper

Product

  • Jira integration improvements
    The best Jira integration in the market just became better! We’ve added Epic Link and Team field types to the field mapping options. Now even more information will be synchronized between the systems giving you better visibility and control over your Issues and Requirements.

  • A centralized hub for all your tests - Automated BDD test support
    Using automated BDD? Report your BDD test results (no matter which tool you use) to PractiTest via the REST API to centralize your entire testing operation and all your test types into PractiTest.
    Stay tuned - dedicated Cucumber support is coming up.
    You can read more about it here

  • Improved API - Get auto filters is now available
    With this improvement, you can now use the GET command to get the results of an auto filter in any entity. This can be done on the 2 levels of auto filters as explained here

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    June 7th 2023, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET, Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on June 21st, 2023 - 2:00PM EST / 20:00 CET Sign up here

  • Come and meet us at EuroStar!
    Use our 10% discount code ANTWERP10 and don’t forget to stop by our booth and say hi! Antwerp Zoo, Belgium, 13-16 June 2023.

  • Measuring Rest API Testing Coverage Automatically: A Practical Approach - a guest webinar with Julio de Lima
    Join this webinar to take your Rest API testing practices to the next level. June 21st, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CEST sign up here

April 2023 Updates

Last updated: April 30, 2023

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • The new navigation bar is now available for all users!
    The first phase of PractiTest new UI is now available for all users. Feeling the joy? Missing anything? We’d love to hear your feedback via our support team.

  • BDD support for manual tests
    Behavior-driven development (BDD) tests enable collaboration between teams in software projects. As the first step of enabling a complete BDD workflow, we launched a new BDD test type, which will become available in the next few days. With the new BDD test type, you can use the Gherkin syntax in the Scenario field and PractiTest will break the test into steps according to Gherkin keywords. In the future, PractiTest will also support automatic BDD test results. You can read more about it here
    bdd test type

  • ClickUp Integration Improvement
    Reporting a task to ClickUp? Importing a task as a PractiTest requirement? From now on your PractiTest user and your ClickUp user will be connected so every action you take is recorded under your name. This process will happen automatically the first time you trigger the integration after your account owner has reconfigured it. For more information please read here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • The 2023 State of Testing™ report is live!
    Get your copy and learn about the hottest trends in the QA industry Download the report

  • PractiTest Named Leader in the G2 Grid® Report for Spring 2023
    g2 leader
    Read our customers reviews here

  • 2 new blog posts!
    Learn how to be passionate about your testing in this blog post by PractiTest’s Chief Solution Architect, Joel Montvelisky, and learn why human intervention is needed in automation testing in this guest blog post

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    May 10th, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET, Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on May 24th, 2:00PM EST / 20:00 CET Sign up here

  • Insights from the 2023 State of Testing Report - Roundtable Discussion
    Listen to Joel Montveliksy, Lalitkumar Bhamare, Lisa Crispin and Daniel Knott talk about their findings from the State of Testing™ report. Sign up here

March 2023 Updates

Last updated: March 30, 2023

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • PractiTest improved UX/UI is almost here!
    We are rebuilding PractiTest’s UX/UI for a better user experience, based on your feedback.
    The first stage, which includes the navigation bar makeover, will soon be available for everyone to enjoy it!
    new navigation ui

  • ClickUp integration enhancement - map and sync fields
    The PractiTest ClickUp integration just became better! From now on you can choose the fields in ClickUp you want to sync to PractiTest and map them to PractiTest fields. This will allow you to edit the fields in any of the systems - and see the update in the other system. Read more about it here

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    April 19th, 2023, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET, Sign up here

  • 7 Annoyingly simple things you can do to improve your test management process
    Join PractiTest co-founder, Joel Montvelisky, in this webinar, and start improving your test management.
    Apr 18, 2023, Sign up here

  • The State of Testing Report™
    The 10th State of Testing™ Survey results are currently being processed, and we will share the final 2023 report very soon. Want to get your copy? Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • Why Finance Companies Should Use a Test Management Platform
    Working in the finance industry? Checkout this blogpost and learn about the importance of test management

  • The Challenging Job as a Software Tester - A Real-Life Story
    In this guest blog post, Daniel Knott’s shares his personal three real-life challenges as a software tester. Read all about it here

  • How to Choose the Right Automation Testing Tool for Your Business
    A guest blog post by Nisha Joseph from Profit.co. Read all about it here

February 2023 Updates

Last updated: February 28, 2023

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Create a Test Set based on Requirements
    PractiTest is introducing an easy way to build the execution of your requirements. From now on you can create a Test Set based on a requirement, and all the tests linked to this requirement will be automatically added to the Test Set as test instances. You can read more about it here
    create-testset-from-requirement

  • Control user permissions with increased granularity
    Enable team members to comment on PractiTest entities by giving them the new “Comments” permission level. You can find it in the Project Settings.
    comment-permission

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    March 8th, 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET, Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on March 22nd, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET Sign up here

  • Deciphering Alerts: Make Sense Of What Your Software Is Saying - a webinar miniseries by Lena Wiberg, Part #1
    In this miniseries, Lena will show us how different parts of the tech stack deliver different types of information to the user, how to guess which part of the stack they are from and how we can use that to do better testing.
    March 22nd, 9:00 EST / 15:00 CET. Sign up for Part 1

PractiTest and Beyond

  • Design Patterns in Test Automation - by Christian Baumann
    Based on his successful webinar, Christian Baumann explains design patterns, and how to apply them to your test automation code base. Read it here

  • Critical Thinking in Software Testing: A Key Skill in the IT Industry
    A new blog post by ​​Olivia Tayllors. Read it here

January 2023 Updates

Last updated: January 31, 2023

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Test Set UI improvements
    Little updates that can make your job much easier:
    • Sorting, filtering and pagination within the instances grid is now retained after refreshing/navigating to another screen
    • View folder information inside a test set
    • For xBot tests - client type is shown inside the Test Set
    • And more
  • Report improvements
    Exporting a test set based report? The report will also include the description field from now on.

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    February 7th, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET, Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on February 21st, 2023, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET Sign up here

  • The Hidden Logic of Thinking for Testers - a guest webinar with Nithin S.S
    This talk will get you thinking about how you naturally think and unleash your full potential to be a skilled tester by leveraging hidden logic & approaches.
    February 22nd, 9:00 EST / 15:00 CET. Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • 5 Factors to Consider When Planning QA for 2023 - a new blog post
    5 internal and external factors that can impact your 2023 planning process. Read it here

December 2022 Updates

Last updated: December 31, 2022

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Jira comments two-way sync - now also available for Jira Server
    Ensure seamless communication between your teams by syncing Jira Server comments to PractiTest and PractiTest comments to Jira Server. Read more about it here.

  • Clickup integration enhancements
    Avoid error-prone and time-consuming work by defining the ClickUp spaces and lists that PractiTest can report to. With this new feature, your PractiTest users will report issues from PractiTest runs to ClickUp tasks faster and avoid mistakes.
    space-list-pairs Read more about it here.

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training - 2022 New releases sessions
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    January 3rd, 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET, Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on January 24th, 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET Sign up here

  • Design patterns in test automation - a guest webinar with Christian Baumann
    Learn about design patterns for test automation and see how you can apply them in your test automation code & framework.
    January 18th 2023, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET. Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • An Introductory Guide to QA for Non-Testers
    Download this new e-book and learn what you should know before participating in your company’s software testing efforts. Download here

November 2022 Updates

Last updated: November 30, 2022

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Copy steps to test
    Working on a test and want to add a step from somewhere else? We added the option to copy a step into a test from the same test or from a different test.
    copy-steps

  • Clickup integration enhancements
    practitest clickup Working with Clickup? PractiTest just took this integration to the next level! From now on, you can link existing ClickUp tasks as issues to your PractiTest runs, sync an existing task from ClickUp as a new issue or requirement in PractiTest and more! Read more about it here.
    sync-clickup clickup-link-existing

  • Jira integration enhancements
    • Map more field types from Jira to PractiTest: Map your Sprint field to PractiTest so you can see and edit this important information on both sides and make sure your entire data is aligned.
    • 2 way attachments sync between PractiTest and Jira cloud - When syncing or linking issues or requirements from Jira to PractiTest or reporting issues from PractiTest to Jira, the attachments from one side will be synced to the other. This feature is being released gradually.
      jira synced-attachment
  • View the status of linked Issues
    In the Instance and Run windows, when you have a linked issue, you will now see this issue’s status. This can help you better understand your instance and run status and work faster.
    issue-status-in-instance-grid

  • End of Eggplant integration support
    From 2023, the built-in Eggplant integration will no longer be supported. Eggplant could still be integrated to PractiTest using the robust REST API or PractiTest internal automation framework - the xBot.

Coming up

  • PractiTest Live Training - 2022 New releases sessions
    Join our customer success team on a dedicated training session summarizing all new 2022 releases.
    December 6th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join a general training session on December 20th, 14:00 EDT / 20:00 CEST Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • Measuring QA Contribution to Your Business
    Download this new e-book and learn how to ensure your software testing efforts will bear (the right) fruit. Download here

October 2022 Updates

Last updated: October 30, 2022

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Jira cloud comments two-way sync
    Ensure seamless internal communication by syncing Jira comments to PractiTest and PractiTest comments to Jira (Currently available for Jira Cloud only). This feature is being released gradually. Read more about it here.
    jira-comments

  • Comment on a step
    To improve communication and efficiency, you can now comment on each step in a manual scripted test in the Test Library. Like any other comments section in PractiTest, you can tag people using the ‘@’, edit your comment and delete it. This can be used as part of an internal reviewal process.
    step-comments

  • Test Set feedback implementation
    As we moved to the New Test Set screen, we implemented users’ feedback in order to improve functionality and usability. We are constantly looking to improve and invite you to use the new test set and share your feedback with us.

  • We want your feedback!
    Have a great idea for PractiTest? Add your feature ideas or vote for existing suggestions here: feature_request

Coming up

  • Join the ​​12th OnlineTestConf!
    Listen to QA thought leaders from all over the world. November 29th. Sign up here

  • Come meet us at CAST 2022 - Hands-on conference
    7 – 8 November San Diego, CA. Set a meeting

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team on a dedicated training session focusing on Test Orchestration and PractiTest automation capabilities.
    November 8th, 14:00 EDT / 20:00 CEST Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join a general training session on November 22nd, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CEST Sign up here

  • Is this testable? How to ask better questions from my applications and engineering teams - Guest webinar with Michael Larsen
    November 16th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CEST. Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • The 90-day journey of a QA Manager to impact
    Download this new eBook and learn how to make a significant effect with a 30-60-90 day plan. Download here

  • A complete guide to Software Test Execution
    A new article by Randy Rice. Read it here

September 2022 Updates

Last updated: September 30, 2022

Here are some updates from the past month

Product

  • Organize your data dynamically and automatically - Additional field types supported in Auto filters
    Using an auto filter, you can create automatic sub-filters for every value of your list type field. From now on, the auto filter can be applied also on linked list fields and multi-list fields. With the improved auto filters, you can slice and dice your data automatically based on any parameter that is important to you.
    autofilter

  • Test Set new layout and instances grid
    Check out the new Test Set layout and instances grid, now available by default to all users. The new Test Set enables faster work and improved functionality such as multiple filters, and more.
    new test set

  • PractiTest plugin for Jira support
    From January 2023, old versions of the PractiTest plugin for Jira (below 3.0), will no longer be supported.

Coming up

  • The Lazy Tester, Musings on Being Efficient - Guest webinar with Melissa Tondi
    October 19th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CET Sign up here

  • PractiTest Live Training
    Join our customer success team and ask everything you want to know.
    October 11th, 14:00 EDT / 20:00 CEST Sign up here
    Can’t make it?
    Join us on October 25th, 10:00 EDT / 16:00 CEST Sign up here

PractiTest and Beyond

  • How to Create a Software Test Strategy? A Complete Guide With Examples
    A new article by Randy Rice. Read it here

  • What is CI/CD?
    Read the Complete Guide to Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery now available here

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