Xray

Lisbon, Portugal
2016
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Quality Assurance (QA) ensures that products meet defined standards and function as intended. As businesses grow and software becomes more complex, the need for scaling QA processes becomes even more noticeable. On the other hand, reporting helps track the progress of testing efforts, identifies defects, and measures the effectiveness of test strategies. Without proper reporting, it's challenging to maintain control over quality, especially as projects grow.
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Efficiency is critical in achieving successful releases. Manual updates to test plans, unclear test coverage, and poor traceability lead to delays, missed defects, and wasted resources.
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Before diving in, it's important to define three key concepts: However, traditional methods often have limitations. Fixed scenarios can miss unpredictable behaviors and identifying specific bottlenecks can be challenging without real-time insights. This is where AI comes in. In the following sections, you’ll understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) might enhance performance testing, from creating adaptive test scenarios to optimizing resources.
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Automation is very important to achieving efficiency and accuracy in software testing. Tools like Selenium and Cucumber are well-known for automating functional and behavior-driven testing. Yet, as projects scale, managing these tests can become increasingly complex. That’s where Xray steps in. Designed to integrate seamlessly with frameworks like Selenium and Cucumber, Xray offers a centralized solution for managing automated tests at scale.
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Collaboration is essential for delivering high-quality software. Developers, QA, and stakeholders need clear communication and shared insights to align on goals and address challenges. Xray’s reporting features make this collaboration seamless by providing actionable data that keeps everyone on the same page. From real-time dashboards to customizable reports, Xray helps teams monitor progress, share updates, and make informed decisions.
  |  By Giridhar Rajkumar
As we move into 2025, software testing is not just about identifying defects. Organizations strive for scalability, efficiency, UX, and security to meet modern software engineering practices. The software testing world is transforming at its peak, initiated by innovations, advanced technologies like Artificial intelligence, and higher business expectations.
  |  By Smartesting
Test design is at the heart of effective testing, a crucial process that can make or break your software quality. Why invest time and resources in managing, executing, maintaining, and automating test cases if they don't directly address business needs or mitigate production risks?
  |  By Mariana Santos
Software quality has evolved over time. Initially, the focus was on finding and resolving defects prior to a product launch. As technology advanced, the emphasis shifted towards maintaining quality across the whole development process, particularly with the rise of Agile and DevOps methodologies. Quality is now approached proactively, encompassing all phases of the product lifecycle - from planning to deployment.
  |  By Mariana Santos
AI is becoming a part of our everyday lives, and in the software testing industry, it is starting to show its impact as well. Traditional testing methods can often happen at a later stage of the development life cycle, which may present challenges for meeting the demands of modern software delivery. This is where shift-left testing comes to shine. This testing methodology has become one of the most used strategies for delivering high-quality software without missing bug findings along the way.
  |  By Beatriz Biscaia
Traditional testing approaches can struggle to keep up with the dynamic nature of modern development cycles. While effective in certain contexts, these methods may miss some defects, which can lead to costly fixes, customer dissatisfaction, and damage to the product's reputation. The problem lies in the limitations of scripted testing, which might lack the flexibility required to identify novel defects.
  |  By Xray
Discover how to harness AI in exploratory testing! In this episode of QA Therapy, Mark Winteringham discusses the benefits of AI in QA and the critical importance of identifying the right problems before adopting it. AI isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. If you can’t pinpoint specific challenges it addresses, you might not be ready to use it effectively. Mark’s insights provide clear guidance for making informed decisions about AI in your QA strategy.
  |  By Xray
It starts with simple actions: Keyboard navigation Clear, readable text Intuitive design.
  |  By Xray
In this webinar, you can find the latest features for Xray Cloud, Data Center, and Enterprise!
  |  By Xray
Improving accessibility doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Start small: Run a 1 or 2 tab test using your keyboard. Identify just 2 or 3 things to improve.
  |  By Xray
No Mouse Challenge—can you navigate your platform using only a keyboard? Struggling? So are your users. Put your mouse away, test accessibility, and make your UX inclusive!
  |  By Xray
In this episode, we dive deep into the world of accessibility testing with expert Ady Stokes. From the basics to advanced strategies, Ady shares practical insights and tips to ensure your software is truly inclusive for all users. What you’ll learn: Whether you’re a tester, developer, or product manager, this episode is packed with actionable advice to help you build a more inclusive user experience.
  |  By Xray
Isolate unreliable tests, fix them, or make them disappear. Don’t let them break your pipeline for no reason.
  |  By Xray
Hiring extra hands for 3 months could be the game-changer your team needs! But remember, it’s all about the right attitude and teamwork to make it work.
  |  By Xray
In this episode, we sit down with Bas Dijkstra to explore the harmony between Test Automation and Exploratory Testing. Learn how these two approaches can work together to improve software quality as Bas talks about when to automate, when to explore, and how to use both to your advantage. Tune in to discover how to maximize the strengths of automation while unleashing the creative power of exploratory testing!
  |  By Xray
As teams adopt Agile for managing software development, tools like Jira Software provide the foundation by promoting collaboration, transparency, commitment and flexibility. When it comes to testing, agile values testing as an integrated part of the SDLC, and testers are encouraged to work alongside developers. So what does Agile Testing in Jira look like and how can we increase agility in our teams?
  |  By Xray
With over 100+ types of product risks, it's impossible that all of your scripted/pre-planned tests will cover all potential threats to your software. Adding exploratory testing to your testing strategy ensures your software is thoroughly tested and meets the highest standards of quality. Through exploratory testing, you design and execute tests as you go. This iteration covers a wider scope of functionality and ensures your system works properly.
  |  By Xray
We all know that the process of testing can be, for a software tester, an everyday challenge. Rather than just an activity, software testing must be considered as one of the most important practices inside the Software Development Life Cycle. In this eBook, we will focus on performing test management and quality assurance in Jira Software. We will share awesome Jira apps used by Fortune 500 companies like Porsche, Audi, Vodafone, Lufthansa, Nike, Audi, Samsung and many others.
  |  By Xray
Learn how Test Automation.

Xray is the #1 Manual & Automated Test Management App for Quality Assurance in Jira. Xray supports both manual and automated tests, including BDD using Cucumber besides JUnit, NUnit, Robot and others.

Xray is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, and release great software:

  • Unify Testing and Development: No more excuses for untested code. Xray integrates directly with the leading SDLC software: Jira. With your development and test teams working in the same tool, you never ship untested or broken code again.
  • Automate & Organize complex tests: Native integrations with test automation frameworks like Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit improve your team’s efficiency. Xray’s test plan and advanced test folder structure make it easy to orchestrate and execute even the most complex test suite.
  • Make DevOps more than a buzzword: Empower your agile transformation with Xray’s extensible test management platform. Our REST API and out-of-the-box integrations make it easy to build your CI/CD pipeline. And Xray’s powerful reports and dashboard gadgets give you complete visibility into your test coverage and readiness to deploy.

Discover the future of testing with Jira today!