The high-stakes world of software development is a race to deliver quality features, faster. When the testing phase of the development lifecycle is slowed by inefficient and error-prone processes, it’s impossible for teams to meet their deadlines. How can they keep up? By taking a smarter approach to test management that prioritizes efficiency without sacrificing quality. By implementing these four test management strategies, teams can work smarter and shorten their release cycles.

SmartBear is revolutionizing the way teams deliver high-quality software, faster than ever before. Today, we’re announcing a set of major product enhancements to Zephyr Scale, the leading Jira-native test management platform, to empower everyone on your team to automate tests, regardless of coding experience. This “Automation for All” is fueled by the power of SmartBear HaloAI, which is transforming software development and testing productivity.

Feedback loops are key to what we do as developers. They inform us and allow us to learn from our users’ past and present behaviors. This means we can work toward proactive development based on our reactive past. Proactive Programming vs. Reactive Programming Proactive programming pushes the concept of isolating variables that might be easy to mitigate. The idea is to eliminate problems before they become problems.