Testing whether to use Jira (mifosforge.jira.com) for tracking Mifos test cases. Test case management tool should allow:

Requirements

• easy access with commonly accepted UI
• ability to combine test cases together for a test cycle (e.g. end of release test pass)
• organize test cases by component
• flag test cases as manual, automated, or to-be-automated
• report on test results pass/fail/fail-defer

Setup

I've installed Jira 4.0 on a test machine to create a local project. Goal is to create a project that can be exported and provided to Atlassian.

Design

Looking at a combination of the test case managment described by both Atlassian and Moodle:

Atlassian: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEVAL/Customise+JIRA+For+Test+Case+Management

Moodle: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Jira_as_a_Test_Case_Management_Software

• Issue type will be "Test Cycle".
• Test cycle page will include summary, description, environment, and version.
• Sub issues will be used with sub issue type of "test case".
• test case page will include summary, component, description, assignee?, version, and automation status.