TechValidate Research on TestRail by Gurock

Introduction

This case study of a small business gaming company is based on a June 2019 survey of TestRail customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select TestRail:

• Said the following are their top software testing pain points:
  • Managing the test environment including data, scripts, automation code, etc.
  • Having adequate time for testing
  • Collaborating with other team members: testers, developers, product owners, etc.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of TestRail that the surveyed company uses:

• Has 2-20 Testers on their team.
• Integrated TestRail by Gurock with the following issue tracking tools:
  • JIRA

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with TestRail:

• Seen a more than 20% (save 6+ hours per week) increase in productivity since adopting TestRail by Gurock.
• TestRail by Gurock helped solve the top challenges of:
  • Tracking defects from discovery to resolution
• Realized the following benefits with TestRail:
  • Increased efficiency
  • Improved flexibility due to ease of use
  • Agreed it was easy to integrate with 3rd party tools

Introduction

This case study of Infosys Technologies Limited is based on a June 2019 survey of TestRail customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select TestRail:

• Said the following are their top software testing pain points:
  • Reporting and tracking defects from discovery to resolution
  • Collaborating with other team members: testers, developers, product owners, etc.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of TestRail that the surveyed company uses:

• Has 41-60 Testers on their team.
• Used Microfocus ALM (HP QC/ALM) prior to using TestRail by Gurock.
• Integrated TestRail by Gurock with the following issue tracking tools:
  • JIRA
• Using the following as test automation tools:
  • Selenium

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with TestRail:

• Seen a more than 20% (save 6+ hours per week) increase in productivity since adopting TestRail by Gurock.
• TestRail by Gurock helped solve the top challenges of:
  • Documenting test cases and plans
  • Tracking the progress of test runs
  • Accurately estimating the time remaining in a test cycle
  • Balancing the testing team’s workload
  • Producing useful testing reports
• Realized the following benefits with TestRail:
  • Improved flexibility due to ease of use
  • Received transparent pricing with good value
  • Enjoyed the user and team-friendly User Interface (UI)
  • Agreed it was easy to integrate with 3rd party tools
  • Improved productivity because it was easy to train users