Archive for May 2021

Spira v.6 Getting Started Videos Are Here!

May 26th, 2021

Welcome to your one-stop-shop for all Spira v6 Getting Started Videos! 

We are glad you are interested in learning the fundamentals of Inflectra’s QA, ALM, and Enterprise Agile Program Management platforms! This video playlist will help you to smoothly navigate our award-winning platforms, onboard your team members, as well as help you toward your Spira certification efforts under Inflectra's new Initiative called Spira Academy!

The below series of videos explores the most fundamental aspects of the three Spira platforms - SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan. The videos are divided into:

  • the Cross-Cutting Spira features for all Spira products, 

  • the SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan-only features. 

Begin your adventure with our Getting Started with Spira series’ below!

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Webinar Recap: Mobile Testing in a Device Cloud with Rapise

May 25th, 2021

On May 18th, Inflectra hosted a webinar on Mobile Testing in a Device Cloud with Rapise. Denis Markovtsev, Inflectra's senior automaton architect covered the following topics in the live webinar:

  1. How to connect to a device cloud

  2. How to record/execute Mobile tests with Rapise

  3. How to orchestrate execution on different devices with SpiraTest

If you missed the webinar, we have a full recap below 👇

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Spotlight on Spira 6.10 - Agile Planning Board Enhancements

May 19th, 2021

The last release of Spira was instrumental in updating the new requirements document view, to improve the interactivity, configurability and add inline editing. Following on from these updates, we are planning some major updates to the various agile boards available in SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan. In our next release (6.10) we have focused on some of the 'low hanging fruit' and improved the display and usability of the boards, as well as added inline editing for the first time.

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Webinar Recap: Spira v6.9 - OData, Baselining and Requirements Management

May 13th, 2021

On May 12th, Inflectra hosted a webinar on Spira version 6.9 in which we covered the new and enhanced functionality, including:

  • Enhanced Requirements Management Document Views

  • New Odata functionality for SpiraPlan

  • 99 Custom Properties

  • Baselining enhancements for SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan. 

If you missed the webinar, we have a full for your cap below 👇

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Financial Systems Are In Fact Mission Critical!

May 12th, 2021

When people talk about 'mission-critical systems' or 'high assurance industries', they are normally referring to real-time control systems such as air traffic control, automotive, railways, hospitals, utilities, and flight-control software. However when you look at the technology that underpins our economy and society, in reality, the definition of what is truly "mission critical" is actually much broader. In this article, I discuss some of the systems that are used in banking and finance and how they are mission-critical, and if we treat them as such, we should rethink how we define, develop, test, and deploy such systems.

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