Product News for 2024
Preview of New AI-Powered Requirements Analysis Add-On for Spira
November 25, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce our plans for integrating Requirement Quality Analysis into our Spira platform with a new AI-powered SpiraApp that will read your requirements, analyze them for consistency and quality, give them a quality score, and provide recommendations for improvement. Powered by the analysis engine QVscribe from our technology partner QRA Corp, this new SpiraApp will transform how you write, develop and manage requirements.
Read MoreRemoteLaunch Update Released to Support SSO and Cross-Product Test Sets
November 19, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the release of an updated version of RemoteLaunch. This new version enables support for connecting with user accounts configured for Single Sign On (SSO) with OAuth / OpenID Connect and the ability to schedule and launch test sets that contain test cases from multiple SpiraTest products.
Read MoreSpira v8.5 Released: New Timesheet Functionality
November 12, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.5) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a completed revamped time tracking system that lets users enter the time worked day by day against specific artifacts, with the time entries being recorded in a new centralized timesheet system as well as added to the running totals for the artifacts in question. This new functionality enables users of other systems such as Jira that have time tracking plugins (e.g. Tempo) to more easily migrate to the Inflectra platform.
Read MoreUpdated TestRail Migration Tool Released to Meet Customer Demand
October 22, 2024 Product News
Over the past two months we have had a surge in interest from current TestRail customers who are looking to make a change to a more reliable, modern and better supported test management system. As part of our commitment to customer obsession, we have been working with these customers to further enhance the previous TestRail migration tool so that we can more seamlessly migrate them onto the SpiraTest platform.
Read MoreInflectra Unveils AWS Bedrock SpiraApp: Our Journey of AI Innovation Continues
October 11, 2024 Product News
Inflectra proudly announces the launch of its latest AI innovation—the AWS Bedrock SpiraApp. This is the third AI-powered integration within the Spira platform, following the highly successful releases of the ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI SpiraApps. The AWS Bedrock SpiraApp marks another milestone in Inflectra’s commitment to AI innovation, designed to boost productivity, streamline workflows, and revolutionize project management.
With the integration of advanced models like Anthropic Claude and Meta Llama, teams can generate high-quality artifacts from requirements, test cases, and risks with greater speed and precision
Read MoreUpdates to Spira's AI Assistant - Getting Things Done 10x Faster
October 3, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the launch of the next generation of Generative AI functionality available in our Spira platform. The new features expand the initial release we announced late last year to include the ability to generate detailed test steps, suggest risk mitigations, reverse-engineer requirements from test cases, and even create initial code and unit test fixtures based on planned development tasks. In addition, the new AI features leverage our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include support for the AWS Bedrock foundational LLM models - Claude and Llama.
Read MoreTime to Upgrade: The New Spira Plugin For Enhanced Jira QA
September 29, 2024 Product News
We recently announced the launch of our new Spira QA plugin for Jira, available free on the Atlassian Marketplace. Built on Atlassian's cutting-edge Forge technology, this latest plugin will fully replace the older version on September 30, 2024.
Read MoreStay on Top of Your Work with the New 'My Assigned Work' SpiraApp
September 26, 2024 Product News
We are thrilled to introduce a powerful new SpiraApp for SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan users – the "My Assigned Work" SpiraApp. This interactive, easy-to-use widget is designed to simplify your task management process, bringing all your assigned work directly to your "My Page."
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New Jira Marketplace Add-On Available that Displays QA Coverage in Jira
September 12, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of a new Jira Marketplace Add-On for the popular Atlassian Jira platform. This new add-on uses the latest Atlassian Forge technology and improves the user experience viewing key QA metrics inside Jira. This add-on replaces our previous Jira connector that was based on the older Atlassian Connect technology.
Read MoreEnhanced Risk Management SpiraApp Released
August 26, 2024 Product News
One of the most important parts of managing complex software projects is understanding the risks associated with the project and managing them appropriately. SpiraPlan includes a built-in risk management module that lets you create risks, analyze them, assign a probability and impact, and propose mitigations and tasks that reduce the likilihood of the risk materializing. However, what happens if the risk does happen? We now have a new SpiraApp that lets you streamline the process of turning a materialized risk into an issue.
Read MoreRapise v8.2 Released - GenerativeAI Assistant, Shadow DOM Selectors & ExtentReports
August 20, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the v8.2 release of Rapise, our codeless AI-powered test automation platform. This new version promises to be a giant leap forward in test automation, with new artificial intelligence functionality, support for Appium 2.0, Shadow DOM selectors, and the ability to generate Selenium WebDriver ExtentReports.
Read MoreSpira v8.3 Released: Additional Custom Reporting Views & Updated German Localization
August 19, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.3) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a major set of updates to the custom reporting views that can be accessed through both ESQL reports and ODATA (for use in PowerBI and Tableau) and a completely revamped German translation.
Read MoreRapise 8.2 - Adding Support for Selenium WebDriver ExtentReports
August 7, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the upcoming v8.2 release of Rapise, our codeless AI-powered test automation platform, later this month. This new version promises to be a giant leap forward in test automation with new artificial intelligence functionality as well as other usability and functional improvements. In addition to these enhancements, the new version includes support for ExtentReports.
Read MoreRapise 8.2 - Introducing Appium 2.0 Support & Shadow DOM Selectors
July 26, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the upcoming v8.2 release of Rapise, our codeless AI-powered test automation platform, later this month. This new version promises to be a giant leap forward in test automation with new artificial intelligence functionality as well as other usability and functional improvements. In addition to these enhancements, the new version includes support for Appium 2.0 and Shadow DOM Selectors.
Read MoreBehavior Driven Development (BDD) SpiraApp Now Released
July 25, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the release of the new (and completely free) Behavior Driven Development (BDD) SpiraApp for Spira. This new SpiraApp automatically highlights Gherkin syntax within Requirement Steps, Test Case Steps, and Risk Mitigations in Spira. It also adds a toolbar button to these details pages to export the artifact steps as an attached Gherkin .feature file. These feature files can then be viewed in Spira using the built-in syntax highlighting or used in a test automation tool such as Rapise, Cypress or Playwrite.
Read MoreProductivity and Usability Enhancements Coming to Spira with AG Grid
July 24, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.2) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. In addition to many new features and improvements outlined in the release notes, we are also previewing an exciting major update to the user experience and user interface!
Read MoreSpira v8.2 Released: Auditability and Traceability Enhancements for Administration
July 23, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.2) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes major enhancements that improve the auditability of administration actions in the system. This is particularly important for enterprise customers working in High Assurance industries.
Read MoreSpira v8.2 Released: Cross Product Test Sets for End-to-End Testing
July 22, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.2) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes several major new features. In this article we will be highlighting the ability to create a test set that contains test cases from multiple separate products, thereby facilitating end to end testing of complex systems.
Read MoreKronoDesk 5.0: Enhanced SLA Support and New Feature Preview
July 1, 2024 Product News
We are excited to preview some of the new functionality coming to KronoDesk, our integrated customer service desk solution that helps businesses track and manage customer support tickets. The new version, 5.0, includes a number of new features, including group views, customer SLA tracking, and enhanced color coding. As Atlassian customers seek alternatives to Jira Server and Jira ServiceDesk Server, KronoDesk 5.0, with its flexible cloud and on-premise deployment options, provides a seamless transition to the Inflectra platform. Developed in close collaboration with our partner, Tietoevry, these enhancements reflect valuable user feedback and industry expertise.
Read MoreRapise 8.2 Adopts Dark Mode for Better User Experience
June 27, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the upcoming v8.2 release of Rapise, our codeless AI-powered test automation platform, next month, July 2024. This new version promises to be a giant leap forward in test automation with new artificial intelligence functionality as well as other usability and functional improvements. In addition to these enhancements, we are happy to announce that it will also support dark mode for the first time (a frequent request from our customers!).
Read MoreRapise v8.2 Set to Introduce AI Test Scripts and GenAI Assistant
June 26, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the upcoming v.8.2 release of Rapise, our codeless AI-powered test automation platform, next month, July 2024. This new version promises to be a giant leap forward in test automation, with new artificial intelligence functionality as well as other usability and functional improvements. In this article, we will highlight how the new AI functionality will work in Rapise and what you can expect.
Experience the power of AI-driven test automation!
Read MoreSpira v8.1 Released: Integration with AWS CodeBuild and CodePipelines
June 24, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the recent release of SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan v8.1, our award-winning Spira application lifecycle management platform. In this new release, we have introduced seamless integration between Spira and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Code Platform.
Read MoreMigration Tool for XRAY Test Management Tool Now Available
May 28, 2024 Product News
With the final sunsetting of Jira Server in February 2024, customers that are running Jira Server are looking at their options:
- Upgrade to Jira DataCenter, which is designed for larger organizations, and has a minimum 500 users pricing model.
- Migrate to Jira Cloud, which is the preferred option by Atlassian.
- Look for an alternative to Jira.
However, many customers using some of the plugins for Jira Server, such as XRAY for test management, are also looking at different options. In the case of XRAY, one of the issues has been that the cloud version of XRAY works differently than the Server/DataCenter version, and many customers have been unable to migrate from XRAY Server to XRAY Cloud.
Therefore, we at Inflectra have extended our Jira migration tool to support the migration of XRAY artifacts to SpiraTest. This lets us assist customers in two different use cases:
- Jira Server + XRAY Server customers that want to remain on-premise, and are looking to migrate to SpiraTeam or SpiraPlan
- Jira Server + XRAY Server customers that want to move to the cloud, and are looking to migrate to Jira Cloud + SpiraTest Cloud.
Updated Jira Migration Tool Now Available for Jira Server, DataCenter and Cloud
May 22, 2024 Product News
With the final sunsetting of Jira Server in February 2024, customers that need a self-hosted, private cloud, or on-premise application lifecycle management tool are actively looking for alternatives to Jira. With Jira DataCenter only being adopted by a small subset of customers, many companies and organizations are still stuck on an obsolete, and non-supported version of Jira. By March 2024, at least 36% of all Atlassian customers were still on Jira/Confluence Server. Therefore we at Inflectra have been working hard to further improve our migration tools to make the move from Jira to Spira easier than ever.
Read MoreSpira v8.0 Released: SpiraApps Marketplace & Risk Management Comes to SpiraTeam
May 16, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v8.0) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a major update to our SpiraApps extensibility framework, allowing third-party developers to create SpiraApps for the first time. In addition, with the release of Spira 8.0, the risk management features of the platform are now available in the SpiraTeam edition of the platform for the first time.
Read MoreElevate Your Testing: SpiraTeam's Integration with LambdaTest
May 10, 2024 Product News
Quality software is paramount in today's user-driven world. Customers have zero tolerance for bugs and glitches, and a single software defect can tarnish a brand's reputation. To empower you to deliver exceptional software quality, we've partnered with LambdaTest to seamlessly integrate SpiraTeam, our robust Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform, with LambdaTest's robust testing capabilities. This integration allows you to seamlessly log issues discovered during LambdaTest sessions directly into SpiraTeam, optimizing your bug tracking and resolution processes.
Want a preview the integration in action? Continue reading to see a short video.
Read MoreSpira v7.13 Released: New Product Onboarding Widget and My Page Updates
April 22, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.13) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a streamlined My Page and a new integrated on-boarding checklist that helps new demo users quickly acclimate to the platform.
Read MoreSpiraPlan v7.13 Released: Introducing The New Program Capabilities Board
April 18, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.13) of our award-winning enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version extends the program backlog management features of SpiraPlan to have a new capabilities board view that lets you plan and manage your program features and capabilities as well as see the progress of the product backlog items associated with each capability.
Read MoreSpira v7.13 Released: Azure OpenAI SpiraApp Enables GenerativeAI Functionality for Azure Users
April 17, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.13) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a new Azure OpenAI SpiraApp that replicates the functionality of our existing ChatGPT assistant within Spira, but lets you use your own private Azure OpenAI LLM instead.
Read MoreSpira v7.13 Released: Audit Tracking of Product Membership Changes
April 16, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.13) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes additional audit tracking functionality that adds tracking of product membership changes to the product and system history audit logs.
Read MoreSpira v7.13 Released: Tags/Labels Now Available For Test Cases and Other Artifacts
April 15, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.13) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes support for adding tags / labels to the remaining product artifacts in the system, including: test runs, test cases, test sets, and risks.
Read MoreSpira Product Template Migration Tool Released
April 8, 2024 Product News
We are excited to announce the release of the new Spira Product Template Migration Tool. This new cross-platform (Mac and PC) application will let you easily back up and restore product templates between instances of SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan. Learn more about why this new free add-on for our Spira platform simplifies configuration management and enhances auditability and compliance.
Read MoreSpira v7.12 Released: New Incident & Requirement Scrum/Kanban Boards
February 14, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.12) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. This new version includes a completely redesigned incident tracking board that supports multiple views and adopts the new design we previously rolled out for the main planning board. In addition, we have updated the requirements board to match the new planning board and made some changes to the other boards based on feedback received from our customers.
Read MoreRapise 2024 Roadmap: Leveraging Generative AI, Enterprise Application Support & Frameworks
January 23, 2024 Product News
At Inflectra, we're dedicated to innovating and evolving our products to meet and exceed your evolving needs. The fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming how we design, develop and most importantly test software. Consequently, as outlined in our company plans for AI/ML, the Rapise roadmap features a large amount of Generative AI, as well as other forms of AI/ML. In addition, there is our continual effort to simplify the testing of complex enterprise applications and streamline the creation of reusable testing frameworks.
Read MoreRapise v8.1 Released - Enhanced API Testing, Integrates Chrome for Testing & More
January 17, 2024 Product News
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award-winning automated software testing solution - Rapise. This new version includes significant enhancements to the API testing functionality, including support for folder hierarchies in RESTful web services. In addition, it includes support for incorporating the new Google Chrome for Testing into your web testing workflows.
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New Generic xUnit Automated Testing Framework Integration Released
January 16, 2024 Product News
Inflectra's award-winning Spira quality management platform (including SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan editions) already comes with a variety of dedicated integrations for different test automation frameworks such as JUnit, NUnit, PyTest, etc. However, as new frameworks (such as WebDriver.io and Playwright) are constantly being released (and other frameworks, such as Protractor and Cypress.io) fall out of favor, we decided to create a new general-purpose integration that will be able to handle any integration from day one. This new integration is our generic xUnit Framework Integration.
Read MoreRobot Framework Integration for SpiraTest Just Released
January 3, 2024 Product News
Robot Framework is a generic open source automation framework. It can be used for test automation and robotic process automation (RPA). Robot Framework is supported by Robot Framework Foundation. Many industry-leading companies use the tool in their software development. We are pleased to announce that we have just released a new integration between Robot Framework and Spira. This new integration is available for all three flavors of Spira - SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan.