Bug/Defect Trackers

Although SpiraPlan comes with a world-class built-in, fully-integrated bug-tracking system, we recognize that you may already have an existing solution in place. SpiraPlan will integrate with all the major bug-tracking systems on the market using its data-synchronization infrastructure that is completely seamless to the end-user.

Atlassian Jira


Jira is a popular issue tracking product, developed by Atlassian, commonly used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management. Jira lets you track bugs and defects, link issues to related source code, plan agile development and monitor team activity.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for Jira uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new defects in Jira and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized defect in Jira will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

The SpiraPlan plugin for Jira is compatible with both Jira Cloud and Jira Server regardless of how you have SpiraPlan hosted.

Microsoft Azure DevOps


Microsoft Azure DevOps is a Microsoft product offering source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects. It is available either as a cloud service (Azure DevOps Services) or an on-premise server product (Azure DevOps Server). It replaces the tools formerly known Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server respectively.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for Azure DevOps uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new work items in Azure DevOps and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized work item in Azure DevOps will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan. The plugin also allows requirements and user story work items to synchronize into SpiraPlan as requirements.

The SpiraPlan plugin for Azure DevOps is compatible with both Azure DevOps Services (cloud) and Azure DevOps Server (on-premise) regardless of how you have SpiraPlan hosted.

GitHub


GitHub is an extremely popular website for open-source and inner-source projects alike, with a lightweight bug tracker built right into each code repository. The SpiraPlan plug-in synchronizes issues in GitHub with a project right inside SpiraPlan.

You can easily see new issues created in GitHub right inside your SpiraPlan. Comments, releases (milestones), and statuses will automatically sync, so you don’t have to worry about managing two separate systems.

GitLab


The SpiraPlan GitLab plug-in synchronizes issues in GitLab with a requirements or testing project right inside SpiraPlan. The built-in integration service enables two-way syncing of new incidents, new comments, statuses, and releases (milestones).

The integration provides the following features: - When you run tests in SpiraPlan and log issues, they will get synchronized into GitLab. - You can easily see new issues created in GitLab right inside your SpiraPlan instance. - Comments, releases (milestones), and statuses will automatically sync, so you don’t have to worry about managing two separate systems.

Configuration Notes

  • The plugin works with both the cloud and on-premise versions of GitLab and SpiraPlan
  • The setup and configuration is done solely on the SpiraPlan side, nothing needs to be done explicitly in GitLab

Further Reading

JetBrains YouTrack


YouTrack is a commercial browser-based bug tracker, issue tracking system and project management software developed by JetBrains. It focuses on query-based issue search with auto-completion, manipulating issues in batches, customizing the set of issue attributes and creating custom workflows. YouTrack integrates closely with other JetBrains projects such as TeamCity for continuous integration and various developer IDEs such as IntelliJ.

The SpiraPlan data synchronization service lets you synchronize YouTrack issues with SpiraPlan. This integration service enables two-way syncing of SpiraPlan incidents and, if specified, tasks with SpiraPlan issues. Once set up, by default, all issues in a YouTrack project will sync to Incidents in SpiraPlan. You can specify certain types of issues to sync as Tasks in SpiraPlan instead if you want.

Redmine


Redmine is a free and open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. It includes a calendar and Gantt charts to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines. It handles multiple projects. Redmine provides integrated project management features, issue tracking, and support for various version control systems.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for Redmine uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new issues in Redmine and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized issue in Redmine will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

Monday.com


Monday.com is a customizable web and mobile work management platform, designed to help teams and organizations with operational efficiency by tracking projects and workflows, visualizing data, and team collaboration. It includes automation capabilities and supports integrations with other work apps.

The built-in integration between SpiraPlan and Monday.com lets you create incidents and tasks in SpiraPlan and have them synchronize over to Monday.com as tasks. When you then make changes to the tasks in Monday.com, it will update the status of the corresponding tasks and incidents in SpiraPlan.

Asana


Asana is a simple yet powerful cloud-based task management system used to track project tasks. Teams can create projects, assign work to teammates, specify deadlines, and communicate about tasks directly in Asana.

The built-in integration between SpiraPlan and Asana lets you create incidents and tasks in SpiraPlan and have them synchronize over to Asana as tasks. When you then make changes to the tasks in Asana, it will update the status of the corresponding tasks and incidents in SpiraPlan.

ClickUp


ClickUp is a cloud-based project management application designed to increase team productivity. Its platform helps team members to use the same app to plan, organize, and collaborate on projects and offers docs, reminders, goals, calendars, and inbox tools.

The built-in integration between SpiraPlan and ClickUp lets you create and update incidents, requirements, and tasks in SpiraPlan from ClickUp tasks, create linked releases, attachments, and associations in SpiraPlan from ClickUp, and create tasks in ClickUp from SpiraPlan tasks or incidents.

Bugzilla


You can use SpiraPlan in conjunction with the open-source Bugzilla bug tracking system. The built-in integration service allows the quality assurance team to manage their requirements and test cases in SpiraPlan, execute test runs in SpiraPlan, and then have the new incidents generated during the run be automatically loaded into Bugzilla. Once the incidents are loaded into Bugzilla as bugs, the development team can then manage the lifecycle of these bugs in Bugzilla, and have the status changes in Bugzilla be reflected back in SpiraPlan.

Mantis


You can use SpiraPlan in conjunction with the open-source Mantis bug tracking system. The built-in integration service allows the quality assurance team to manage their requirements and test cases in SpiraPlan, execute test runs in SpiraPlan, and then have the new incidents generated during the run be automatically loaded into Mantis. Once the incidents are loaded into Mantis as bugs, the development team can then manage the lifecycle of these bugs in Mantis, and have the status changes in Mantis be reflected back in SpiraPlan.

IBM Rational ClearQuest


Rational ClearQuest is an enterprise level workflow automation tool from the Rational Software division of IBM. Commonly, ClearQuest is configured as a bug tracking system, but it can be configured to act as a CRM tool or to track a complex manufacturing process. It can also implement these functions together. IBM provides a number of predefined "schemas" for common tasks such as software Defect Tracking which can themselves be further customized if required.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for ClearQuest uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new defects in ClearQuest and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized defect in ClearQuest will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC)


IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) is a software development team collaboration tool developed by the Rational brand of IBM. It provides software development teams with a collaborative environment in which they can manage all aspects of their work, such as plans, tasks, revision control, build management, and reports.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for RTC uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new work items in RTC and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized work item in RTC will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

FogCreek FogBugz


FogBugz is an integrated web-based project management system featuring bug/issue tracking, discussion forums, wikis, customer relationship management, and Evidence Based Scheduling.

FogBugz allows users to manage, filter, sort and navigate a tree-structure of tasks, that contain information, tags and attached files related to a particular issue. Discussion forums and wikis may be created around any topic and posts/pages may be added into the same. Users may integrate their email accounts into the system to send/receive email and create issues regarding the same.

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for FogBugz uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new cases in FogBugz and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized case in FogBugz will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

Axosoft (formerly OnTime)


You can use SpiraPlan in conjunction with the popular Axosoft bug tracking system. The built-in integration service allows the quality assurance team to manage their requirements and test cases in SpiraPlan, execute test runs in SpiraPlan, and then have the new incidents generated during the run be automatically loaded into Axosoft. Once the incidents are loaded into Axosoft as bugs, the development team can then manage the lifecycle of these bugs in Axosoft, and have the status changes in Axosoft be reflected back in SpiraPlan.

Microsoft Team Foundation Server


Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) (also known as Visual Studio Team Services) is a Microsoft product offering source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects. It is available either as stand-alone software, or as the server side back end platform for Visual Studio Team System (VSTS).

The SpiraPlan data-synchronization plugin for TFS uses the built-in data synchronization capability of SpiraPlan to allow incidents logged in SpiraPlan to be added as new work items in TFS and vice-versa. In addition, any changes made to a previously-synchronized work item in TFS will be seamlessly updated in SpiraPlan.

Different Tools for Different Projects

The synchronization system is so flexible, you can even synchronize different tools with different SpiraPlan products. For example, you may have one set of projects using Microsoft technologies and using Azure DevOps and another team using Java or NodeJS and using Jira:


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