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Performance and scale testing with the JIRA Data Generator plugin

The JIRA Data Generator helps create large JIRA test instances that can be used for performance and scalability testing. It quickly generates random metadata (projects, workflows, statuses, custom fields, etc) and random test data (issues, edits, comments, issue transitions etc) spread over a user defined time period. Warning: Do not use this plug-in on a production server. The plugin generates test data very quickly and can overwhelm and pollute your production JIRA system. Test instances the

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Bonfire 2 Deep Dive – The Art of Issue Creation

Atlassian Bonfire makes it easy to create JIRA issues without ever leaving your browser tab. Chances are you probably create similar issues often, and you know how painstaking the repetitive data entry can be. This is especially true if you have JIRA set up a certain way - like working with a specific project or component, referring to a set of saved searches and dashboards all the time, or using labels to categorize issues. Thankfully, using Bonfire ensures no details is missed and new issues

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Bonfire 2 Deep Dive: Shared Sessions & Blitz Testing

Atlassian Bonfire 2 makes it easier than ever to collaborate with teammates around test activity. Software development involves the entire company, and collaborative testing is one of the ways Atlassian connects people across teams working together to make better software. Share & Join Sessions Bonfire's Test Sessions are the central place in JIRA to track testing of a specific requirement or defect, and now when you create a session, you can mark it as shared. Once you start the session, anyone

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What’s your Testing Mission?

Sessions are a great and simple way to organize testing tasks. They are nothing more than dedicated time to test a feature with the intent of fulfilling a mission. In fact, because the division of a task into smaller pieces is so intuitive, we often forget the importance of the mission itself. In this blog post I will talk about different types of test missions to keep in your arsenal and how you can leverage them in your testing. I assume some knowledge of what is exploratory testing and the

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Test Together: Atlassian Bonfire 2 Available Today

Today we're excited to announce Atlassian Bonfire 2, connecting people and teams involved in software development and testing. Bring developers and QA closer together, and get everyone exploring your web application to create high quality issues in JIRA. Share & Join Sessions Test Sessions are the central forum in JIRA to track activity while manually testing a particular story or requirement. Bonfire 2 introduces the ability to share, find and join test sessions within JIRA and

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QA Innovation Blog Round-Up

We've learned a lot from the submissions to our 13-part blog series raising awareness about testing innovation within the QA community. Today we're excited to announce Bonfire 2, with new features to connect teams and testers and foster collaboration, so now is a great time to take a look back at everything we've heard so far. You can find all the posts in this series under the QA Innovation tag. We started with a recipe for innovation success from our own Andrew Prentice, QA lead at Atlassian.

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