What Redmine Does:
- Tracks projects, tasks, bugs, features, and support tickets in one platform.
- Helps manage multiple projects at once, each with its own set of users, roles, and permissions.
- Offers a simple but powerful issue management system (great for tracking bugs and testing tasks).
🔹 Key Features:
- Issue Tracking — log, assign, prioritize, and track bugs or tasks.
- Gantt Charts and Calendars — visualize project timelines.
- Time Tracking — log hours worked on tasks/issues.
- Custom Workflows — control how issues move through different states (like New → In Progress → Resolved → Closed).
- Role-Based Access Control — set different permissions for developers, testers, managers, etc.
- Wiki and Forums — for internal documentation and team discussions.
- Email Notifications — get updates on changes, comments, and assignments.
- Plugins and API Support — extend Redmine’s functionality as needed.
🔹 Use Cases in QA Testing:
- Log and manage bugs found during testing.
- Create test execution tasks.
- Track test case status and assign issues to developers.
- Monitor the testing progress with reports and custom queries.
🔹 Why Teams Love Redmine:
- It’s free and open-source.
- Highly customizable to match your workflow.
- Easy to integrate with other tools like Git, SVN, Jenkins, etc.