AQdevTeam Features
Want to better manage your software projects? Want to better estimate product
delivery dates? Want to improve bug/defect reporting for your organization?
Want to automatically assign tasks to developers, QA and support technicians?
Want to fundamentally streamline how your organization tracks information
on any development project?
The list of issues facing a software development organization is endless
and though AQdevTeam cannot help you write code, it can help you control the
process - by instituting structure to an often ad-hoc process of project management.
To this end, AQdevTeam is packed with a large number of features, including:
Multiple Database Engine Support: AQdevTeam supports MS SQL Server, MSDE 2000, Interbase and Firebird, so you
are free to select the engine that best suits your organization's needs.
Moreover, the AQdevTeam Server application can simultaneously work with
several databases, thus providing a workspace for several teams.
Advanced Windows client: AQdevTeam ships with an ultra-advanced
and highly flexible Win32 client. (
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Fully customizable document (item) structure: Though
a number of pre-defined item types ship with AQdevTeam, such
as a Bug Report item type, you can create new item types on-the-fly
or modify those included with the application. There is no
limit to what you can track since AQdevTeam does not impose
any artificial barriers to how your team works and how you
interact with your user base. (
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Configurable workflows: Since the lifecycle of an item
is crucial to the efficient management of a project, AQdevTeam
allows you to graphically construct workflows that fully conform
to the "schemes" prevalent in your business. And
because the system tracks the entire lifecycle of an item
(such as a bug report), you can easily discover the who, what,
where, why and how related to the item. (
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Customizable forms and panels: Software projects are
not set in concrete and neither should the project management
system you use. As such, AQdevTeam includes a fully customizable
UI, which can be altered to suit your business requirements.
Administrators can easily share the layout of controls on
forms among all users connected to the database. (
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Built-in data views and filtering. (
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Comprehensive security control with full user permission
settings: Access to AQdevTeam's functionality can be controlled
at both a high and low level. You can enforce extremely strict
data access rules or open the application to any interested
party. (
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Centralized file storage for each project: A bug report
may be accompanied by a screen shot - an end-user request
might be accompanied by a use case story. Regardless of the
item, AQdevTeam allows you to associate ANY file to a project
item. It acts as your central repository, keeping the project
organized from the very first moment of its use.
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Native Microsoft Visual SourceSafe support: As a front-line
management tool, AQdevTeam integrates with Microsoft Visual
SourceSafe, thus giving your team members an easy way to check
project source files as required - directly from AQdevTeam.
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Always on database access: Users can use the database
in both online and offline mode. If in offline mode, you can
edit data as required and then synchronize your changes back
to the database once you log back into the server.
Superior data communications architecture: Whether
you want to use DCOM, Sockets, or HTTP to access data, AQdevTeam
has a solution specifically tailored to your data communication
needs.
Database access through a web
browser: AQdevTeam's flexibility includes multiple
ways in which to access your information - Among these is
via its rich web interface. If you have Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.0 or higher, you can connect to a database without
any additional installations on your local computer. Other
popular web browsers - Netscape Navigator and Mozilla - are
also supported. (
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Visually construct Event and time triggered macros:
With AQdevTeam, your routine and everyday tasks can be automated
with ease. Using its Visual Macro Builder you can unify elementary
operations such as
Copy File(s),
Set Variable,
Download File From FTP,
Send E-Mail,
Compile
Delphi Project, etc., into macros that will automate these
mundane tasks and simplify your business processes. Even if
you are not quite familiar with programming, you will find
constructing macros very easy. Macros can be run manually
whenever you want or automatically when data changes, when
items are created or removed, at specified times or specific
time intervals, or even on click events of certain controls.
Generally, macros are run on the client side. But if you want
to ensure that your macros are operable no matter whether
your client application is loaded or not, you can easily execute
them on the server. (
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Notification system: Using events, you can configure
AQdevTeam so that it will send you or your team members notification
when items are created, modified or deleted. You can even
track changes in individual item fields. There are specific
macros that let you send an email message directly from AQdevTeam.
In addition to Email generation, AQdevTeam also includes an
internal message exchange system (instant messaging).
Scripts using DelphiScript, VBScript and JScript: Automation
is at the heart of AQdevTeam and its native scripting allows
you to get access to AQdevTeam’s internals from your
macros by adding a specific
Script operation. (
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Macro Execution Logs: All AQdevTeam macros generate
complete detail logs, regardless of whether they are executed
on the client or on the server side. These logs help you isolate
errors which arise during macro execution. Your macros can
even post custom messages to the log.
Enforce personal responsibility: Each item (document)
is associated with a user who is "responsible" for
the item. For instance, a bug report can be assigned to a
developer who in turn must fix the bug within a given time
frame. The association can be modified at anytime during the
item's lifecycle. For instance, when a developer fixes a defect,
the item can be reassigned to a tester, to determine whether
the defect has been fully addressed.
Direct integration
with TestComplete and AQtime: Imagine if you could
take your project source files from VSS, build the project,
test it for memory leaks and performance bottlenecks, perform
a comprehensive regression test across the entire application,
log all defects and issues, and send an Email notification
to all relevant teams within your company in relation to new
issues discovered since the previous build. Sounds outrageous?
It's not - With AQdevTeam you CAN. AQdevTeam offers native
integration with AQtime and TestComplete, thus offering your
development and QA teams an end-to-end product delivery and
management system.
Open Plug-In Architecture: AQdevTeam was built on an
open COM-based architecture, so that it can be extended as
needed.
And so much more ...
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from AutomatedQA, write to us at: sales@automatedqa.com.