3.8The "No Tool" Option

For fully automated teams with minimal manual testing, a traditional test management platform may be overkill. Instead:

• CI/CD pipeline: Automated tests run on every PR and merge
• Allure reports: Rich, interactive test reports generated from test results
• GitHub/GitLab: Test cases live as code in the repository
• Jira: Only for defect tracking, not test case management

This approach works when:

• 90%+ of your tests are automated
• Test cases are defined in code (not in a separate tool)
• Your team is small and does not need formal test planning workflows