Archive for the ‘JIRA’ Category

We’re often asked about the differences between purchasing directly from the GitLab website versus buying through us. So, we decided to lay out the key differences for you here. First, it’s important to mention two key points: By purchasing from us, you don’t lose any product capabilities or your direct connection with the manufacturer—quite the […]

In Jira Cloud, you can create an extended hierarchy using Jira Advanced Roadmaps (previously called  Portfolio for Jira), which are available in Premium and Enterprise plans. This allows you to define custom levels above the standard Epic, Story, and Task hierarchy to represent larger strategic goals. Usually, the top-level  work item type being added is […]

OpenProject has become one of the most compelling alternatives to Atlassian Jira Data Center – especially self-hosted. Learn why

We wrote the following article to explain the prices and editions of Jira, and in particular Jira Software. The article is relatively short and does not include all the details. You can get more information, detailed differences, current prices, and price quotes from us: jira@almtoolbox.com or by phone: 072-240-5222. Let’s get started. Jira Software is […]

ScriptRunner is a versatile add-on that extends the functionality of Atlassian products, including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

“ALM-Toolbox helped us with a quick and high-quality transition to Jira Cloud”,said Rafi Shani, Director of Projects at Automated Bank Services Company (Shva). Shva is the leading provider of transaction infrastructure solutions in Israel. The company’s main business is managing the national debit card payment system. The project: moving to Jira Cloud The company worked […]

Following Atlassian’s recent announcement of the discontinuation of Jira Server, we have been receiving inquiries regarding the move to Jira Cloud / Data Center as well as requests for help in choosing an alternative tool (neither Jira nor Atlassian’s). The next post is for those who are looking for a replacement tool for Jira. We […]

OpenProject is a project management tool, development management, issue, and bug tracking tool for shops that are based on both Agile methodologies and veteran methodologies such as waterfall. OpenProject offers flows, forms, and fields that match those methodologies out-of-the-box. This is an open-source alternative tool to Jira – especially for those who realize that Jira […]

Recently Atlassian company shocked and angered its community of users worldwide (including ourselves) by deciding to sunset its on-premises software. We support many customers with Atlassian on-premises installations, and during the last few weeks we have received dozens of inquiries asking,  “What do we do now?” My first response was, “Wait a little, if you […]

We are expanding our spectrum of GitLab and Jira integration solutions and present a new option for self-hosted GitLab instances: to detect an event in GitLab and to perform whatever action you want. This option can have a number of uses. For example: If a commit was pushed to a GitLab repository and the commit’s […]

What is PyTest? PyTest is a testing framework for writing tests using Python. You can write code to test APIs,  databases, UIs etc.PyTest can write the results to an XML file, which then can be used for further processing. More about PyTest in https://www.guru99.com/pytest-tutorial.html What is Xray Test Management for Jira? Xray is a Jira […]

Many projects use GitLab together with Jira. In such a combination, GitLab is used for git repository management, code review (by merge requests [MRs]) and CI/CD, while Jira manages development tasks, bugs and planning. GitLab provides a basic integration with Jira, which allows you to create links between Jira issues and GitLab commits and MRs, […]

When a software team releases a version of its software, it is often requested to prepare a document describing that version. When the  software is delivered to a specific client (e.g., the government),  you must attach a Version Description Document (VDD). If the software is released to the general public, it is usually accompanied by […]

Recently we witnessed a growing interest in GitLab and especially in its advanced built-in CI/CD component. To answer that interest, we have written a few papers on that topic and held several meetings (all of them recorded). As a result we were asked a number of questions about GitLab CI/CD. In this paper I want […]

Recently we witnessed a growing interest in GitLab and especially in its advanced built-in CI/CD component. To answer that interest, we have written a few papers on that topic and held several meetings (all of them recorded). As a result we were asked a number of questions about GitLab CI/CD. In this post I want […]