Have you had success with Jira as a complete test management tool?

[Deleted user]

I am hoping to use Jira as a test management tool along with its defect tracking abilities.

I have referenced this http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEVAL/Using+JIRA+for+Test+Case+Management and installed the XMLs mentioned here http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEVAL/JIRA+Sample+File+-+Test+Case+Management

1> Is there documentation that describes how to use Jira for test runs and reporting?

2>After login I get 'This test case sample file allows you to login as an Administrator, QA Lead or Tester.' . Can I get rid of this?

[Michael Quinlan]

synapseRT from Go2Group is a very good Requirement/Test Case/Bug Managerment JIRA Addon. Unfortunately does not work with JIRA OnDemand.

[Deleted user]

The http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEVAL/JIRA+Sample+File+-+Test+Case+Management says,"This sample file lets you play around with a real instance of JIRA that has been setup for test case management."

Does this mean that when we should not create real projects within this instance?

[Renjith Pillai]

As the documentation says, you need your own instance to test that file.

[Renjith Pillai]

How about commercial plugins like http://www.go2group.com/products/go2group-synapsert/ ?