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ZenTao once again stands out from the crowd as the most common test management tool in the industry. This is the eighth year in a row that ZenTao has been the winner of "Common Test Management Tools"!

Before we dig down on to consider migration from Jira to ZenTao, let’s start with the basics, for business positions, who might be new to this. We’ll briefly introduce you to Jira, it’s the most popular alternative — ZenTao, and then touch base on the most common reasons, why businesses decided to move from Jira to ZenTao.

This article investigates how trust and respect serve as core mechanisms for reducing internal friction and enhancing operational efficiency in internet product teams. Grounded in insights from Google’s “Project Aristotle” and illustrated with case studies using ZenTao project management software, it outlines four actionable pathways to foster psychological safety and systematic collaboration. The study also highlights management behaviors that undermine trust and argues that a dual-driven system integrating a trust-based culture with effective tooling is essential for improving team performance and strengthening market competitiveness.

This article presents a systematic framework for implementing organized research in software projects, built upon the “Ten Essential Requirements.” It emphasizes grounding research at the scientific frontier, adopting a problem‑driven approach, promoting interdisciplinary and cross‑team collaboration, aligning individual interests with organizational goals, and utilizing structured methodologies and tools such as the ZenTao Project Management System. By following these principles, teams can effectively address common challenges including fragmented efforts and the disconnect between research and practice, thereby improving efficiency, ensuring the relevance of outcomes, and fostering high‑quality, impactful research.

This paper examines the systematic decision criteria for Product End-of-Life (EOX), a strategic process that encompasses End of Marketing (EOM), End of Production (EOP), and End of Service (EOS). It argues that effective EOX management, driven by multi-dimensional data and cross-departmental collaboration, is essential for achieving financial optimization, customer retention, and strategic focus. Using ZenTao as a case study, the article details stage-specific metrics and implementation tools, offering a practical framework for managing product withdrawal to conserve resources and sustain competitiveness.

This guide explains how administrative professionals can transition into project management by leveraging transferable skills such as organization and communication, then closing gaps through PM tools and methodologies. It outlines practical steps—skills assessment, certifications, hands-on project exposure, networking, personal branding, and mentorship—while addressing common challenges like limited experience and imposter syndrome.

A software Product Manager is not a salesperson. PMs focus on value creation—discovering customer needs, defining strategy and roadmaps, prioritizing requirements, and aligning cross-functional teams to build products users want. While PM work supports revenue through market fit and messaging alignment, sales remains responsible for closing deals.

As 2025 wraps up, the ZenTao Team is popping the confetti and sending you a big thank-you. To our customers, readers, and friends—your trust, feedback, and support keep us building better tools and sharing better ideas. Here’s to a brighter 2026: smoother projects, fewer bugs, and more wins :)

DevSecOps embeds security into every stage of the SDLC by shifting controls left and automating them in CI/CD. This guide explains Security as Code (SaC), covering RBAC and least privilege, SAST/DAST testing, and closed-loop vulnerability scanning. Learn practical steps for continuous monitoring, backups, and team training.

Code coverage isn’t a vanity metric—it’s a practical way to reveal untested code paths, align developers and QA, and reduce costly production defects. Learn how to use coverage as a risk-based map, improve testability and collaboration, and avoid “coverage for coverage’s sake” while strengthening release confidence.

This article offers 18 career lessons for early-stage software engineers, emphasizing goal setting, curiosity, asking questions, minimizing complexity, building a personal brand, choosing the right organization, developing domain expertise, taking calculated risks, continuous learning, mentorship, ethics, and healthy mindset shifts (JOMO over FOMO). It also highlights observability and monitoring as code.

Test automation accelerates delivery and lowers QA cost, but success depends on disciplined practices. This article shares six practical tips: choose the right tool with clear criteria, separate test data from code (DDT), prioritize fast and stable API tests, adopt AI-based visual testing, run tests in parallel, and capture failures with screenshots/videos for faster debugging.