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ZenTao

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What is ZenTao?

  • Product management: product, story, backlog, plan, release and roadmap
  • Project management: project, Sprint, task, build and burndown chart
  • Test management: bug, test case, test request and test result
  • CI: Jenkins integration, automation testing, ZTF
  • Document management: product document library, project document library and customized document library
  • Work management: todo management and my task/ bug/ story/ project
  • Company management: user, department, group and privileges
  • Report: various statistical reports and custom reports
  • Search feature: powerful search function helps you find the information you need
  • Extensibility: extensible in almost any parts of ZenTao
  • API mechanism: flexible for integration with other systems

Categories & Use Cases

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Screenshot of Dashboard. Overview of your product, projects, bugs, tasks, test, and todos.
Screenshot of Task and timeline
Screenshot of Git/SVN Repository and Jenkins integration
Screenshot of Drag and drop to manage todos.
Screenshot of Report a bug and convert it to a story/task by one-click.
Screenshot of Sprint overview.

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Screenshot of Dashboard. Overview of your product, projects, bugs, tasks, test, and todos.

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features ZenTao has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 5 ratings of ZenTao's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Change request and Case Management

    Change request and change management enables tracking of all customer requests including priority and timeframe.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Support for Agile Methodology

    Agile is a time boxed, iterative approach to development that builds software incrementally instead of trying to deliver it all at once near the end.

    Category average: 8

  • Resource Management

    Resource management is workload planning to maximize resources.

    Category average: 8.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Email integration

    Email integration allows work requests to be made directly from email.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Mobile Access

    Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Scheduling

    Scheduling capabilities allow users to set schedules on tasks, and create timelines and milestones.

    Category average: 8.3

Reviews

What users are saying about ZenTao.
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Ideal project management software at a wondrous price.

Kayla RisherView profile
Analyst in Marketing at Social Finance (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • It provides multiple views to track the progress of our projects.
  • It allows document and feedback management too.
  • it has wonderful collaboration tools.
  • It is a flexible project management tool that allows customizations.

Cons

  • [I feel] they should provide an update.
  • It is buggy [in my experience].
  • [I believe] its interface needs more improvement and should be less complicated for beginners especially.

Most Important Features

  • We can generate more revenue.
  • We can deliver projects before the deadline.
  • Its most wonderful feature is that it aided us in focusing on the progress of our project.
  • We can better coordinate with one another.

Return on Investment

  • We are delivering projects on time and can keep an eye on the progress of our projects.
  • My team and I can better communicate on a project.
  • As it is [in my experience], buggy it sometimes results in disturbing the whole working of our company.

Alternatives Considered

Workfront

Other Software Used

cammsproject, BlueJeans Meetings, Cylance Smart Antivirus

Best Scrum tool ever for project management

Troy Yang
Project manager in Information Technology at BlendyTel (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Story could be linked with product, sprint, test case, bug, which makes traceability so great.
  • Test module, with test case, case library, test request, test report, very detailed.
  • On-Premise available, the package is very small based on LAMPP
  • SaaS version even cheaper without your own IT maintenance support.
  • Price really affordable.
  • API call is easy, so that we could do customizations.

Cons

  • Mobile app, only a web based, not a real app.
  • The UI is a bit boring, for fresh user, the interactive guide is not so good as others.
  • There are not so many languages you could choose.

Return on Investment

  • Transparency to stakeholder.
  • Development process is faster (like 20% than before).
  • Everyone has gotten used to log effort in ZenTao, which makes leader, manager, and stakeholder so happy.

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft) and Asana

Other Software Used

Asana, Jira Service Desk, Trello

Effective agile management tools

philip Gao
Scrum master in Information Technology at NATURE EASY CORP LIMITED (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • In ZenTao, there are three key roles, Product Owners, Development teams, and QA teams. The three roles cooperate with each other through stories, representing the Tripartite in project management. Product Owners gather stories; Development teams perform tasks, and QA teams guarantee qualities.
  • Agility is a better way to embrace change. It is very suitable for software R &D industry. Different development plans are adopted according to customers' needs and market changes.
  • ZenTao is a full life cycle management software. Including product management, project management, task management, bug management.

Cons

  • The function of ZenTao mobile version is a little weak.
  • ZenTao users need to receive training before they start using the software, because for testers, the first use of the software may be a little complicated, and they cannot execute the same test case multiple times in the same test execution process.
  • Although there are many reports built in. But if you want to get the data yourself，You have to know how to write SQL to customize your reports, which can a little bit challenging.

Return on Investment

  • It can improve the employee experience, and in turn engagement, by ensuring that staff members’ interaction with the ZenTao in their daily work is positive and productive.
  • Project management is smoother and improves your work efficiency.
  • Compared with other project management software on the market, ZenTao's price is very affordable.

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft)

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft), Trello, Asana

Lightweight on premise solution for agile teams

Renee Teng
in Information Technology at Easycorp (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Test management tool.
  • Application management tool.
  • Email reminder and instant messenger integration.
  • Calendar.

Cons

  • Wiki.
  • Budget management.

Return on Investment

  • Help Agile transition.

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft)

Other Software Used

AnyDesk, Trello, LibreOffice

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