This is an introduction to ZenTao ALM, a project management software for agile team.

1. ZenTao
zentao.pm

2. 1 Introduction 2 Application Lifecycle management
3 ZenTao Pros 4
Content
Testmonials

3. 3
CHAPTER 1
What is ZenTao?

4. ZenTao is an application lifecycle management tool which helps
implement Agile and Scrum in your team. It covers all the core process
of software development projects.

5. Open Source
easy to extend and customize
Independent license,
available to do localizations

6. Common issues in project management
Insufficient communication and work efficiency
Lack of transparencies and traceabilities
Absent accountability
Chaotic and disrupted work flow
Scope creep and not responsive to change
Inadequate risk management and delayed projects
Incomplete bug tracking and quality control
ZenTao values and solutions
Team collaboration and cooperation
Transparent traceable information flows
Clear responsiblilites and mutual trust
Task claiming and effort/log calendar
Prioritize stories in planning to deliver on time
Streamlined risk forecasting and control
Continuous test and quality management

7. 2009
ZenTao 0.1alpha
2010
EasyCorp founded
ZenTao 1.0 lauched
ZenTao 1.0
ZenTao Pro
2012
ZenTao Pro lanched
EasyCorp balanced revenue
ZenTao Mobile
Mobile App for iOS and Andriod,
ZenTao is a must-have for development
teams
2016
ZenTao Ent
2017
ZenTao Ent lauched
Feedback module for
non-development users
Workflow
2019
Customized workflow module
released
ZenTao Group
ZenTao Group lauched
for mutiple-project development solutions.
2019
2021..
Milestones
● 11 years in the market since ZenTao 0.1alpha,more than 100 releases and 1,000,000 lines of code.
● 55 functionality modules, more than 100,000 user stories implemented
● Market share ranks top 1 in testing management tool in China

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CHAPTER 2
Application Lifecycle Management
(ALM)

9. ● Three main modules: Product, Sprint, Test.
● The three roles, Productr Owner,Developer and Tester, collaborate with each other, and work around
Story, Task, and Bugs to delivery accepted products.
Features

10. As a professional software R&D project management tool, ZenTao can completely cover the core
process of R&D projects and realize the management of the complete software lifecycle.
P r o d u c t
Release/Story/Roadmap
P r o j e c t / S p r i n t
Timeline/Task/Effort logged
Te s t
Test case/Test request/Test
report
W i k i L i b r a r y
Product lib/Sprint lib/Customized
lib/Book
C o d e
Code review/Git, SVN and Jenkins
R e s o u r c e
Effort/Hours logged/Workload
R e p o r t
Product/Sprint/Bugs/Resource
/Custom

11. Product Managment
Plan and manage product deliverables.
In ZenTao, the product team can:
Build product
line/platform
Manage product
backlog
Create product
plan
Release
increments
Milestone and
roadmap

12. Sprint/Iteration
Manage linked user stories(PBIs) and break them into tasks
In ZenTao, developers can:
Track sprint
process
Log efforts and hours
Track and update
task
Decompose story
and assign

13. Test Management
Manage testing process to help testers complete it in efficiently and orderly.
In ZenTao, testers can:
Create test task
and assign
Run cases
as requested
Report Bug
and assign
Create Test
report
Test automation
integration

14. Wiki Library
Document library and wiki are included.Customize your document library and create books in
ZenTao.
Product module Sprint module
Custom library FAQ and Book

15. Resource Management
With ALM implementation, the working hours of your resources are displayed and summarized in ZenTao.
Stakeholders could easily check the team efficiency at anytime.
Team workload
Available hours
Effort report
Effort details

16. Code Management
With the GIT/SVN integration, code review, diff and online view can be done in ZenTao.
Jenkins can also be integrated to compile and create jobs by tags, parameters, and plans.

17. Report
Gather data from different modules of ZenTao and generate reports to help stakeholders overview and check
the project data in various dimensions for decision-making. Custom reports are also available by SQL Query.
Prodcut
Sprint
Company
Quality Process Risk
Resource Effort
Quality Input
Roadmap Progress

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CHAPTER 3
ZenTao Pros

19. Visualize your work
● D e v e l o p m e n t c a n b e c l e a r l y a n d a c c u r a t e l y
visualized in charts and views(Kanban, Views,
Burndown, Gantt) so that the project m anager
and stakeholder can check process and project
status smoothly.
● T h e w o r k p r o c e s s a n d t e a m e f f o r t s a r e
t r a n s p a r e n t a n d v i s u a l i z e d i n Z e n Ta o , w h i c h
c o u l d b o o s t t h e t e a m m o r a l e , f a c i l i t a t e t e a m
collaboration, improve work efficiency and help
the team grow.

20. Visualize the progress
● From requirem ents to delivery, the data in ZenTao is consistent. T h e t r a n s p a r e n c y a n d
consistency of ZenTao enables the team to be on the same page, to make it more efficient
than face to face communication, and to synchronize all information within the platform.
● ZenTao is for application lifecycle management. It has the history of the key processes during
the development that makes the team can analyze the statistics and do retrospective.

21. Visualize Input and output(I/O)
● Input to a product/sprint, product release, product quality, team efficiency and such can be
d e m o n s t r a t e d i n Z e n Ta o , w h i c h c a n b e a r e l i a b l e r e s o u r c e f o r p r o j e c t s u m m a r y a n d
retrospective report provided to stakeholders.

22. Risk visualized
ZenTao can help foresee risks, evaluate risks, and deal with risks in time to ensure a smooth
progress of your software development ，as well as to control risks within a certain scope.
Scope creep Project delays Task delays Test deviation

23. Security
ZenTao can be self-hosted and multiple security mechanisms are available to keep your system
safe and stable.
Self-hosted in isolated environment
to ensure the security of the server.
Docker, Linux, Windows,
Lampp/xampp packages
Built-in Apache verification
Weak password scan
Uploaded file format check
Automatic backup
Actions such as changes to
security related information
required to confirm server
operation permissions

24. Service
1-on-1 support from free trial,deployment,to aftersale,
including online support by email/skype/whatsapp/zoom.
Deployment
One click installation, self-hosted,
Free trial
30-day and up free trial, no data loss
during upgrade
Workflow
Completely Scrum framework with
practises based
Start off
Documentations and videos for ZenTao
implementation and agile transition
Implement
Workshop and online events to support
Support
Email/Skype/Whatsapp/Zoom/Remote
Aftersales
Continuously update to user stories and fix bugs
Help to upgrade without extra charge
Integration
Based on zentaophp framework，easy to extend
and customize

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CHAPTER 4
Testimonial

26. Who we serve
ZenTao serve international development projects and teams with a leading market share within
China.
30,000 Teams 200,000 Projects 800,000 developers

27. Popularity
No.1 as the Most Popular Testing Management Tool in past 5 years consecutively

28. Customers and users

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