What is NIZU Live Testing?

NIZU Live Testing is a manual test-management and quality-assurance (QA) app that runs inside your NIZU Cloud workspace. It gives software teams a structured, repeatable way to test their projects: you define what to test, run it as a test cycle, record what passed and failed, capture defects with evidence, and automatically catch regressions over time — all without buying or integrating a separate testing tool.

Because it lives in the same workspace as your projects, tasks, clients and team, the testing process is connected end to end. A failed test instantly becomes a project task for a developer to fix, testers are your existing project members, and every result is tied back to the exact project being tested.

What problem does it solve?

Most small and mid-sized teams run manual testing in spreadsheets, chat messages or scattered notes. That makes it hard to answer simple questions: What did we test? Did this used to work? Who is testing what right now? Where is the bug report? NIZU Live Testing replaces the spreadsheet with a real, lightweight test-management workflow that any team member can follow.

Key features

• Products — define the products you test and bind each project to one product, so reporting and regressions are attributed correctly.
• Test suites & cases — organise reusable test cases into suites, with a dedicated smoke suite for critical checks.
• Structured test steps — each test case is a numbered list of steps, and every step can carry a title, a description and attachments (screenshots, PDFs, documents). The expected result can carry files too.
• Test cycles — start a cycle for a project and the app snapshots all active cases into a checklist of results to execute.
• Claim & execute — testers claim cases, tick each step as they go, and mark the outcome: passed, failed, blocked or skipped.
• Structured defects with evidence — a failed case captures a real bug report (severity, reproducibility, steps, expected vs actual) and lets the tester attach screenshots, screen recordings or documents.
• Automatic task creation & assignment — when a case fails, a project task is created automatically, pre-filled with a summary of the failure and a link back to the test cycle. If the case is linked to a developer's task, the new task is assigned to that developer — so the bug lands with the person responsible.
• Automatic regression detection — if a case that passed before now fails, it is flagged as a regression and counted on a chronological chart, so you can see quality trends over time.
• Cycle timing & metrics — each cycle records when testing started and finished and shows its duration, plus the average testing time across cycles, so you can plan and measure your QA effort.
• Accountability — every test case records its author, and can be linked to the developer's task it covers, so a project manager can see at a glance who wrote a test and who owns the underlying work.
• Project "Testing" tab — each project gets a Testing tab listing its cycles, so testing is visible right where the project is managed.
• Live tester race — a fun, real-time view where each tester is a pixel-art runner on a track; the more cases they complete, the further they run, with a running cycle timer and optional race music. Finishers cross the line and stand on the podium with a medal.
• Roles & permissions — fine-grained permissions decide who can manage tests, execute them, file defects or sign off, and the whole app can be hidden from teams that do not need it.

Who is it for?

NIZU Live Testing is for software teams, agencies and product owners who ship web or mobile products and want disciplined manual testing without the overhead of a separate, expensive test-management platform. It suits QA testers, project managers, and developers who already work inside NIZU Cloud.

Frequently asked questions

Is NIZU Live Testing a manual or automated testing tool?

It is a manual test-management tool. Human testers execute the test cases and record the results. It organises, tracks and reports on that manual testing.

Do I need a separate account or another app?

No. It is a native NIZU Cloud app. You install it from Settings, and it uses your existing projects, team members and tasks.

How are bugs handled?

A failed test case creates a structured defect with evidence, and the app automatically opens a linked task in the same project so a developer can fix it.

What is a regression in this context?

A regression is a test case that passed in an earlier test run but now fails. NIZU Live Testing detects these automatically and tracks how many you have over time.

Can I measure how long testing takes?

Yes. Each cycle records when testing started and finished and shows its duration, and the cycles list shows the average testing time across cycles. The live race even displays a running clock.