Effective test management depends on how efficient the testing tools perform. There are a number of testing tools like JIRA and BUGZILLA which are very famous for their efficient bug/defect tracking processes. When a new tool is introduced, to centrally handle all testing projects in the organization, then it should be ensured that it can be integrated with the already existing tools.
Also, it is important to ensure that it can work well with all the commonly used QA methodologies. This way, it can aid in gathering test information from all projects and help in the generation of common defect and quality metrics. This can eventually be utilized to analyze the throughput of the testing group.
