The old definition

Test management as a repository

Holds the record of testing. Does not run it, generate it, or connect it to the code.

  • Test cases stored
  • Runs logged
  • Defects tracked
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What it has to do now

Next-generation test management

Everything above, plus a controlled record of what AI did and who signed off.

  • Manual, automated, and AI-generated in one record
  • What the AI generated
  • What a human approved
  • What changed, and who changed it
  • Release readiness from live data

Creating more tests is not the same as making a trustworthy release decision.