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Which is better and why: organizing tests by Filters vs organizing tests by Milestones in PractiTest?
| Organizing by Filters | Organizing by Milestones |
| Groups entities by any field value, flexible and reusable | Groups entities around a specific, time-bound objective |
| Good for ongoing structural organization, like by component or level | Good for tracking progress toward a defined goal, like a sprint or release |
| Doesn't inherently represent a deadline or completion target | Explicitly tied to a timeframe, making readiness questions easier to answer |
| Can be layered as multiple independent trees over the same data | Typically one Milestone per relevant scope, less about multiple parallel views |
Neither replaces the other, and PractiTest's own guidance points toward using both together: Filters for structural, ongoing organization of tests by criteria like component or level, and Milestones layered on top for tracking whether a specific sprint or release is actually on track. Treating them as competing options misses that they answer different questions, how is this organized versus are we ready by this date.
Which grouping explicitly represents a time-bound objective?
Does PractiTest's guidance suggest choosing one exclusively over the other?
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