Case Study: Honda achieves unified IoT test management and faster releases with SmartBear Zephyr Squad

Zephyr Squad Drives Better Internet of Things Testing for Honda

Honda, a major automaker, relies on in‑house software to control assembly processes and record critical part data. Their internal dev team faced fragmented testing practices—Excel spreadsheets, a non‑integrated HP Quality Center, and separately managed plant workflows—leading to poor traceability, delivery delays, and increased risk to product quality.

Honda implemented SmartBear’s Zephyr Squad for Jira, providing a unified test‑management UI, reusable test cases across cycles, and direct links between tests, builds, and releases. The solution consolidated multiple plants onto a single code base, streamlined about 545 test cases, improved cross‑site collaboration and traceability, and accelerated their move toward automation, reducing errors and release costs.

Honda

Joseph Allen

Representative