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We performed a comparison between Atlassian ALM and IBM Engineering Workflow Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The main power of this tool is the integration between the different products of the Atlassian suite. We have good integration with work management with Java. This is the major strength from this provider.""The most valuable feature is the Scrum board.""This solution fits very well into our agile product management environment."

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"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture.""We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data.""Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements.""All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security.""Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases.""Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness."

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Cons
"The automation for scheduling software and doing software tests should be simplified because it's complex and too rigid.""The reports are not really customizable, which is something that they should improve on.""There is room for improvement in the high-level project management."

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"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it.""The solution is very heavily vendor dependent.""Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified.""Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow.""Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "There is a community edition available, but if the price were lower for the addons then more people would use the full version."
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  • "Licensing: The solution cost is high and should be brought down to increase competition."
  • "It's an expensive investment to make, so the decision should be driven on individual requirements."
  • "It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. The cost per token is around $115-$120."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the Scrum board.
    Top Answer:The pricing is on the higher side. I would give it an eight out of ten, where one is low, and ten is high.
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the high-level project management. In future releases, I would like to have a planning feature for high-level project management.
    Top Answer:We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data.
    Top Answer:Customers need to pay for a license to use this product. It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. We have about 7,800 tokens, and including maintenance… more »
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the UI. The UI has to improve a lot compared to the competitive tools, like Atlassian Jira, for example. It's very easy to use. It is easy to manage and easy to use… more »
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    Also Known As
    IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
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    Overview

    How to use Atlassian to manage application lifecycle: Atlassian builds software to pull together all the elements of application lifecycle management. Product management, developers, Q/A, dev ops, and business stake holders all have their own ways of interacting with application lifecycle management and Atlassian splits up the process into a few buckets.

    1) Collaborate to plan and envision work

    Atlassian's Confluence is a collaboration platform for building and driving consensus. Call stake holders in to give approval, comment on, and share pages and integrate with the rest of the development toolchain.

    2) Build and track roadmaps

    Atlassian's JIRA Software offers incredibly flexible project management with custom workflows, plugins, and high visibility rollups through JIRA Portfolio. Issues can be embedded right in confluence, or be used to kick off new branches in version control. Keep everyone on the same page with project progress. 

    3) Track and deploy code

    Atlassian's Bitbucket is the world's most robust Git solution. The ability to deploy multiple-nodes with failover, global mirroring for super fast clones, and powerful code review control set it apart from competition. Bitbucket also has a mature plugin and hooks system that allows extensions and connection to a suite of CI software. 

    4) Support and Iterate

    Track support requests, bugs, and route users in the right direction with JIRA Service Desk. With the same custom workflow engine as JIRA Software, a tight integration with the rest of the stack, and a knowledge base function make it a powerful addition to the ALM stack. 

    5) Tie it together

    ChatOps helps tie every part of the ALM together. Get stake holders in the same room to manage a project, teams in the same page to manage their work, or plugin automated members to report on CI status, pull requests, page changes in Confluence, or bug reports. Like every piece of Atlassian's ALM there is a mature API for extending plugins and everything can be hosted behind your own firewall. 

    IBM Engineering Workflow Management manages plans, tasks, the project status and acts as the critical link between required and delivered work. It provides flexibility to adapt to any process, which enables companies to adopt faster release cycles and manage dependencies across both small and complex development projects. This solution offers no-charge server software and flexible pricing models. It becomes a complete IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management solution—when purchased as a set of seamlessly integrated tools: IBM Engineering Workflow Management, IBM Engineering Test Management, and IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next.

    Sample Customers
    Facebook, NASA, Cisco, eBay, Redfin, Toyota, Kaiser Permanente, Gilt, CSIRO, Autodesk, The Daily Telegraph, CODE, Illumnia
    Telstra Corporation, Visteon, Atos SE, Panasonic Automotive Systems, IBM Global Technology Services, CareCore National, JTEKT Corp., ItaÒ BBA, Avea, CACEIS, Danske Bank Group, APIS IT
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise78%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise80%
    Buyer's Guide
    Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
    March 2024
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    Atlassian ALM is ranked 16th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 6 reviews while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 10th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 14 reviews. Atlassian ALM is rated 7.6, while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of Atlassian ALM writes "Scrum board feature is highly valuable and handles different user volumes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". Atlassian ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS and IBM Rational ALM, whereas IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer and GitLab.

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