We performed a comparison between Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the way Broadcom ARD inserts test cases in execution mode. Also, ARD can be used apart from Broadcom TDM. It's an add-on through which you supply data through ARD test cases when there is a need for extra data."
"Measuring test coverage helps in one of the most challenging tasks. It has logic that can help to select the right set of scenarios and know what coverage it will provide."
"It takes away all the time to construct test cases, so it is all automatic now, but it also levels the playing field."
"Technical support is excellent. They provide solutions quickly for issues encountered."
"The modeling is a game-changer."
"Helps the communication between the testing organization and the requirements group. It helps us to simplify the work. Instead of dealing with individual test cases, you're working with a model."
"The ability to create models/diagrams at multiple levels (nest/embed them) helps in taking models from high-level business requirements and building them into detailed requirements models and test models. Plus, it helps reuse lower level models. It also allows maintaining models at appropriate levels, even for very complex systems/solutions."
"CA ARD has some beautiful features which I haven't found anywhere else. For example, when designing or creating our test cases and doing scenarios, we are able to restrict our flows. If we take a data link between two processes, we can actually restrict it, so that, in production, if our functionality breaks down, we can restrict that and all the flows related to it will be removed from the test data set."
"Version Control: TFS offers both the centralized “TFVC” version control technology as well as the distributed “Git” version control technology."
"For what I need TFS for, I have never run into any limitation."
"It has great functionality: work items, backlogs, source code, build releases, and it's easy to use."
"TFS' most valuable feature is the triage process. It is a robust solution that is easy to use."
"We use TFS for forecast management."
"It's is a very stable solution."
"The interface is easy to navigate."
"The most valuable features of TFS are bug reporting and its high performance."
"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."
"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."
"CA ARD doesn't provide integration with Tosca. The possibility of creating a test case and exporting it into Tosca is not available. Integration with end-to-end automation tools, like Worksoft or Tosca, is not provided by CA ARD as of now."
"It would help if it would save different subsets of test cases, use cases, etc., of a given diagram, for different purposes and provide an easy way to name those subsets."
"Needs improvement in aligning models so they look clear and readable without having to move boxes around."
"The solution could improve security and authentication."
"Integration with Agile management tools can be improved, i.e., mainly test case maintenance and linking test cases to the automation script."
"Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework."
"TFS needs to be stable."
"I'm looking for specific options that aren't currently available, such as active status, new status, or what's currently in progress."
"The dashboard needs more enhancements."
"I would like to see TFS improve its web interface as there are some limitations with IDs and the integration behind it and with open-source tools like VS Code."
"In the next release, I would like them to include integration for various projects, similar to what JIRA has, and they could create this feature on the dashboard."
"TFS should allow more integration with different platforms."
"It would be better if we could bring it out on the cloud."
"One of the areas that could be improved is to have an effective full lifecycle management."
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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is ranked 10th in Test Management Tools with 20 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is rated 8.0, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer writes "Easy to use, beneficial test case visibility, and effective support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Jira and Sealights, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. TFS report.
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