IBM DOORS vs PTC Integrity Requirements Connector comparison

"When you install DOORS locally, you have the flexibility to do what you want with the solution. You can add functionality and do many things that you can't do with other tools or do well enough to satisfy your users' requirements."

"I like the way we can simply link requirements with one another and with test descriptions and then automatically produce reports that are required to show compliance to our customers. It is a combination of requirements management and reporting that I like, but I really have very little to do with the reporting part of it. I don't know how easy or hard it is to create those reports."

"The solution is stable."

"Very customizable and can be as powerful as you want it to be."

"Traceability on requirements for a huge project in an organization is a big gain."

"This product can help improve how your organization proceeds through solution development."

"The most valuable feature of IBM Rational DOORS is the full requirements development and testing."

"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to enter data into one table, or context, and link it across modules."

"It is a stable solution...I rate the support a nine out of ten."

"It would be helpful if Microsoft provided a more user-friendly interface for updating and querying updates. Additionally, if there was a way for users to notify developers of any changes in requirements, it would allow for faster and more efficient updates to the solution's architecture. This could be in the form of a notification system that alerts developers of any changes that need to be made. Additionally, the solution is document-driven and it should be more digital."

"The web application DOORS Web Access doesn't have the same functionality as the standard client, so it's not a real substitute. For example, web Access only provides writing requirements, but you can't do much more with it."

"The low performance of the solution is probably because it is quite an old tool."

"There needs to be quicker access to tech support. When I have a two minute question that takes two minutes to answer, it shouldn't take me 45 minutes and/or a few days of callbacks to get to the right technical support person. It's unnecessary and frustrating for the user."

"I would like to see them improve in agile management the Scrum/Kanban Board to work with overseas team members."

"Complexity, performance, openness are the three areas that can be improved. The IBM architecture and specifically Jazz looks more complex. There are a lot of servers. It's quite complicated. The search capabilities lack in IBM Rational DOORS Classic for customers who have a database with a requirement of more than 25,000 records. For example, you can search easily for a module, but it's really difficult to look for keywords through the whole database because all the modules are separated into small components, which makes the search quite complex. This is something that's really annoying because when we want to make an impact analysis, we would like to analyze the product globally. It's quite difficult to manage. The fact that you can interact externally with data makes it complex. The approach is complex and doesn't work as expected. For example, when I tried to experiment with exporting some records, the tool crashed, but I couldn't find out the root cause, that is, whether it happened because of Rational Windows or lack of memory. It was just crashing. Logs weren't very clear. IBM can try to use more recent technology for different aspects and make it easy. They can also provide free integration from DOORS Classic to DOORS. Currently, all the customization in Excel is lost, which makes it very complex. It would be a feature to make new versions compatible with features in the past versions."

"It used to be very clunky."

"One of the things that many people complain about is it's hard to manage attributes. For example, tables or figures. This is something that can be improved."

"The training material for PTC Integrity should be made a little bit easier or more useful for the user."

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very affordable and ten being quite expensive."

"IBM Rational DOORS is highly expensive."

"Licensing fees are billed annually and there is no support included with what I pay."

"Pricing can vary depending on the size of the organization and how contracts are negotiated."

"It's expensive."

"The licensing costs for the product are quite high."

"I think it's expensive because you have to pay for the licenses to IBM and all that and maintain them."

"IBM DOORS is available at a reasonable price"