IBM Engineering Test Management and Visual Studio Test Professional are two leading tools in the test management domain. User reviews suggest that while IBM excels in deployment and customer service, Visual Studio has the upper hand in pricing and ROI.
Features: IBM Engineering Test Management is praised for its comprehensive test planning, tracking capabilities, and integration with other IBM tools. Visual Studio Test Professional integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio environment and comes with robust debugging tools. Users find Visual Studio Test Professional feature-rich and well-integrated with development tools.
Room for Improvement: Users have noted that IBM Engineering Test Management can be complex to navigate and has a steep learning curve. Visual Studio Test Professional could benefit from improved reporting capabilities and enhanced support for non-Microsoft technologies. IBM users are more concerned with ease of use, whereas Visual Studio users focus on feature enhancements.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Engineering Test Management is seen as more challenging to deploy due to its complexity but receives high marks for customer service. Visual Studio Test Professional is easier to deploy, especially in Microsoft-centric environments, but users report mixed experiences with customer service. IBM offers strong support while Visual Studio offers smoother deployment.
Pricing and ROI: IBM Engineering Test Management is perceived as more expensive, but users believe it offers substantial ROI due to its extensive feature set. Visual Studio Test Professional is considered more affordable and provides a good ROI, largely due to its integration with other Microsoft products. Users feel Visual Studio offers a more balanced price-to-value ratio compared to IBM.
Sometimes, the documentation is not readable, being too long or too detailed and not connected to my problem.
Sometimes, the library version is not compatible with other libraries, causing errors in my application.
The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface.
The Git extensions are very basic and can be more extensive compared to other software focused on Git, like GitTower or SmartGit.
The price is expensive.
It supports cross-platform functionality.
Visual Studio Test Professional is highly valuable because it provides extensive extensions and plugins that assist in measuring code quality.
IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM), formerly known as IBM Rational® Quality Manager (RQM), is a business-driven software quality environment designed for collaborative and customizable test planning, workflow control, tracking, and metrics reporting. When integrated with IBM DevOps Test Embedded (Test Embedded), ETM allows users to create test environments and scripts, deploy and run tests, and view HTML reports. This integration enables the creation of ETM test environments linked to Test Embedded target deployment ports, the deployment and execution of Test Embedded tests through the ETM interface, and the mapping of ETM test scripts to Test Embedded test suites. Additionally, users can import test suites as ETM test scripts, build new ETM test cases, and view test results as HTML reports within ETM. The integration requires the Test Embedded adapter service to be running on the user's computer.
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