We performed a comparison between IBM Engineering Workflow Management and Jira Align based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, GitLab, Atlassian and others in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools."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."
"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."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements."
"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."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The tool helps us with better tracking across various departments. Jira Align is highly valuable for organizations due to its flexibility. With my experience as an administrator, I can attest that it can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of any organization. It helps to eliminate the mess created by Excel spreadsheets."
"The tool enabled everyone to see the status of each environment."
"Jira Align is an easy-to-use and user-friendly solution."
"What I like about Jira is that I can easily keep tabs on the status of different issues and what the team is working on."
"The reporting structure is great."
"It's easy to set up."
"In our workflow, we utilize a dashboard. Our product development backbone relies on two-week sprints. At the beginning of each sprint, we conduct a planning meeting to discuss and challenge the backlogs. Throughout the sprint, we conduct daily sessions to review code, ensure alignment with coding standards, and address any issues. Once all tasks are completed, we proceed with the deployment process."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
"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."
"One area where Jira Align could be improved is mobile accessibility."
"The tool must provide better bulk editing features."
"I would like to see Jira Align merge and integrate better with Jira as a whole. A lot of the time, the data from Jira won't map very well into Jira Align."
"The product should improve its communication. My English proficiency is not high, but writing in English is another skill that you need. Maybe AI can help here. Because I can see in some other applications, they have AI helpers. So when you write something and you want to do something, it can help. For example, Google Cloud Platform has it. They have a helpdesk for it. When you want to create a cluster, it can help you."
"Someone who is new to Jira or doesn't have many years of working experience in Jira Align gets easily lost because everything looks the same in the product."
"The synchronization between Jira and Jira Align takes too long."
"There are fewer customization options in Jira Align due to how it was designed."
"It would be helpful if they had something for capacity planning that was simpler to understand."
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IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 10th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 14 reviews while Jira Align is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 36 reviews. IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8, while Jira Align is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jira Align writes "Creates visibility, has lots of reports, and removes silos". IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, GitLab and Polarion ALM, whereas Jira Align is most compared with OpenText ValueEdge, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, JIRA Portfolio, Planview AgilePlace and Microsoft Azure DevOps.
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