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

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"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security.""Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements.""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.""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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"Wide range of adapters/connectors which allow connectivity to any tools.""We increased our development and testing team velocity, were able to manage traceability, and deliver software faster."

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"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent.""Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow.""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.""Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified.""Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."

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"Needs an ​easier and less heavy UI."

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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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    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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    IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
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    Overview

    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.

    Kovair ALM Studio is a comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) product that can provide all the development functions from Requirements to Release with complete capabilities. This includes process workflow, project management, reports/dashboards and 3rd party tools integrations.

    With capabilities like real-time cross-tool data based reports, dashboards, and bi-directional traceability cutting across all phases of ALM, Kovair ALM unifies all phases of Software Development Lifecycle - SDLC and keeps every stakeholder informed about the development progress, product quality and release predictability.

    Kovair also supports integration with 3rd party application development and IT tools from popular vendors like HP, IBM, Microsoft, Atlassian, BMC as well as Open sources to provide customers a wide range of solutions.

    All these capabilities of Kovair ALM lead to better governance and team productivity across project lifecycle which are crucial to release quality and on-time delivery.

    More details - https://www.kovair.com/alm-studio/

    Sample Customers
    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
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    IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 10th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 14 reviews while Kovair ALM Studio is ranked 22nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites. IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8, while Kovair ALM Studio is rated 10.0. 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 Kovair ALM Studio writes "We increased our development and testing team velocity and were able to manage traceability". IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, GitLab and Polarion ALM, whereas Kovair ALM Studio is most compared with .

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