IBM Rational ClearQuest vs Visual Studio Team System comparison

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"The combination of a highly flexible state machine together with a platform independent API enables possibilities to automate many steps that in many systems are manual.""It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."

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"The product is efficient.""The solution has a good framework that is user friendly and scalable.""I am not familiar with any issues with respect to stability, and I have never seen Team System crash.""Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Every month there is an increase in the number of users. It is a scalable solution.""The solution is pretty stable.""IntelliSense and CodeLens are helpful because they can show you details about your function, such as how many times it is called from other places within the code.""The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform.""The solution’s fast performance is its most valuable feature."

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"Lack of a modern web interface compared to other systems might discourage customers."

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"The stability of the product could be better.""I have seen customizations with Team System that allowed it to integrate into other ticketing systems like Jira, which would be a really nice feature to see.""I would say compared to some more modern tools which are made to work offline, with this solution you have to be connected all of the time and with a central server. In our case, it's not a big problem because we all work on-premises, but it can be an issue if you have teams in different locations.""The product must improve its stability.""The technical support could be better.""When you go into the front-end, the web portal, if, for example, you pick up an issue, it would be ideal if the branch was automatically created in the repository. Right now, this isn't the case.""The product should be priced better.""Support response time could stand improvement."

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  • "The price could be better."
  • "There is no fee for the solution's community version."
  • "It is an open-source product from Microsoft."
  • "You can choose pricing from a variety of options. I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
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    Top Answer:The product must improve its stability. It must do more innovations. It could be made more efficient to provide the best responses. It will help us with internal and external processes.
    Top Answer:We can use the tool to perform limited tasks in developing information systems.
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    Overview

    IBM Rational ClearQuest is a fully customizable database workflow application development and production system. It provides flexible change and defect tracking, customizable processes, near real-time reporting and lifecycle traceability for better visibility and control of the software development lifecycle. IBM Rational ClearQuest provides scalable, multiplatform support to any size organization so you can continue to customize processes as your development needs evolve.

    Microsoft Visual Studio Team System is a platform for productive, integrated, and extensible software development life-cycle tools that helps software teams by improving communication and collaboration throughout the software development process.

    Sample Customers
    Atos SE, STM, Regence BlueCross BlueShield
    Bluegarden A/S, Tracasa, Rabobank Group, Borusan Otomotiv, Arelik, Alfa Bank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company23%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government9%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company43%
    Financial Services Firm43%
    Marketing Services Firm14%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise27%

    IBM Rational ClearQuest is ranked 6th in Software Configuration Management while Visual Studio Team System is ranked 3rd in Software Configuration Management with 14 reviews. IBM Rational ClearQuest is rated 7.2, while Visual Studio Team System is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearQuest writes "Tracks change requests, problems, and physical asset management. I would like to see data type for floating point numbers. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Team System writes "A scalable and efficient solution that can be used to perform tasks involved in developing information systems". IBM Rational ClearQuest is most compared with Jira, IBM Rational ClearCase, HCL Compass and IBM Rational Synergy, whereas Visual Studio Team System is most compared with .

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