"Starting to use the solution is pretty straightforward. There isn't too much of a learning curve."
"I like the user interface with regard to creating links between requirements and tracing links to requirements."
"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."
"IBM Rational DOORS keeps everything organized."
"I really like the customization that can be done using the DOORS Extension Language (DXL)."
"This product can help improve how your organization proceeds through solution development."
"What I like about DOORS is baselines, it's easy and I use the capability of multiple users. The traceability or links between different levels are very nice. Additionally, it is used by all of our suppliers, which brings us commonality."
"It is a mature product that is stable."
"Its flexibility and APIs are the most valuable."
"There are problems with communicating between DOORS and Microsoft Office."
"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."
"It would be nice if it could be scaled-down so that it could be installed and implemented without much learning or training."
"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 user interface for the Change Proposal System could be improved."
"The software and GUI is very outdated."
"The performance could be improved. It doesn't run as smoothly as it could."
"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."
"Its user interface could be more user friendly. In addition, a lot of features are missing for test management. It should have the test case ordering feature."
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IBM Rational DOORS is ranked 2nd in Application Requirements Management with 13 reviews while Polarion Requirements is ranked 7th in Application Requirements Management with 1 review. IBM Rational DOORS is rated 7.8, while Polarion Requirements is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Rational DOORS writes "Has given us a means for improving the way we proceed through solution development". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polarion Requirements writes "Good flexibility, good price, useful APIs, and very stable". IBM Rational DOORS is most compared with Jira, Jama Connect, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, PTC Integrity Requirements Connector and 3SL Cradle, whereas Polarion Requirements is most compared with Jama Connect, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, Helix ALM and PTC Integrity Requirements Connector.
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