We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Quality Manager and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Integration with the other professional tools is a very strong advantage, so that we can have a traceability between the requirements and defects in Rational Team Concert. That's the most important aspect."
"The most valuable feature is the RFT because it allows us to automate manual test cases."
"It's very reliable as a solution."
"The one feature that has not allowed us to switch to any other solution is the integration with functional testing."
"RQM is something that we use everyday, so it has to be up and running, otherwise we would lose everything."
"Latest features include versioning of testings which can be great when used for multiple releases of a product."
"Reusability and integration capabilities which make it a great choice for organizations that use a variety of development tools and platforms."
"RQM's best features are integration with test automation and performance testing."
"Complete integration with VS IDE and Office tools: This give us a possibility of high-level automation, thus minimizing human error."
"It has great functionality: work items, backlogs, source code, build releases, and it's easy to use."
"TFS's best features include user-friendly test management, bug reporting, and ID assignment."
"We use TFS for forecast management."
"TFS is very user-friendly."
"The interface is easy to navigate."
"I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools."
"This solution enables us to link all items usefully, in the way we use Agile."
"It would be helpful if we could assign a hierarchy to a group of test cases."
"RQM could be improved by adding a feature that allows test requirements to be selected when creating a task plan."
"I think it's fine from a performance perspective but usability is something that needs improvement."
"Currently, the user interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"Adding support for uploading a collection of test cases would be a helpful addition."
"Integration capabilities with other vendors' tools should improve."
"Organizing the test cases is tedious. There is no mechanism to keep and maintain the test cases as hierarchy. This should be seriously addressed."
"While RQM allows for running tests and viewing results, it could be further enhanced in terms of performance and speed."
"I only use 1% of the functionality, so I am not familiar enough to know what needs to be improved."
"The interface can be improved and made more user-friendly."
"The manageability and performance of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"The dashboard and the customization of dashboards is an area they have to work on."
"The usability of TFS is not that great."
"The execution of test cases could stand improvement."
"This solution is quite old and it is already being bundled as Azure DevOps Server."
"TFS needs to be stable."
IBM Rational Quality Manager is ranked 7th in Test Management Tools with 11 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. IBM Rational Quality Manager is rated 7.6, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Quality Manager writes "Scalable and Stable solution with good integration function and support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". IBM Rational Quality Manager is most compared with OpenText ALM / Quality Center, TestRail, Zephyr Enterprise and Tricentis qTest, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our IBM Rational Quality Manager vs. TFS report.
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