IBM Rational Build Forge Reviews

We use the execution records and the execution of the build for the source. I use Eclipse to build it out and tie into the execution. I'm a CRM program release manager and we are customers of IBM. 

The features are all very functional but I guess the reporting features of this solution are very good. I utilized the reporting features and a number of documents, as well as statuses. It's a functional tool to be able to manage the life cycle.

The solution could be more user friendly. Trying to train somebody on it can be difficult. If you're in this field, you kind of learn the tools, but trying to show a PM how to find report sheets to pull data was difficult. I had to show them how to write the queries and pull the data that they needed. It's not a layman's solution. If you're working with a programmer or with an architect, you won't have issues trying to relay how to utilize the tool. It was for those who cut the checks where there were problems enabling them to pull the data they required. I guess the answer is DevOps, but it depends on your environment. Just being able to sign into dashboards and get accurate results was my biggest thing with my PMs on my projects. They like charts and pie graphs, the ability to see things at a glance data where they could make decisions on the fly.

I've been using this solution for a year and a half. 

It's a stable solution - no bugs or errors with it. 

The solution is scalable. It was pretty much just plug and play. When we did an instalment, if there were bugs, it was more because of us than the code. 

We never used the customer service agents. We had an in-house Rational tools team that we went to for any issues. 

The initial setup was straightforward. I just put it on my C drive and attached it to the server. 

It depends on your budget. It's kind of a costly tool because it plugs into IBM Rational which is pretty expensive. It depends on the market you're actually working in. You need to do your research. I like the solution a lot, I'm kind of upset that we're moving away from it.

I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10. 

Our customer uses this solution for building some of their applications in CI/CD. They are using its latest version.

All features are useful. Our customer doesn't have any complaints about the tool. It works pretty well for what they want and what they need to do.

Its logging can be improved. When something goes wrong, it is not always very easy to find the problem. It is hard to identify whether the problem is because of low memory in the server or some configuration in Rational Build Forge. The error logs are not very detailed, and they should provide more information.

It should also have more integration with third-party tools. It would be great to have more integration with third-party tools.

I am supporting a customer who is using Rational Build Forge for about four years.

Its stability is fine. There is no problem with its stability.

We have only one customer of this solution, and they have been using this solution for four years. They don't have any need to increase the team, pipeline, or work. There is no need to scale. They're a medium-sized company.

We provide support to our customers. There is no need to involve IBM in this because most of the problems are very easy to fix.

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment duration depends on whether it is a development environment or a production environment. A production environment takes more time because more people are involved.

It seems to be working well for our customer. I do not have any big trouble in implementing and using it. You can just install and use it.

I would rate IBM Rational Build Forge an eight out of ten.