OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

We use OpenText ALM Octane as a Quality Hub within our development cycle. It meets our strict audit requirements, particularly those mandated by Dutch Bank for the financial sector.

OpenText ALM Octane is a new product with full development ongoing, where new ideas are launched regularly. Its ability to generate audit evidence with a single click is a significant advantage, as it saves considerable time and money compared to manual processes. This efficiency is especially valuable for audits required by financial regulators.

I have used the solution in my company since we were developing a training information system.

In terms of how the tool has helped improve our company's workflow or how our organization functions, I would say that we have had the CI/CD pipeline going in and doing the development. We would also do the testing, specifically manual testing.

I use it to integrate automation jobs from Jenkins, and to document manual test cases to have traceability on our deliverables and OpenText coverage of our requirements.

The integration capability of ALM Octane was very straightforward. We had a supporting team, and they provided us with detailed documentation.

My company has several scrum teams, so we use OpenText ALM Octane for sprint planning. My company also uses OpenText ALM Octane for test management, quality management, requirements management, deployments, engineering purposes, and some automated testing.

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a one-tool solution, meaning you have everything you want in one tool, so you don't need to switch to other tools.

We are using Micro Focus ALM Octane for agile purposes and integration with ALM.

The most valuable feature of Micro Focus ALM Octane is the reports. We are able to do customization.

In my company, I don't specifically work on OpenText ALM Octane, but my team works on it. My company uses OpenText ALM Octane as a test management platform.

Since I work for a software company, we use it for the management of test scenarios, how many tests to run against certain features, what are the test results, how long the resolutions or the fixes take, and when we can stop testing the features. The product helps in terms of collaboration and coordination between different teams.

Micro Focus ALM Octane is primarily used for test management, specifically to manage all testware in a single location. It also allows linking requirements to tests and tests to defects, ensuring defects are traced back to their original requirements. With ALM Octane, users can manage requirements, allowing for the execution of appropriate tests on the code. If a defect arises, it can be linked back to the test case and requirement for effective resolution.

Regarding features, the ability to work on the whole life cycle management, especially to manage the whole software testing life cycle, is the most valuable in Micro Focus ALM Octane.

Octane is a relatively new solution for us. We needed better tooling than we previously had and Octane gave us extra flexibility. Our primary use case is for cross-project program reporting and dashboards. We are customers of Micro Focus and I'm a company director. 

The dashboards and metric reporting are valuable features for us. From a development perspective, we use Jira and Zephyr. To stay agile, we need to ensure that our Jira data is feeding into our ALM projects. It's about the real-time integration between the two and bringing that information across accurately.