We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Jira based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Everyone in a team can work on the same platform and share the same information."
"It is relatively easy to use and user-friendly once the setup is complete."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting of the CPU usage on the dashboard."
"I would rate the stability of this product a nine out of ten."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"The integration with Git works well."
"The tools for requirement capture we have found very useful."
"The cataloging is a very valuable feature. For a lot of enterprises, they end up not knowing which applications do specific features. The cataloging helps with this. It's not that verbose, but it still gives you allowances to put in more detail."
"Some of the features that are most important to me of JIRA Agile are the sprint planning, being able to write user stories and being able to use task management."
"The ability to design your own workflows is a great feature."
"I can use Jira Query Language (JQL) to write queries to see the stories that are there for the current sprint. I can also sort them by assignment. I also use Jira is for burndown charts, which give an indication of how efficiently the squad is performing. I also use the Active Sprints function and a feature called Planning Poker."
"It's easy to escalate the issues to the product development team."
"It is a stable solution, and we have had no issues with stability."
"The adaptability of the Scrum and Kanban boards for other uses, with careful use of the customization features."
"It's very simple to change the workflow and adapt it. Jira is very user friendly for the agent and the user."
"The task management aspect of Jira is pretty pure. They have a lot of great plugins that really expand your options."
"One of the complaints from users is that they have to click buttons too many times for just a simple task. Changing this would lead to a better user experience."
"The directory designer manager is uncivil. The design manager is clearly really unstable."
"In the next release, we expect a traceability metrics configuration where we can configure the user stories. We also expect them to improve or simplify the query process."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"Some improvements to the user interface (UI) would be helpful, such as exposing more services to make it easier to customize to the needs of each customer."
"I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"The product must be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see more integration available with more tools."
"I do know the initial setup was pretty complicated. The user interface could be better organized and easier. "
"Some of the interfaces, especially on the administrator side and for permissions, are not so clear. They aren't very user-friendly."
"From the project management perspective, I would say there are a lot of different issues that could be tweaked. There can be small improvements with traceability, for example."
"The reporting capabilities, specifically customized reports, should be improved. The out-of-box reports don't meet our needs. We are big into customizing our reports, and being able to do ad hoc reporting would be good."
"I want Jira to have more plug-ins, which will allow for more free plug-ins that help with the area of reporting."
"It would be ideal if Jira had future functionalities to integrate more easily with various aspects of code reviews."
"The reports in Jira can be improved, especially for test reports. I find it difficult to customize and integrate for different testing purposes."
IBM Rational ALM is ranked 11th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 266 reviews. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Jira is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM, whereas Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. Jira report.
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