Micro Focus ALM Review

The ability to keep test cases and defects centrally located, accessible to multiple people instead of in document format, is the most valuable feature.

We no longer need to use documents for test cases, which are brittle and difficult to keep updated.

• The UI is primitive
• The tool is hard to learn
• The help files are minimal, even the videos
• The massive configuration options are too broad, meaning there is little in common across deployments

I've used it for a few months, but I also have experience with Quality Center, the predecessor.

I wasn't involved in the deployment.

The site has to be reloaded every time there is a change in the background.

No issues encountered.

It was complex, as I was not given permission to delete items, for example. Trying to create test cases via copy-and-paste can be cumbersome, and it was easy to misread the directory structure or put cases in the wrong location.

I believe that the tool is probably not worth great expense, although it is better than remaining tied to documents and spreadsheets.

Try MS Test Manager first, particularly if your code is .Net and/or your developers use Visual Studio.