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"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles.""The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."

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"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security.""Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness.""Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture.""Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases.""Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements.""We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data."

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"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards.""Password complexity is not enforced by the tool.""Security features can be improved."

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"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it.""Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow.""Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified.""Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans.""The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."

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  • "Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
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  • "Licensing: The solution cost is high and should be brought down to increase competition."
  • "It's an expensive investment to make, so the decision should be driven on individual requirements."
  • "It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. The cost per token is around $115-$120."
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    Top Answer:We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data.
    Top Answer:Customers need to pay for a license to use this product. It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. We have about 7,800 tokens, and including maintenance… more »
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the UI. The UI has to improve a lot compared to the competitive tools, like Atlassian Jira, for example. It's very easy to use. It is easy to manage and easy to use… more »
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    Also Known As
    CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
    IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
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    Overview
    CA Harvest Software Change Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides powerful, process-driven capabilities for managing development teams across your enterprise, encompassing multiple platforms and release management tools. This release management software enforces your IT governance policies and corporate compliance initiatives including those defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also can ensure adherence to your ITIL-based best practices. CA Harvest SCM can help your enterprise simplify the software release management process as well as the development and maintenance of business applications with streamlined workflows and automated source code versioning. This ITIL release management software can optimize your development resources by providing audit, protection and storage of your software assets, and standardized process management and defect tracking.

    IBM Engineering Workflow Management manages plans, tasks, the project status and acts as the critical link between required and delivered work. It provides flexibility to adapt to any process, which enables companies to adopt faster release cycles and manage dependencies across both small and complex development projects. This solution offers no-charge server software and flexible pricing models. It becomes a complete IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management solution—when purchased as a set of seamlessly integrated tools: IBM Engineering Workflow Management, IBM Engineering Test Management, and IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next.

    Sample Customers
    State of New Hampshire, Blue Hill
    Telstra Corporation, Visteon, Atos SE, Panasonic Automotive Systems, IBM Global Technology Services, CareCore National, JTEKT Corp., ItaÒ BBA, Avea, CACEIS, Danske Bank Group, APIS IT
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Insurance Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise78%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise80%

    CA Harvest Software Change Manager is ranked 8th in Software Configuration Management while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 7th in Software Configuration Management with 14 reviews. CA Harvest Software Change Manager is rated 7.2, while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of CA Harvest Software Change Manager writes "Powerful UDP functionality with a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". CA Harvest Software Change Manager is most compared with Endevor, whereas IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, GitLab and Polarion ALM.

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