We performed a comparison between Endevor and IBM Engineering Workflow Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom, BMC, Microsoft and others in Software Configuration Management."It can be very flexible, as far as how you use it. You can make it do nearly anything, but in really clever ways. It is very versatile."
"It standardizes the processing of all the development. Everything gets produced in a constant and consistent manner."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is the software controller."
"In the last year or so, we had a need to start using a CICS web services, and mesh them in with some distributed functions on an enterprise service bus. We put the web services into Endevor and we manage that way now."
"Any question that an auditor has about our processes and approvals is all stored in Endevor."
"We have used it for years and never had any real issues with it."
"The tools are specifically designed for mainframe environments, providing features tailored to the unique requirements of the systems, ensuring there are no mistakes."
"Having something that is out-of-the-box that you can customize to suit your organization's needs is huge."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"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."
"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security."
"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."
"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."
"They need to ditch the Eclipse plugin and just make the development environment for Z the standard Eclipse interface."
"There should be better integration between CA Endevor Software Change Manager and Zowe."
"There are a lot of screens in it. The process for moving out my other solutions, it could be more convenient. There are a lot of steps to go through and a lot of screens to go through to get it accomplished."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"Endevor can improve parallel development."
"The scalability of Endevor could improve."
"The customer service and support team are not helpful."
"The main challenges are its limited interface and the complexity of the customization."
"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."
"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
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Endevor is ranked 1st in Software Configuration Management with 45 reviews while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is ranked 7th in Software Configuration Management with 14 reviews. Endevor is rated 8.8, while IBM Engineering Workflow Management is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of Endevor writes "A highly stable tool for managing mainframe software development projects that require significant expertise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Engineering Workflow Management writes "Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement ". Endevor is most compared with BMC Compuware ISPW, OpenText ChangeMan ZMF, CA Harvest Software Change Manager and IBM Rational ClearCase, whereas IBM Engineering Workflow Management is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer and GitLab.
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