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We performed a comparison between Helix ALM and OpenText Silk Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The tool offers high stability.""Helix ALM enables users to build, make efficient and effective decisions, and use least-cost methods for maximum benefit, as fast as possible. They allow you to see and visualize your configuration.""The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility."

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"The stability of this solution is very good. In our experience it is approximately ninety-nine percent."

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"The accountability and the equivalent to using, acting, editing, working with Word, and also importing and exporting from Word needs improvement.""It would be great to see Perforce's strategy is for implementing intelligence into the process via AI or ML. It's not clearly defined, at least not to my knowledge.""Helix ALM should be able to integrate with other systems better. Helix ALM should also have an easier user interface, and the solution needs to have drag-and-drop tools included in it."

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"We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end."

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  • "I give the solution a nine out of ten for pricing."
  • "I rate the product price a nine on a one to ten scale, where one is low price and ten is high price."
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  • "The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large."
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    Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
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    Overview

    Helix ALM is a comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) software platform offered by Perforce. It provides organizations with tools and features to manage the entire lifecycle of software development and product engineering. Helix ALM combines requirements management, test management, issue tracking, and version control into a unified solution, enabling teams to collaborate effectively and ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.

    Helix ALM Features:

    • Requirements Management: Helix ALM allows for capturing, organizing, and managing requirements, ensuring clarity, traceability, and alignment with stakeholders.
    • Test Management: The platform provides tools for creating, executing, and tracking tests, enabling comprehensive test coverage and quality assurance.
    • Issue and Defect Tracking: Helix ALM offers robust issue and defect tracking capabilities, allowing teams to log, track, and resolve issues throughout the software development lifecycle.
    • Version Control Integration: It integrates with version control systems, such as Helix Core, enabling teams to manage source code, track changes, and maintain version history.
    • Traceability and Impact Analysis: Helix ALM establishes relationships between requirements, tests, defects, and code changes, facilitating traceability and impact analysis to understand the impact of changes and make informed decisions.
    • Collaboration and Workflow Management: The platform supports collaboration among team members, streamlines workflows, and provides notifications and approvals to ensure efficient progress and timely delivery.
    • Reporting and Analytics: Helix ALM offers reporting and analytics capabilities to gain insights into project status, quality metrics, and overall performance, aiding in decision-making and process improvement.

    Helix ALM Benefits:

    • Streamlined Development Process: Helix ALM provides a centralized platform that streamlines the software development process, promoting efficient collaboration and coordination among team members.
    • Improved Collaboration and Communication: The platform facilitates effective collaboration and communication among cross-functional teams, reducing miscommunication and fostering better teamwork.
    • Enhanced Requirement Management: Helix ALM helps ensure clear, traceable, and well-managed requirements, leading to better understanding and fulfillment of customer needs.
    • Comprehensive Test Management: With Helix ALM, teams can create, execute, and track tests, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, early defect detection, and improved product quality.
    • Effective Issue and Defect Tracking: Helix ALM's issue and defect tracking features enable teams to log, track, and resolve issues throughout the development process, ensuring timely issue resolution and reducing the risk of defects in the final product.
    • Regulatory Compliance Support: Helix ALM provides features to support compliance with industry regulations and standards, offering documentation, audit trails, and version control to meet regulatory requirements.
    • Increased Visibility and Control: Helix ALM offers transparency and visibility into project status, metrics, and performance, empowering teams with actionable insights to make informed decisions and manage projects effectively.
    • Scalability and Customization: Helix ALM is a flexible solution that can be tailored to fit the specific needs of different organizations and projects. It scales to accommodate growing teams and supports customization to align with unique processes and workflows.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Harold Pogue, Global IT Director of Digital Platforms, says that, “The initial setup is complexly straightforward. The vendor offers support where they come and set up the solution for a fee”, and also adds, "The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility.

    Silk Central is an open test management solution which unifies all test assets into one easy-to-use planning, tracking, reporting and execution hub. Silk Central enables you to gain control, collaboration and traceability across all areas of your software testing, whether your methodology is Agile, Traditional or hybrid. Silk Central provides integration of requirements, manual and automated tests, defect tools and your test execution, giving full traceability of the quality of your software testing regardless of role.
    Sample Customers
    Invision, Softing, CACI, Hunter Industries, ITSO, Itron, EEC, Database Consultants Australia, VirtualScopics, March Networks, WorkForce
    AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Healthcare Company15%
    Educational Organization13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Transportation Company25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Energy/Utilities Company12%
    Government8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Helix ALM is ranked 16th in Test Management Tools with 7 reviews while OpenText Silk Central is ranked 20th in Test Management Tools. Helix ALM is rated 6.4, while OpenText Silk Central is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Helix ALM writes "Helix ALM is insanely configurable, with great traceability, and flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Silk Central writes "We have many possibilities to customize the utilization and we can also work easily at database level for custom reporting and to manage additional information and integration". Helix ALM is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, Polarion Requirements and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas OpenText Silk Central is most compared with OpenText ALM / Quality Center, Zephyr Enterprise and TestRail.

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