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IBM Rational ALM

Read 17 IBM Rational ALM reviews
1,578 views|1,153 comparisons
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Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
March 2024
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Harold Pogue
A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based
IBM Rational ALM did not help the organization and we ended up moving to another solution.
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  • "The price of the solution could be reduced. Many of our customers are not using all the features and this could be why our clients feel the price is too high."
  • "We have a contract, but I am not aware of the details."
  • "This product is a little expensive and we had to pay extra to have them set it up for us."
  • "IBM Rational ALM has both monthly and yearly licensing options."
  • "The solution is not cheap."

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    What do you like most about IBM Rational ALM?
    Top Answer:The solution is customizable.
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    What needs improvement with IBM Rational ALM?
    Top Answer:We have some special needs. The product does not support our needs perfectly. The GUI is a little bit outdated. There are not many diagrams that help us organize or plan the work for the team. The… more »
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    What is your primary use case for IBM Rational ALM?
    Top Answer:We have three modules. The DOORS module is for requirements. RTC is for storage planning and workflow planning. We also use the module for quality. We use IBM Rational ALM as the main tool to plan… more »
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    10th
    out of 35 in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
    Views
    1,578
    Comparisons
    1,153
    Reviews
    7
    Average Words per Review
    396
    Rating
    7.4
    39th
    out of 74 in Application Security Tools
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    315
    Comparisons
    269
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    Also Known As
    Rational ALM, MKS
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    Overview
    Lifecycle management capabilities built on the open, unifying IBM Rational Jazz platform can help agile and traditional teams: see at-a-glance status, access better data for decisions, manage costs, reuse the most efficient processes across the organization, manage cloud, web, SOA and mobile application design and development. Teams can also gain real-time traceability, manage work across vendors, unify across a diverse set of lifecyle tools, and provide collaborative development for continuous delivery as part of the IBM DevOps solution.

    Our mission is to help everyone involved in software engineering create secure and trustworthy code without slowing down.

    Combining the fields of databases, programming languages, data science and security we're making the world’s software truly searchable, so that even deep meaningful questions about security can be answered, helping software organizations better understand their code, engineering processes and people.

    Sample Customers
    Tennis Australia, WeCloud AB, Port Otago Limited, Logicalis US, Valmer, The Chevrolet Volt, Ashurst
    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Murex, Trafigura, Dell, Dropbox, Nordea, Citi, Credit Suisse
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Manufacturing Company23%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise77%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Semmle QL is ranked 39th in Application Security Tools. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Semmle QL is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". On the other hand, IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM and PTC Integrity, whereas Semmle QL is most compared with Polyspace Code Prover, Fortify on Demand, SonarQube and Checkmarx One.

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