Compare IBM Rational Quality Manager vs. Silk Central
IBM Rational Quality Manager is ranked 17th in Test Management Tools with 1 review while Silk Central is ranked 10th in Test Management Tools with 1 review. IBM Rational Quality Manager is rated 8.0, while Silk Central is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Quality Manager writes "Fast and reliable with good customization capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Silk Central writes "A powerful platform and strong technical support help us to make the right decisions". IBM Rational Quality Manager is most compared with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, Zephyr Enterprise and TFS, whereas Silk Central is most compared with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, Zephyr Enterprise and Tricentis qTest.
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It's very reliable as a solution. | The stability of this solution is very good. In our experience it is approximately ninety-nine percent. |
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Currently, the user interface needs to be more user-friendly. | We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end. |
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Information Not Available | The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large. |
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Also Known As | |
| Rational Quality Manager | Borland Silk Central, Micro Focus Silk Central |
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| IBM | Micro Focus |
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| IBM Rational Quality Manager is a collaborative hub for business-driven software and systems quality across virtually any platform and type of testing. This software helps teams share information seamlessly, use automation to accelerate project schedules and report on metrics for informed release decisions. Rational Quality Manager helps quality assurance teams collaborate by sharing project information and status updates seamlessly so team members can synchronize teamwork throughout the lifecycle. It helps them automate by reducing labor-intensive activities to accelerate project schedules. In addition, it helps them govern by understanding and reporting on project metrics enabling accurate, reliable and timely release decisions. | 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. |
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| Ehrhardt, Cisco Systems, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, CareCore National, ItaÒ BBA, Barr | AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University |
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