IBM Rational Quality Manager Reviews

Setembrino Lusa

Engenheiro de Software - DevOps - Agile - Application Lifecycle Management Practice Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Oct 18 2017

It allows users to assign each other tasks and view the status of the assigned tasks

What is most valuable?

Reusability and integration capabilities which make it a great choice for organizations that use a variety of development tools and platforms.

How has it helped my organization?

The software lets users register their role and create task or test-specific teams, and it allows users to assign each other tasks and view the status of the assigned… more»

What needs improvement?

Mainly Quality Assurance and DevOps, but of course the whole company and management areas with more knowledge of quality and client success approach.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There are various licensing and pricing options available for the software, so organizations should be sure to contact IBM to decide which license best serves their needs… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

No.

What other advice do I have?

It is a very good choice on ensuring the expected software quality for projects.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

HPE Quality and some others.

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Qaiser Islam, Spc4

Senior System Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 22 2017

Global Configuration allows the user to maintain different versions of the same artifact. It does not provide inbuilt capabilities for managing the tasks related to testing.

What is most valuable?

In the latest version, Global Configuration is the most promising feature as it allows the user to maintain different versions of the same artifact in different streams. Another feature that I… more»

How has it helped my organization?

Reporting on the QA activities as well as managing test execution cycles helped our organization to better manage the QA activities.

What needs improvement?

There are a couple of things that can be improved: * The user interface can be improved; it is the same interface that I have been seeing for the past so many years, whereas the other CLM modules… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Two types of licensing policies are available: * There is the Authorized license which is bound to the user, i.e., if the user is not using it, then others can't use it either. * There is floating… more»

What other advice do I have?

Tweak your testing process. It is also better to align the organization in terms of how the tool works.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

When I joined my current organization, they were already using IBM RQM.

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Shuchita Tripathi

Senior Analyst at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Sep 25 2017

The product is highly customizable, however there are some bugs in almost every new release

What is most valuable?

* Ease and clarity of the tool when using it. Easy web-based administration. * Highly customizable * Rational Quality Manager (RQM) when used with other CLM tools… more»

How has it helped my organization?

* Instead of writing test scripts, we now use a tool which makes managing extremely easy. * Testing can be linked with requirements, which makes traceability very easy.

What needs improvement?

Integration capabilities with other vendors' tools should improve.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Never got involved in pricing, however the licenses of these tools (the whole CLM package) is very costly as compared to other vendors' tools.

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

No.

What other advice do I have?

This tool would be great if it was used with a package (IBM CLM, includes DNG, RQM, and RTC, as major tools).

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated the whole package - IBM CLM, HPE ALM, and Microsoft TFS.

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Test Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 31 2017

Integrated with CCM and RM to achieve traceability. Difficult to maintain test cases as their number grows.

What is most valuable?

VF dashboard view looks okay. It allows user to add whichever widget (predefined) based on the need. It has integration with CCM and RM to achieve traceability.

What needs improvement?

Organizing the test cases is tedious. There is no mechanism to keep and maintain the test cases as hierarchy. This should be seriously addressed. As the number of test cases grows, it’ll be really difficult to maintain the test cases. The tool should be able to support and maintain the test cases in… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

Yes. Customer requirement.

What other advice do I have?

I suggest to go for other tools. As the number of test cases grow, it’ll be really difficult to maintain the test cases. The tool should be able to support and maintain the test cases in a folder-wise structure to identify the different module test cases.

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What is IBM Rational Quality Manager?

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.

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