IBM Rational Synergy Reviews

Olivier Appere

Software Methodology Engineer at a transportation company with 11-50 employees

Apr 24 2019

Users must go through a lot of steps to properly manipulate this solution, which can interrupt workflows and cause unnecessary downtime

What is most valuable?

Managing source code, tracking modifications, and being able to analyze evolutions of source code are the most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

I'd like to see more integration with respect to requirement management, though this is not possible with this Synergy solution. I know that PTC enables this feature as well as Polarion. We need to have full trustworthiness and accountability in knowing that the tool will track every modification from specification through to the source code, with Synergy this isn't possible. The solution requires… more»

What other advice do I have?

We are required to use this tool by DO-178 guidance. We have to use a configuration management tool and this is the one we have been using. People see this tool more like a constraint than a benefit. Users really have to know how to use this tool and how to set the baseline functionalities for their case. The user must go through a lot of steps to properly manipulate this solution, which can… more»

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