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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)

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7.5 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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What is IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) is an end-to-end engineering solution with powerful systems and software modeling, that improves collaboration and guides you from requirements to delivery of complex products and systems.

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

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85 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

5% Negative

3% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Friendly Negotiation
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Traceability

Resource Planning

Managed Artifact Repository

Artifact Management

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Automation

Visual Analysis Design

ALM Integration

Agile Work Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Jesper H.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jul 2022

Offering a complete integration testing solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) from other similar products?

It offers numerous dashboards and flawlessly applies kanban agile. Its combination with test and requirement management tools makes it a very user-friendly solution. Java APIs are readily available for creating extensions, making RTC a more reliable tool overall. Once developed, it is simple to manage, track, and analyze the needs elicited.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Taking into account, the variety of detailed versions that can be viewed by senior management, the dashboards and GUI created by the IBM RTC Tool are easily understandable for the senior management. Widgets are excellent at summarising info. Reduced management risk – Due to ongoing system integration, you are aware of the exact amount of functionality that has been developed thus far.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Acclimatization of the program takes some time. Integration with additional tools is useless. Lacks portfolio planning support; therefore, the planning feature must be more robust, similar to an MPP. Information about the releases for joint publications. The user interface might be made better. The dashboards can be improved, and a particular drill-down strategy should be valued.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

RTC enables team members to own their work, estimates, and other tasks fully. This ownership eliminates the extra time and potential for misunderstanding that come with updating a PM on your status, having the PM update the plan with your tasks, and updating the team.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Xavier P.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Media
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jun 2022

Code-free, feature-rich, easy-to-use tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) from other similar products?

We appreciate how flexible the tool is. It enables groups and individuals to tailor the device to their unique requirements. Additionally, the tool has several other IBM technologies that are very well connected—controlling access and rights to the material while allowing for updates and system integration. The OSLC and REST API are sufficiently robust to extend the system and meet regulatory standards effectively.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The business uses IBM Engineering Workflow Management to link requirements to products. We create these products to aid in the understanding of our sensors. Engineering Workflow's ability to provide development cycle traceability is my favourite feature. Simple to use to configure excellent notifications and subscriptions. Good workflow management. This toolkit, along with the other linked technologies, offers the most effective framework for the scalability of agile teams for complex systems with demanding compliance standards.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The RTC navigation model is challenging for novice users to comprehend. It is not very intuitive, and in some cases, the inconsistent UI only makes things more confusing. This confusion is cleared up once the user has used RTC for a few months. However, it takes some time. A manager or project manager cannot handle the work assignments of team members in a centralized manner using RTC.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its simplicity of use was my favourite. The simple user interface made it simple to carry out Scrum development. It was much simpler to keep track of things thanks to the task tracking and the option for the IDE to use the Personal Work View. Additionally, we only had a small development team, so being able to secure ten free licenses up front was quite helpful.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Aditi M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jun 2022

Least one time investment but pricey for big Items

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) from other similar products?

Easy implementation Cost effectieve Good support and responsive

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Life cycle management which eases and automated the work of admins

What do you dislike most about this product?

Ambivalence between security and ease of access to resources

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If they are looking for reliability, least one time investment, higher speed and least downtime I would recommend them to use ibm

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Jesper H.

Offering a complete integration testing solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Xavier P.

Code-free, feature-rich, easy-to-use tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aditi M.

Least one time investment but pricey for big Items

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Traceability

Resource Planning

Managed Artifact Repository

Artifact Management

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Automation

Visual Analysis Design

ALM Integration

Agile Work Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness