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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.9 /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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Awards & Recognition

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle & Release Management category

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Latest Award, 2026

9 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 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)?

3% Negative

2% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Visual Analysis Design

Agile Work Management

Automation

Resource Planning

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Traceability

Artifact Management

Managed Artifact Repository

ALM Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Jânio P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Oct 2022

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

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

Nice tool to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is very useful nowadays

What do you dislike most about this product?

It has to improve few things in the customization

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very nice tool to improve your workflow

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Elaine H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Reliable performance management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

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

I have not worked with similar lifecycle management platform in my career.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The product monitors the entire lifecycle of all the work processes. It pinpoints challenges affecting workflows and easily troubleshoots the bottlenecks. The customer service staff is reliable and very cooperative.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not experienced any challenge while working with this product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend this platform to other organizations for monitoring the business operations. The productive platform enhances effective infrastructure of all workflows.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Caring
Saves Time

Jesper H.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

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

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What is IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Jânio P.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Elaine H.

Reliable performance management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jesper H.

Offering a complete integration testing solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Visual Analysis Design

Agile Work Management

Automation

Resource Planning

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Traceability

Artifact Management

Managed Artifact Repository

ALM Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement