OpenText Corporation

OpenText ALM Octane

7.9 /10

What is OpenText ALM Octane?

OpenText™ ALM Octane includes integrated planning, continuous integration, test management, and release management. With these capabilities, Agile teams and DevOps toolchains deliver high-quality software with insight, traceability, analytics-focused end-to-end visibility, and continuous quality.

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Awards & Recognition

OpenText ALM Octane won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle Management category

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2023

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2022

OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

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83 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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 OpenText ALM Octane?

3% Negative

7% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Analytics and Reporting

Automation

ALM Integration

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Visual Analysis Design

Traceability

Agile Work Management

Workflow Management

Resource Planning

Managed Artifact Repository

Artifact Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

ankit k.

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

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Submitted Sep 2023

Great product for Lifecycle mgmt

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

Built for Agile and DevOps: ALM Octane is specifically designed to support Agile and DevOps methodologies, making it highly adaptable for teams practicing these approaches. Full Lifecycle Management: It offers end-to-end lifecycle management, covering requirements, testing, development, and release management in a single platform, providing a unified view of the entire development process. Integration Capabilities: ALM Octane seamlessly integrates with popular development and collaboration tools like Jira, Jenkins, Git, and more, allowing teams to work with their preferred tools while still benefiting from ALM Octane's features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Favorite aspect as per me is its comprehensive support for Agile and DevOps methodologies, which helps teams streamline their software development processes and improve collaboration.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity of the user interface and a learning curve, especially for new users

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Assess Your ALM Needs: Clearly define your organization's application lifecycle management requirements, including project size, methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, DevOps), and integration needs with existing tools. Evaluate Integration: Ensure that ALM Octane can seamlessly integrate with your current development and collaboration tools. Compatibility with your existing ecosystem is crucial for streamlined workflows. Trial and Training: Take advantage of any trial or demo versions offered by OpenText to assess whether ALM Octane aligns with your team's needs. Invest in training to maximize the benefits and usability of the tool.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Efficient Service
Acts with Integrity
Continually Improving Product

Rafael M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2023

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

It's made a huge difference. It's a great tool for monitoring an application's life cycle. It is also possible to link it with DevOps technologies to provide dynamic testing to guarantee the caliber of builds. ALM Octane is the only tool that offers a very user-friendly and intuitive UI.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My clients were using ALM, its predecessor, and Octane was the best option because of the affordable conversion and technical ability to use an application solution built on an agile architecture. Now I'm also able to do so and their customer assistance is available 24/7 to assist their customer although it offers a good deal for the price, in my opinion. This application offers a practical method for managing products during their entire lifecycle. ALM Octane has a REST API that can be used with any automation tool to upload test results.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Although their customer care is useful, providing comprehensive documentation is a fantastic alternative for initial configuration, customization, and deployment as there is enough information and helpful content there. It's too late and too little, which is more significant. ALM Octane is attempting to emulate the standards Jira and RallyDev established years ago, but what's the use?

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

ALM Octane is the best software that gives you the confidence to deliver the best application at the time of production. I like that anyone can keep an eye on the work and be able to complete the best and well-performed application in nearly less time than its rivals. This tool has all feature needed for the Product Development Lifecycle. To give our clients the best value and service possible, we can integrate with all sector leaders. The Consultants answer our questions in a timely manner. The application's user interface (UI) is incredibly responsive and functions effectively on practically any device.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Darshan M.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Amazing Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

Better product performance Better product effectiveness Better product capabilities

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Robust system design Effective performance Delivering as per expectations

What do you dislike most about this product?

No dislikes for- Product performance Product efficiency Product effectiveness

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it if you need Fit & Forget solution ?

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

OpenText ALM Octane

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OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText ALM Octane?

Pros

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

ankit k.

Great product for Lifecycle mgmt

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rafael M.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Darshan M.

Amazing Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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