Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs IBM DOORS comparison

Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. IBM DOORS

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Agile Requirements...

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (11th), Test Design Automation (1st)

IBM DOORS

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM DOORS is 34.0%, down from 35.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Requirements Management

Featured Reviews

Gireesh Subramonian

Assistant Director at Ernst & Young

Helps the development team to finish tasks within the required timeframe

The team I am working with was never into Agile before. We have a daily scrum-call and before that, we have to define all the tasks that we are going to work on for a number of sprints. For example, there is a Product Increment Planning meeting where we put all the user requirements into the product backlog. Then we put them back to the respective sprints. A product increment consists of about five iterations, or five sprints. And we pull each of these backlog items to these particular sprints or iterations, so that it is easy for the development team to pick up, based on the priority. The backlog is set, and it is pulled into particular sprints, based on business priority. So it helps the development team to take up and finish tasks within the required timeframe. It helps in productivity, traceability, and saves time.

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UweSeufert

Senior Consultant - Technical Expert at Capgemini

Old but capable of storing, organizing, and exchanging requirements

I use IBM DOORS because my customer wants it for managing their requirements IBM DOORS is a tool from the 20th century. It is very old but capable of storing, organizing, and exchanging requirements. It helps to manage requirements efficiently, which significantly improves the way requirements…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The modeling is a game-changer."

"Helps the communication between the testing organization and the requirements group. It helps us to simplify the work. Instead of dealing with individual test cases, you're working with a model."

"Integration with automation is one of the reasons we started to consider moving to this tool from our original tool for implementing test modeling. ARD appears to have better integration with Selenium. It also has the ability to record scripts/flows using Selenium Builder and import them into ARD, which will then create and optimize a model based on that."

"It takes away all the time to construct test cases, so it is all automatic now, but it also levels the playing field."

"It gives us an idea of creating the visual diagrams, which are quite easy to use. It is helpful in creating our business processes."

"Measuring test coverage helps in one of the most challenging tasks. It has logic that can help to select the right set of scenarios and know what coverage it will provide."

"The scale possibilities are endless, especially when combined with all the other products that CA has to offer."

"Technical support is excellent. They provide solutions quickly for issues encountered."

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"The platform's traceability capabilities are invaluable. They provide a solid foundation for certification processes and manage requirement changes across project lifecycles."

"The next-generation features are good."

"Starting to use the solution is pretty straightforward. There isn't too much of a learning curve."

"I really enjoyed the API."

"I would say that the best feature of the solution is that since everything is in one place, and if you make any changes, then they are recorded or tracked."

"I like the way we can simply link requirements with one another and with test descriptions and then automatically produce reports that are required to show compliance to our customers. It is a combination of requirements management and reporting that I like, but I really have very little to do with the reporting part of it. I don't know how easy or hard it is to create those reports."

"We have different generations of all products. It lets us select and see unique attributes for each release or generation. You can use attributes to define a selection area to see which equipments are for the old versions and which ones are for the new versions. This inbuilt view is what I like in IBM Rational DOORS. So, for a database and a set of requirements, it will select and show unique attributes for a release or a generation."

"Traceability on requirements for a huge project in an organization is a big gain."

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Cons

"A template in App Test should be created in advance. This has proven to be time consuming. The process is not fully automated, because there is a lot of manual intervention is required."

"Needs improvement in aligning models so they look clear and readable without having to move boxes around."

"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."

"They do not have an engine to house test scripts to really pull together the testing pieces of it."

"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."

"It would help if it would save different subsets of test cases, use cases, etc., of a given diagram, for different purposes and provide an easy way to name those subsets."

"Integration with Agile management tools can be improved, i.e., mainly test case maintenance and linking test cases to the automation script."

"I think it's already coming, but it needs more automation aspects. There is a tab for Automation, but I think it's not robust. I think that it's going to be a crucial element of the tool."

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"The low performance of the solution is probably because it is quite an old tool."

"There are problems with communicating between DOORS and Microsoft Office."

"It would have been ok ten years ago, but we are used to having better tools now."

"They need to provide users with information on what options would be best for their setup."

"It would be nice if it could be scaled-down so that it could be installed and implemented without much learning or training."

"The software and GUI is very outdated."

"IBM should integrate some solutions they already own toenhance the utility of the product further. Specifically import and export to Office products is more difficult than it needs to be."

"It is complicated sometimes, such as the logic about updating, moving from one server version to another, and the communication between restricted and non-restricted servers."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."

"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."

"At present, Broadcom works through partners rather than dealing directly with the consumer. When there are discounts given, it's up to the partner as to whether they want to give that discount to the customer. Sometimes, the partners decide to take the discount themselves. Pricewise, I would give ARD's price a rating of three out of five."

"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."

"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."

"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."

"The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."

"Pricing can vary depending on the size of the organization and how contracts are negotiated."

"It's expensive."

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very affordable and ten being quite expensive."

"I am not sure why it is so expensive, but one license will cost approximately $15,000 in US dollars."

"IBM is a bit too expensive in terms of pricing. Customers are paying a lot for the license, and the price is quite high for this kind of environment. It is quite high as compared to what we can get today with other solutions."

"IBM Rational DOORS is highly expensive."

"I think it's expensive because you have to pay for the licenses to IBM and all that and maintain them."

"The licensing cost is too high."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

The most valuable features of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are ease of use, saving time for the team who builds test cases, and visibility of test cases.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs.

What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework.

What do you like most about IBM Rational DOORS?

The traceability matrix in DOORS improved our project outcomes. It helps ensure coverage of requirements at different levels, from user requirements to software requirements to test requirements.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Rational DOORS?

Over the years, the first version cost something around 5800 euros.

What needs improvement with IBM Rational DOORS?

Compared to today, DOORS' competitors also excel in this discipline. Yet the price is too high. It's often not as generic as it used to be. IBM promised to find a way for a generic format that allo...

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Also Known As

Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer

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Overview

CA Agile Requirements Designer is an end-to-end requirements gathering, test automation and test case design tool which drastically reduces manual testing effort and enables organizations to deliver quality software to market earlier and at less cost. The optimal set of manual or automated tests can be derived automatically from requirements modeled as unambiguous flowcharts and are linked to the right data and expected results. These tests are updated automatically when the requirements change, allowing organizations to deliver quality software which reflects changing user needs.

Broadcom

IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS (DOORS) is a Requirements Management (RM) software designed to help organizations manage engineering project requirements throughout the development lifecycle. It provides a central location for capturing, defining, and organizing project requirements, facilitating communication and collaboration among stakeholders like engineers, system designers, and customers. Key features include requirements traceability, version control, and impact analysis, ensuring effective implementation and testing. DOORS improves efficiency, enhances communication, reduces risks, and supports better decision-making through clear visibility into requirements. Compared to its newer, web-based counterpart DOORS Next, the mature DOORS 9 offers a wider range of features with a traditional user interface but lacks web-based functionality and modern integration with IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) tools.

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Sample Customers

Williams, Rabobank

Infosys, Chevrolet Volt

Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. IBM DOORS