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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs OpenText Silk Central comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer's support team is knowledgeable, professional, and efficient, though response times may slow during peak hours.
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OpenText Silk Central is praised for its responsive, knowledgeable customer service, efficient technical support, and quick response times.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.3
Users suggest Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer needs better integration, enhanced documentation, increased customization, improved performance, and collaboration features.
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Users suggest improvements for OpenText Silk Central in reporting, integration, setup, test environment support, performance, and navigation.
 

Scalability Issues

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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer scales well, supports complex workflows, integrates with tools, and offers flexible customization for diverse environments.
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OpenText Silk Central is praised for scalability, flexibility, robust performance, supporting diverse projects, extensive collaboration, and seamless system integration.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
3.0
<p>Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer provides affordable, robust test case automation with customizable pricing, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational costs.</p>
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<p>OpenText Silk Central provides enterprise pricing options, balancing initial costs with comprehensive features, support, and significant return on investment.</p>
 

Stability Issues

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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is reliable and robust, effectively handling requirements with minor bugs and consistent positive feedback.
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OpenText Silk Central is reliable, handles extensive workloads, scales with business growth, and provides stable performance with minimal downtime.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.3
Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is praised for its rigorous testing, automation, integration, and user-friendly drag-and-drop visual modeling.
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OpenText Silk Central excels in test management, tool integration, reporting, ease of use, customization, automation, and effective large-scale test case management.
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Agile Requirements...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
11th
Ranking in Test Design Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Application Requirements Management (8th)
OpenText Silk Central
Ranking in Test Management Tools
21st
Ranking in Test Design Automation
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.1%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Silk Central is 1.6%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Gireesh Subramonian - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user685080 - PeerSpot reviewer
A powerful platform and strong technical support help us to make the right decisions
We are primarily interested in improving the flexibility to customize parts of the tool. At this point, we feel that the customization is bad. For example, we would like to be able to automatize internal projects. We would like like to see the visibility improved, and want to perform certain tests faster. We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end. This is very important to us. In terms of usability and the interface, a few small improvements can lead to a lot of benefits. The interface is good but can be improved. The section on managing requirements for testing has to be improved. This is an old feature that has not been updated at the same rate as the rest of the tool.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Energy/Utilities Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
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Company Size

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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.
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Also Known As

Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer
Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
 

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Sample Customers

Williams, Rabobank
AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
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