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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs IBM Engineering Workflow Management comparison

Broadcom and IBM are both solutions in the Software Configuration Management category. Broadcom is ranked #8, while IBM is ranked #5 with an average rating of 6.0. Broadcom holds a 3.0% mindshare in SCM, compared to IBM’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 62% of IBM users who would recommend it.
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66% willing to recommend
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62% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between CA Harvest Software Change Manager and IBM Engineering Workflow Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Harvest Software Change ...
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
8th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Engineering Workflow Ma...
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
5th
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.0%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Engineering Workflow Management is 2.6%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Powerful UDP functionality with a user-friendly interface
While all of the features are valuable, we use a lot of the UDPs. They normally link to all of the purchases that are being used in a project. They've got a lot of processes that come planned as part of the application, but with the UDPs, you can scale it, or build your own scripts and deployment mechanisms. It's really scalable from a functionality point of view. If there's an issue with functionality out of the box, then you can take care of that via the UDP processes. The interface is very user-friendly.
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Suvajit Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement
There is room for improvement in the UI. The UI has to improve a lot compared to the competitive tools, like Atlassian Jira, for example. It's very easy to use. It is easy to manage and easy to use. Anybody can learn it right quickly and start with it. But IBM ELM is something where somebody has to have good knowledge, training, and understanding and then only start using it. But there's a big known knowledge curve for IBM ELM. But once that is there, it's normally; organizations do have their own internal team to basically manage it IBM ELM portfolio, the tool chain. So if they have internal teams who are doing it for quite some time, not something new, then it is definitely better. But if there's if somebody is starting new, definitely there is a knowledge curve time it can take at least a year or maybe a couple of years before they can start realizing the benefits.
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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 ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."
"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security."
"We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data."
"It was an all-in-one solution for source code, integrated source control, defect tracking, and project planning."
"The most valuable features of the solution are highly customizable reports and visibility for all the higher management."
"Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements."
 

Cons

"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"Security features can be improved."
"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."
"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
"It's becoming less relevant. For example, Maven has evolved, and in its later versions, there are plugins for integrating with source control systems, such as Git-based systems. Support for these plugins is diminishing."
"If you have multiple projects on one server, the tool becomes very slow, and some reports take longer to load."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
"Licensing: The solution cost is high and should be brought down to increase competition."
"It's an expensive investment to make, so the decision should be driven on individual requirements."
"I've heard IBM Engineering Workflow Management is more expensive than other tools."
"It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. The cost per token is around $115-$120."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
25%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Energy/Utilities Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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What do you like most about IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
I've heard IBM Engineering Workflow Management is more expensive than other tools. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
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What needs improvement with IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
It's becoming less relevant for us, as we move to cloud-based and more contemporary cloud-based SCM systems such as GitHub. As new JDKs have been released over the years, tooling support in new rel...
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Also Known As

CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
 

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Overview

CA Harvest Software Change Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides powerful, process-driven capabilities for managing development teams across your enterprise, encompassing multiple platforms and release management tools. This release management software enforces your IT governance policies and corporate compliance initiatives including those defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also can ensure adherence to your ITIL-based best practices. CA Harvest SCM can help your enterprise simplify the software release management process as well as the development and maintenance of business applications with streamlined workflows and automated source code versioning. This ITIL release management software can optimize your development resources by providing audit, protection and storage of your software assets, and standardized process management and defect tracking.

IBM Engineering Workflow Management manages plans, tasks, the project status and acts as the critical link between required and delivered work. It provides flexibility to adapt to any process, which enables companies to adopt faster release cycles and manage dependencies across both small and complex development projects. This solution offers no-charge server software and flexible pricing models. It becomes a complete IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management solution—when purchased as a set of seamlessly integrated tools: IBM Engineering Workflow Management, IBM Engineering Test Management, and IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next.

 

Sample Customers

State of New Hampshire, Blue Hill
Telstra Corporation, Visteon, Atos SE, Panasonic Automotive Systems, IBM Global Technology Services, CareCore National, JTEKT Corp., ItaÒ BBA, Avea, CACEIS, Danske Bank Group, APIS IT
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