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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs IBM Engineering Workflow Management comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

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
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.1%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Engineering Workflow Management is 2.7%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

GR
Aug 22, 2021
Powerful UDP functionality with a user-friendly interface
We use this solution for software configuration management. It's the whole lifecycle. It's the application, server application, deployment, and version control. We use an on-premises deployment Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles.  While all of…
Suvajit Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 31, 2023
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.

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."
"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."
"Traceability reporting is inbuilt and includes all your requirements."
"All of the features work together to provide a powerful holistic solution - from the dashboard all the way through to security."
"The most valuable features of the solution are highly customizable reports and visibility for all the higher management."
"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."
"It was an all-in-one solution for source code, integrated source control, defect tracking, and project planning."
"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."
"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."
 

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."
"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."
"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."
"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."
"Lacks ability to customize and reporting can be slow."
"If you have multiple projects on one server, the tool becomes very slow, and some reports take longer to load."
"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."
 

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 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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
25%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Energy/Utilities Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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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.
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.
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...
 

Also Known As

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

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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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