IBM Rational ClearQuest Reviews

Vendor: IBM

3.6 out of 5

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What is IBM Rational ClearQuest?

IBM Rational ClearQuest is a fully customizable database workflow application development and production system. It provides flexible change and defect tracking, customizable processes, near real-time reporting and lifecycle traceability for better visibility and control of the software development lifecycle. IBM Rational ClearQuest provides scalable, multiplatform support to any size organization so you can continue to customize processes as your development needs evolve.

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IBM Rational ClearQuest is the #1 ranked solution in top Defect Tracking solutions and #7 ranked solution in top Software Configuration Management solutions. PeerSpot users give IBM Rational ClearQuest an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. IBM Rational ClearQuest is most commonly compared to Jira: IBM Rational ClearQuest vs Jira. IBM Rational ClearQuest is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 72% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a manufacturing company, accounting for 28% of all views.

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it_user541326

Senior Software Engineer at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

The workflow feature with stateful record types and the ability to implement these rapidly in our project have been of value to us. We’ve used the product to track change requests, problems, and physical asset management for a major railroad infrastructure project The solution we’re providing…

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it_user5838

Senior Manager of Infrastructure at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Ease of customization Overall cost model This enabled us to completely migrate from paper-based forms to electronic forms for a number of business areas. The user interface could benefit from a more modern look and feel. I have used the product for 10 years. I did not encounter any stability…

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it_user227922

Splunk SME and DevOps Expert at Accenture

Customization level of the tool to meet client’s requirements. You can do almost all of the customizations for a project or ticket management system. Notification, hooks, and UI customization are very stable We were the team who developed, customized, and catered to a large proportion of the…

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IBM Rational ClearQuest mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of IBM Rational ClearQuest in the Defect Tracking category stands at 37.5%, up from 31.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."
"The combination of a highly flexible state machine together with a platform independent API enables possibilities to automate many steps that in many systems are manual."