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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.5 /10

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What is IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) is an end-to-end engineering solution with powerful systems and software modeling, that improves collaboration and guides you from requirements to delivery of complex products and systems.

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

4% Negative

3% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Workflow Management

Managed Artifact Repository

Agile Work Management

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Visual Analysis Design

Traceability

Automation

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Adrian A. R.

Role: Operations
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

Easy to use, Easy to learn, Easy to demonstrate

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) from other similar products?

Oracle for instance

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The user experience and interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price is so elevated in comparison with the length of the license validity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The use of interfaces like this one

Pros

Unique Features
Saves Time
Fair
Altruistic

Cons

Leverages Incumbent Status
Less Performance Enhancing
Vendor Friendly Policies

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)

What is IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) Reviews

Adrian A. R.

Easy to use, Easy to learn, Easy to demonstrate

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Managed Artifact Repository

Agile Work Management

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Visual Analysis Design

Traceability

Automation

Resource Planning

ALM Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features