Requirements management tools vs complete ALM platforms
Standalone requirements management tools are fast to deploy and can have advantages over using spreadsheets or legacy software. However, limitations arise when developing more complex products due to the disconnect with other disciplines like development and testing. These limitations can slow development and cause issues when completing regulatory audits.
On the other hand, comprehensive ALM platforms give all teams building the product a single source of truth for the entire development lifecycle. These are more suitable for products with greater complexity, subject to stringent regulations, and requiring speed and predictability in development.
Challenges with standalone requirements management tools
Limited traceability across disciplines
Tracing requirements and testing and validating those requirements is challenging when development artifacts live in different systems. It only gets harder with greater product complexity and ever-changing requirements.
Data inconsistency and quality issues
With separate environments for requirements, source code management, risk, testing, and verification, teams lack a central platform to share documents and track changes. Hand-offs are often manual and time-consuming, leading to errors and delays.
Higher total cost of ownership
Integrations with multiple tools must be built and maintained—adding to the total investment. Moreover, onboarding, training, and license costs for different tools result in an expensive toolchain with ROI hard to justify.
Codebeamer for requirements management and more
Codebeamer is an all-in-one Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform that supports the entire software development lifecycle. It is an open, scalable, and interoperable solution that multidisciplinary teams can rely on to build complex software-defined products.
In addition to a strong requirements management feature set, Codebeamer has built-in risk and test management as well as reliable integrations to tools like Jira, GitHub and more to ensure complete requirements traceability.
Which solution is right for my organization?
Investing in requirements management or application lifecycle management software can be overwhelming. Compare different features based on your needs with this handy comparison chart and start your ALM journey today.
Features
Codebeamer A cloud-based complete ALM software with full agile capabilities that extend throughout the product lifecycle.
Get In TouchJama A solution for managing product requirements from idea through development, launch, and iteration.
IBM DOORS Next Gen A scalable management solution for the communication, collaboration and verification of your requirements.
Polarion A scalable management solution for the communication, collaboration and verification of your requirements.
PTC RV&S An on-premises requirements, validation, and source code management software suite that provides full ALM capabilities.
Requirements Management
Full ALM capabilities included as a Single License
Testing and Validation management for complex requirements
Full Traceability from Requirements through testing and validation
Source Code Management
Risk Management
Fully integrated in-house PLM
Built-in Configurable Templates for Regulatory Compliance
Product Line Engineering
MBSE
Optimized for Agile software development
Open, collaborative structure
DOORS Bridge for importing DOORS requirements
Hybrid Agile/ Waterfall development
PLE available from third party integration with PTC Pure Variants, or BigLever.
PLE available from third party integration with PTC Pure Variants.
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The information provided is based on publicly available data, and resources are linked here: Jama, Polarion, DOORS Next Gen, PTC. The features and capabilities of the products may have changed since the chart was last updated.
Please note that this chart may not include all products available on the market.
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