ALM/Quality Center

Avantages

In ALM , I like features and integration with other softwares like HP UFT, Tosca and Loadrunner softwares
Easy to track project tasks
Backlogs
Log defects
Can schedule to run automation scripts

Inconvénients

It's little expensive compared to other tools

Avantages

1. One solution for all Test Management (Test planning, execution and defect management)
2. Fast and reliable
3. Support end to end traceability
4. Integration with UFT automation tool.
5. Support upload using existing Excel test cases
6. Access management for various type of users
7. Web based tool
8. API available for automation

Inconvénients

1. Sometime it failed to download components while opening in browser due to access level issue
2. Unfortunately, no support to major automation tool selenium
3. Can’t export attachments with test cases
4. High cost per user
5. If ALM is closed and if you reopen the same test it shows object locked
6. No support to update defect from excel. Except automation API

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Avantages

This software is great for tracking requirements and tests. It also tracks issues found, and when they are corrected. However, the reporting is clunky and not easy to work with.

Inconvénients

Higher level review to give management insite into the project.

Avantages

Below are salient features that makes life easy for any software professional -Traceability matrix, end to end traceability, integration with other market tools like JIRA, REST API to develop excel macro utilities, UFT integration, cross project customization, defect management process, Business excel addin to load the entities, risk based planning and execution, Corporate LDAP user management based on single sign on options, business process testing, Auto-pass license server configuration

Inconvénients

Apart from high license cost, I see all the features are beneficial. Pointing a one feature that still not comfortable is version management - check out / check in entity.

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Avantages

-All features other ALM tool manufacturers claim is actually working better in QC
-Simplicity of using , you know where you are what you filter how you find thing through traces
-More advanced testplanning than all other tool (maybe except codebeamer)
- Easy adminstration
- easy to search and present during audits.
- remarkable possibilities with risk management IF some people just let their confusing ideas start from 0 again

Inconvénients

Interface on Explorer
Not entirely web based
Feelgood appearance (Looks old)

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Avantages

We use this for test management on a daily basis and it works like a pro to track all the issues and manage it effectively

Inconvénients

It can be improved slightly on user interface basis as sometime i feel its lagging while loading initially.

Avantages

ALM has evolved over the Years and has almost all the features that anyone would need. Has very good Integration Capability

Inconvénients

Pricing of the Product is on the higher side discourages lot of customers shy away from it especially when there are other Low cost options available

Avantages

The way that the functionality is organized (requirements - plans - test - runs - reports) makes a lot of sense. The traceability across the phases of the release works really well.

Inconvénients

It is just difficult to transpose the way this tool is organized to Agile sprints and releases. It requires substantial effort to make it work in an Agile environment.

Avantages

This tool will allow your team to run testing process in a very easy manor, once everything is ready for them in matter of STD.

Inconvénients

the ability to monitor bugs and process is less than other options.
not competitive enough in matter of web page support for everywhere access

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Avantages

It is a fairly easy to use application management tool available in the market which has features to track the status of a defect.

Inconvénients

It would be better if we have an ability to create diagrams especially when we are dealing with complex defect created by Tester.

Avantages

Easy to use and very organized portal for defect and quality management for a project. Variety of Reporting options available.

Inconvénients

Overall good software but looks bit heavy while loading and UI could be more user friendly and faster would have more helpful.

Avantages

The ease of use with the tracking and the inbuild functionality of generating the reports

Inconvénients

Mapping all the way from Requirement to Test plan to Test lab and finally the defects

Avantages

Un'applicativo validissimo che permettere di gestire in maniera consona dei progetti con realizzazione di cartelle per Test Case e per la loro tracciabilità

Inconvénients

Nessun aspetto da valutare in maniera negativa

Avantages

I like that it was user friendly and was able to have all the details of every release of my project in one place. It was easy to access the test cases and execute testing on daily basis. Defect tracking was much efficient too.

Inconvénients

I have faced some frequent outage and application was slow sometimes when there was too much load. Also, licensing issues and cost

Avantages

Application life cycle management is very leading tool in software deployment program as its playing a vital role in capture the metrics on each and every story and make a track in Testing process and we can capture bug in development and assigned to respective peers

Inconvénients

It’s easy traceable to development process and identify the issues and trace them through ALM

Avantages

This software makes it easy to create a test set in an organized tree structure. Afterwards, you can grab metrics into any type of graph you would like.

Inconvénients

I really dislike how it is only supported on internet explorer. It would be nice if it were supported on other platforms that is least buggy.

Avantages

ALM has a lot of features that allow teams to build better software, it has a lot of different options for reports: Dashboards, Excell reports, Word Reports, Graphs, KPI Analysis, Progress Status, etc.

Integrating ALM with Performance Center tools enables the tool to produce a complete overview of the progress in testing with minimum effort required to create the reports.

Inconvénients

The customization of the tool is not straightforward, you do need to do a lot of trial and error and there are a lot of options that cannot be changed from the default values.

The guides and documentation is not as clear as it could be.

The customer support when dealing with technical issues takes time to reply and it takes a long time to get issues fixed.

Avantages

I like the ease of use with QC and it has end to end traceability. It is fast and reliable. Access management for various types of user is possible. Defect management works pretty well too.

Inconvénients

It’s high cost and no support to major automation tool like selenium

Avantages

A multi-functional application that we use in our software testing processes. In our company we use test case for run and defect.

Inconvénients

It is not very practical to use because the application is multifunctional

Avantages

It allows for efficient and effective test script, execution and defect management; all within one tool. I've been using the defect management tool for more than a decade.

Inconvénients

Like most things, it requires knowledge of the tool in advance and planning to properly configure it for its most effective use.

Avantages

1. Defect tracking, test case execution status, requirement mapping all can been seen at one place.
2 Fast retrieval of data
3 Helps in daily defect management call.
4 Requirement matrix can be done easily.
5 Macros can be used. Easily automated.

Inconvénients

1. Moving from AlM to excel option needs more improvement.

Avantages

The linking of defects to test runs is excellent. Any changes in mandatory fields or status of the defect triggers an e-mail and sent automatically to the user that the defect is assigned to. Also, ALM is considered to be an excellent auditing tool.

Inconvénients

It's an awesome tool but it has one small issue: it takes a long while in the initialization process and a delay is noticeable when an incorrect password is entered during signin process.

Avantages

1. Easy Maintenance of test cases, test plan and test lab w
2. Integration of QTP with BPT framework with alm was smooth.

Inconvénients

1. BPT components loading and unloading was taking more time.
So Test execution of BPT flows from alm was time consuming