A great tool to use for reporting QA metrics to the business.

Reporting metrics, organized structure, testing tool.

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

A sophisticated tool for project deliverables

Pros

This software has a wide variety of features available for tracking and maintaining the entire software development cycle. My experience has mostly been related to the testing cycles, the tool provides users the ability to keep track of the testing scenarios being performed and then reporting any detected defects. The users can also attach the evidences associated to the defects for the development team to access.

Cons

The only thin that I did not like about this product is the filters available. Instead of providing the plain check-boxes for the user to select filters, this tool provides functions like AND, OR, NOT to append the filters. That is the only feature that I find a little awkward to use.

Best software life cycle management tool, worth to use

Holding large number of business users who use software systems to track their deliverables which is really challenging one. We designed and create folder structures in ALM modules and customized different workflow models to accommodate the business process, automation and performance testing. Synchronized company users along with ALM LDAP mechanism. Satisfying all business roles like business analysts, developers, Quality assurance and performance teams along with this single tool. Upgrading new version comes with new features and easy to upgrade the data without spending additional cost on application and database servers.

Pros

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

Cons

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.

Good tool to have a centralized place for your application lifecycle

I find it a tool that is very useful and powerful when properly set up but is not as user-friendly as other similar tools out there.

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

Decent tool, but versioning could use some improvement and it is hard to work with branches.

Pros

I like that it is a single repository for all requirements, test cases and test executions and maintains good trace records for reporting and audit support. Being able to customize workflows is a big plus that we use quite a bit. Like that our automation tools are able to connect directly(-ish).

Cons

Hard to generate verification reports that trace a requirement to a test case to an execution (without SQL queries). Even worse if you have multiple branches of the same code base that are based off the same requirements library. The versioning needs some work as does the interface. The interface can be pretty buggy at times and the user experience is not consistent with current technology. Reporting tools could be simplified and expanded.

ALM Software

In our company we use test case for run and defect.

Pros

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

Cons

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

A tool for Trace-ability and ticketing at its best

I have used ALM in two different ways, when I was with different client. At one client, it was used by QA team for tracking the defects and at other it is used for document and version trace-ability. In the first case, it has good features and options for QA team to create the test cases and trace them, attach the artifacts, document about details. It gives the summary in a very defined way helpful for everyone. At second client, we use this for tracking the DFUNCs right from BRD to the low level design

Pros

ALM can be used or customized to fit the business need. It is web based and has a lot of features. It has option of Dashboard to see the high level details about the business PALM. We start the project by capturing the requirements in the requirement menu and trace them with DFUNCs. We can attach the document related to the requirement, pass the necessary comments for the team who process them etc. It has all that is needed in one place.

Cons

Some features confuses the user and the look & feel has a room for improvement. The help option is not very helpful.

A long time users review

This tool is an industry standard in the SDLC

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

Defect tracking tool ALM

Time saving while creating test report.

Pros

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.

Cons

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

HPE Application Lifecycle Management is a great tool to manage application lifecycle from end to end

Pros

HPE ALM is a very popular tool used across for Software Testing. HPE ALM has some nice features like Configurable dashboard, WYSIWYG Editor to capture the data, Options to upload supporting documents, Capture or Raise Defects, send notification emails, filters and search options and many other features. HPE ALM is a easy to use tool for testers to capture test related documents, requriements, schedule the tests, capture the test results, raise defects with different Ids, severity, categories. The nice part is the responsive Web view of the HPE ALM which allows the tester or developer to just right click and perform the tasks.

Cons

HPE ALM overall is a good tool but it has its own disadvantages. HPE ALM is a paid tool that involves a cost. HPE ALM unlike other softwares is just not directly the web version but one need to install the Thick client in their respective systems and then only can access the web version. The web version again need some time gap for the users to get access based on the relevant DBs or Categories inside large organizations. HPE ALM is certainly not very easy to use, One need to have little learning curve and need to customize the HPE ALM dashboard to start using the tool.

Best available Test management tool in the market

Pros

Best available project management and test management tool available in the market. You can customize the tool as you want. Test case management and requirement management has been made easy because of this tool. Defect management is also very good. Reporting is also very good. You can write SQL code for advanced search.

Cons

For the project that follows Agile methodology, JIRA is better. JIRA has better functionality when SCRUM and KANNABAN is concerned.

Expensive but does a good job at application life-cycle management

I have used this tool basically for testing management. It comes with user-friendly UI, look & feel. Gives you complete control over tracking all stages of testing i.e. requirements, test case design, test execution & defects management. Easy for requirement tracking alongside test case so you can know how many test cases were written for each requirement very quick. Once u put test cases in test plan you can pull same any number of times in Test lab. Has a good screenshot tool. On the other side, it comes with high cost. Connections to third-party applications are not that easy

Pros

Good UI, Easy to track history, Good option to provide access based on roles

Cons

Certainly the cost, Support need improvement, delay in response, Can't open another window, Can't copy & paste some repetitive tasks

Robust tool that allows BA/Dev/Testing to effectively manage software.

Pros

Requirements, Test Plan and Test Lab are most used modules. Reporting is also easy to use and powerful - to get custom queries as needed.

Cons

Don't particularly use the Defects area - find that JIRA works well in an Agile environment and for our needs

One of the best defect tracking tool

HP ALM is one of the best defect tracking tool. It is easy to use. User can create, update, relate tickets. UI is good. We can track updates, helps in doing root cause analysis.

Pros

Ease of use

Clunky Test Tool

I use ALM everyday for testing activities, documentation generation and requirements editing. It only works on IE, which is the slowest browser and has the annoying habit of auto logout that is non configurable. It doesn't save automatically and there are bugs in which you lock yourself out of a record you need to edit. Most people in my company can agree on how clunky this piece of software is.

Pros

I like all the functionality surrounding testing in ALM--writing tests in Test Plan, running tests in Test Lab and the Defect module works well. You can have requirements housed in ALM too and then link your tests right to them.

Cons

It is difficult without the help of a system admin to set up your project and while it does have powerful reporting tools, it is difficult to use them and there is no flexibility in generating requirement tracing automatically.

The perfect ALM for Agile products

Its a well built software without bugs. and the functionalities in this software are completely enough for an IT company of any size.

Pros

Complete Tracking with all features. Simple and Easy to use. Exporting feature makes this product unique among other products.

Cons

It is highly dependent on internet explorer. we cannot use this product effectively on chrome and Firefox . This is the only the problem I faced.

Overall Satisfaction with HP Application Lifecycle Management

Keep track of project requirements and review requirement coverage and fulfillment with relation to test cases executed. In HP ALM you can easily review the project requirements and assess the current status by looking at passed and failed requirements based on the execution results of the test cases linked to these requirements. Execute test cases and keep track of the execution - HP ALM can track both Manual and Automated tests (with the help of HP UFT). Test cases can be easily organized and assigned to testers, then the actual test execution can be tracked in HP ALM where testers will pass or fail individual and detailed steps of the test cases in HP ALM. From here you can generate real time reports on test execution, on testers, or on tests executed by day etc.

A great product that needs a bit of polishing

The overall UI experience is a good one. It's quite easy to track applications and it has a lot of options with great "customer-oriented" reports. What needs to be improved: 1. The Windows desktop client 2. Support 3. Support I give you guys an overall 4/5 Thumbs Up!

Pros

UI, Reports, and overall app experience

Cons

Report generation needs some level of coding and support. Price isn't it's strong point

Good Platform.

Pros

It's a good platform for running tests, management, and has nice functionality. Like that you can use w/other third party tools.

Cons

It's a good tool and resource. It's simple to manage and I can see it being helpful. It's different from other tools so, it has a bit of a learning curve.

What do you like best?

Rich UI with good user experience. Ease to track an application history. Reports that can be generated are much appealing to clients. Options for problem description is much better in terms of UI and work also. The online platform takes less time to load the screen and this is unique among the tools that provide the same sort of needs. History section and versioning control section are really feasible in order to get things done easier. Defect tracking has highlights that can be used for sorting and assigning a task in an easier way. Role-based access was easy to get things move on. What do you dislike? There was some time lag in response Desktop Client has some issue on windows platform. Generation of graphs needs some technical coding as well. Support to this was limited I felt.