Likelihood to Recommend See above. Recommended questions: What type of feedback or tracking will we be doing? Will this need to be client-facing? How will we track content edits? How many users will be assigned to issues in a given project?
Read full review Rocket Aldon is perfect for simple changes to traditional IBM i development using RPGLE, CL, and DDS. It is great for finding related objects that are referenced in many locations and helping recompile all of these objects. However, Aldon has a particularly hard time with SQL views. For some reason, it is determined to lock every table related to a view even though this is not required by the operating system. Whenever one view references another view, you are always in danger of losing a view permanently if you didn't check it out and promote it. To clarify, imagine you created a view CUSTOMER_INFO. Then you make another view called CUSTOMER_SHIPMENTS that joins the CUSTOMER_INFO to a shipping table. If you ever change CUSTOMER_INFO and then promote it, there is a good chance that Aldon will delete the CUSTOMER_SHIPMENTS view and you will not get a single warning. It doesn't happen every time but when it does you are going to have a real mess on your hands.
Read full review Pros Ability to split our multiple projects and assign a user base. Ability to set permissions based on user base/ roles. Customization of fields on a project level. Read full review Allows flexibility for user groups Scripting for releasing of code Ease of comparing code versions within the tool Read full review Cons User interface for client-facing feedback Content and design updates tracking Read full review SQL object promotions User interface Incomplete error checking Fragmented promotion logs Read full review Likelihood to Renew I would plan on renewing and staying with BugTracker.net simply because it is a no nonsense easy to use tool. Once you get it set up and understand the small nuances with this custom piece of software, it really is a great tool to help your organization get started with Defect Management and BugTracking without having to drop several thousands of dollars on tools that are more fluff than function.
Read full review Based on current integration with our release process, we will need to keep this for the future.
Read full review Support Rating Support is hit and miss. Sometimes they give some great assistance and sometimes they are no help at all. It always seems like they can't replicate the problem but then they never try to get on our system to do deeper research. It's kind of frustrating dealing with them. Also, the website isn't that helpful.
Read full review Alternatives Considered I didn't choose the product or evaluate other options, but I've been satisified with it except for tracking content changes.
Read full review Aldon provides needed functions for our current implementations and legacy systems. As we move toward modernization, we are going to look at alternatives from reviewing cost, integration capabilities and functionality
Read full review Return on Investment Decreased turn around time for defect fixes. Smoother builder deploys Clearer communication from QA to Dev Team Read full review Software promotion is much easier and doesn't require custom coding. Developers can work collaboratively with less overlap. Developers can find objects faster and research code more thoroughly. Read full review ScreenShots