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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Digital.ai Agility

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADigital.ai Agility (formerly VersionOne) helps organizations harness the power of their people’s knowledge, processes, and technology to build agile practices that scale across the enterprise. Its capabilities enable organizations to align products and investments with strategic business goals by coordinating planning, tracking, and reporting work across large distributed companies. Digital.ai Agility connects business strategy with team execution, providing a unified view at all levels,…N/A

    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) is an integrated suite for managing requirements, engineering work, system and software models, and verification activities across complex product-development programs. It is used by systems engineers, software teams, test organizations, project managers, and compliance teams in industries such as automotive, aerospace and defense, medical devices, and public infrastructure.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Digital.ai AgilityIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Digital.ai Agility and IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    Feature
    Digital.ai Agility
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
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    Ratings
    Task Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Digital.ai Agility and IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    Feature
    Digital.ai Agility
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    -
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    Velocity Calculation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Digital.ai AgilityIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    3.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Digital.ai AgilityIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    Scenarios where it works well: 1) Retros can be very well facilitated & notes/action items
    can be captured against the sprint. 2) Product Owner can effectively track the story
    progress with all the test-cases, design etc. 3) Being good scaling support, it provides good visibility
    across multiple teams, programs and agile portfolios, providing a centralized
    environment where all our stakeholders can easily work together regardless of location. 4) It provides easy tracking all of your epics,
    stories, themes, defects, tasks, tests and issues 5) I like its intuitive UI as for moving stories
    around, burning hours. 6) It allows top leadership to visualize
    and report their strategic plans, giving all stakeholders the relevant data
    that they need to stay dedicated to the project priorities. 7) It can be easily integrated with slack
    so for few teams we used slack for collaboration Scenarios where it did not work well: 1) Test Management need improvement in
    terms of tracking tests, team had hard time tracking regression test cases. 2) Version one comes with lot of features like
    Rally but here we don’t get customizations which is there in Jira where from workflow
    to issue everything can be customized based on your team/program/portfolio
    requirements. 3) Lot of navigation to access basic
    stuff. Example I want to go to bug attachment , there are lt of clicks &
    navigation need to do which should be pretty straightforward I feel.
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    IBM
    The software is robust enough to handle highly complex software development or other product development and can be used well beyond the range to do what a client needs. However, because of the inability to hold its users to proper best practices, things can get wildly out of hand and cascade over the years, creating unnecessary technical debt. The system has a lot of usable features, but they don't funnel users toward the correct processes and practices.
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    Pros
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • Automated saving of changes, no records can be lost because all items are saved in real-time.
    • The watch function, optional but beneficial when managing multiple teams or projects.
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    IBM
    • Open Services supporting Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC).
    • Required definition management and managed capabilities enabling.
    • Rational DOORS Web Access for local on the test field presence.
    • On-sites established reporting system.
    • Approved linking requirements to test plans
    • Engineering Requirements Management DOORS traces requirements thereby eliminates manually processes and spreadsheets, for improved productivity.
    • Returns the investment efficiently.
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    Cons
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • Although Digital.ai Agility supports customizations, they can be somewhat cumbersome to set up and maintain
    • The Analytics engine's user experience for digging into the data does not have the same feel as the rest of the system and, as a result, can be hard to work with
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    IBM
    • I feel like it is too heavy sometimes and updating is not very straight forward. For example, if I want to change an incident ticket (IN) to a service request (SR) and add some comment for the change, I have to first change the IN to SR, then click refresh which takes a few seconds, then add a comment. If I forget the refresh step, my comment will be discarded without warning like my ticket is not in the latest status. This also happens when somebody else changes the ticket during my edit as I can not lock the ticket exclusively.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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    IBM
    At the moment we are required by contract to continue to use the IBM DOORS software for our current client. Given that it can be expensive, if we were to use it after our current client's needs were met, we would have to secure other projects in order to justify the continued use of the software.
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    Usability
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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    IBM
    The UI is terrible and not intuitive. Users need training in order to complete tasks. Much like SAP, it's not the clearest tool. The tracing feature is especially complicated because you must write the scripts yourself. There is a learning curve. Also, even the setup, installation, and logging in each time takes a considerable amount of time.
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    Support Rating
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    VersionOne provides outstanding training. They have Product Owner training that I recommend every Product Owner attend. They have scrum master training and other agile training that was well worth the money paid because it made the teams more productive. And the support for the tool is incredible. These people live and breathe Agile and are evangelists and enthusiasts.
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    IBM
    It does a basic job and has the potential to complete some robust reporting tasks, however, it really is a clunky piece of software with a terrible user interface that makes using it routinely quite unpleasant. Many of our legacy and maintenance projects still use DOORS but our department and company use many alternatives and are looking for better tools.
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    Implementation Rating
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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    IBM
    No problems
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    Alternatives Considered
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    JIRA appears to be more extensible with the ability for Scrum, Kanban, bug/incident tracking, and the ability to customize dashboards. However, VersionOne's performance over the same teams is extremely fast in comparison and therefore allows users to be more productive over the same amount of time.
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    IBM
    It was easier to do all the change management-related activities, even configurations were handled very effectively. New process definitions and initiatives made it easier for better project deliverables. Effective resource allocations and better reporting and defect management. The overall cost of the tool is great too and well within budget.
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    Return on Investment
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • It has made it easier to implement Agile processes. Since our team is fairly new to Agile, this has been extremely helpful.
    • Our organization is quickly growing, and V1 has made it easier for new hires to look at everything that our team has in the works.
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    IBM
    • It's part of CLM suite so it can be used to manage the whole lifecycle with tight integration with development module (Rational Team Concert) and quality module (Rational Quality Manager).
    • Comprehensive reports and dashboards provide better visibility.
    • License cost is on higher side.
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