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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle BPM Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Oracle Business Process Management Suite is an integrated environment for developing, administering, and using business applications centered around business processes.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementOracle BPM Suite
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementOracle BPM Suite
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    4.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Oracle
    Oracle BPM is well suited to organizations and environments that have a good understanding of their business processes and organizational structures. Trying to introduce a tool such as Oracle BPM into the organization without a good grasp on how the business operates is a recipe for disaster as the implementation will uncover all of the dirty secrets of an organizations business processes and bring them to light. BPM is not to be utilized for smaller service orchestrations or technical service implementations, these should be handled by the Oracle SOA Suite using the BPEL process manager, leaving BPM to handle the organizational business processes, referring to and including lower level services and BPEL processes as needed.
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    Pros
    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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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM [Suite] can support unlimited number of cases. No limitations in cases raised.
    • Oracle Weblogic can handle multiple traffic. [It] can handle lots of heavy load[s].
    • Oracle BPM has extensive integration with database[s]. Huge number[s] of customization can be created.
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM is left behind by other tools more modern in terms of user experience, usability and ability to integrate with everything else.
    • To really harvest the potential of Oracle BPM you need to do it in JDeveloper and with ADF. This restricts its usage to very technical people.
    • The administration of the Oracle BPM tools has really put a burden on our team. It is running on Weblogic and we experience issues very often either with performance or with a bad configuration of the system.
    • As with all Oracle products, the price can be an issue for smaller shops.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Oracle
    In many scenarios it should have provided more features. It took a lot of effort while debugging, making it difficult to maintain.
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    Usability
    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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    Oracle
    Not easy to debug errors.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Oracle
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No problems
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    Oracle
    Overall satisfactory
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    We evaluated Bonita and found that it might fit a smaller-sized company better; we found that Oracle BPM Suite scaled much more evenly. We almost went with one of the competitors, but in the end chose Oracle BPM Suite after we factored in the cost of VMware licensing. There are literally tons of analytics on the back end which are great for upper management, but not so much for average users, but this fits our business model quite well.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Oracle
    • You'll most certainly need a deep dive and extensive training before your users can even think of using the product and they are very expensive.
    • Lack of documentation makes it very difficult to manage the application if any error is encountered which will result in you ending up hiring a dedicated person to look into the application once it's deployed.
    • For a very large org., if properly implemented and used, it can help identify the cost-intensive and inefficient processes.
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