IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management vs. Planview AgilePlace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) is an end-to-end engineering solution used to manage system requirements to design, workflow, and test management, extending the functionality of ALM tools for better complex-systems development.N/A
Planview AgilePlace
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
AgilePlace is a project management solution built around flexibility, data-driven analytics, and workflow automation. The software was acquired by Planview in December 2017 to expand that company's capabilities.
$19
per user, per month
Pricing
IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementPlanview AgilePlace
Editions & Modules
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Teams
$19
per user, per month
Scaled Teams
$29
per user, per month
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementPlanview AgilePlace
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—All editions include unlimited boards.
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Community Pulse
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Features
IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementPlanview AgilePlace
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
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Ratings
Planview AgilePlace
7.0
21 Ratings
1% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.921 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings6.517 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.917 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings6.812 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings6.57 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.315 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings6.812 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings6.68 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Agile Development
Comparison of Agile Development features of Product A and Product B
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
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Ratings
Planview AgilePlace
7.3
5 Ratings
4% below category average
DevOps Tool Integrations00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Dependencies and Blockers00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementPlanview AgilePlace
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(22 ratings)
7.9
(27 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(6 ratings)
7.7
(3 ratings)
Usability
2.1
(4 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Engineering Lifecycle ManagementPlanview AgilePlace
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS former IBM Rational DOORS profits very much from the mighty market position it had till today. It had been the most favored requirement engineering tools suite with the highest investments in the infrastructure concerning hardware, software, and knowledge sources. It was embedded in knowledge sources of test stands, hardware labs, and knowledge database servers. It allowed for some of the highest profit changes and made the fame with it. But the paradigms of requirements engineering change. If not were superseded by completely different approaches for the target solution worlds. The foremost position in the selling tables is unstable if changes are not solved or coped with by the strategist at IBM and their customers. Since the highly successful alternative suits are already at the market, and some are from IBM already the lifecycle for IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS is at the later highs. But the suite is still at the very top and very popular. There are still many problems unsolved and many wishes at the customers to make the use more comfortable and efficient at the overall level. If the time of setting up the software package is passed the adoption get more extended and complicated. There is a lot of work at the stage around and the expertise will be required for a long time from now.
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Planview
This tool enables the visual management needed in many offshore teams to easily and quickly see the pending work, work in progress and completed work.For teams that work with a waterfall methodology and do not have AGILE internalized, I believe there are other solutions from Planview or other providers.
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Pros
IBM
  • Easy to use with well defined template and user defined fields. New team can setup a project area easily by copying an existing template and adding customized fields for their special needs.
  • It can be used during almost the whole project cycle and give us a better view and control on the projects.
  • Lots of built-in report functions.
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Planview
  • Ability to color code cards based on type, giving better visibility to the variety of tasks a team handles
  • Ability to set deadline dates and have those dates easily visible
  • Flexibility in design the kanban board. It is easy to add a lane or make a change on the fly. Work doesn't have to stop and a long process created to make simple layout changes.
  • Movement of cards is easy as well as the ability to connect cards to show dependencies.
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Cons
IBM
  • Wireframes are quite basic. If you need intuitive and interactive wireframes to elaborate the requirements. you probably need to define outside the tool and then upload as image.
  • ER (define data dictionaries) modeling is not there.
  • Use case modeling is quite basic. You can visualize the use case and actors relation but the tool does not enforce the rules.
  • Does not support offline work.
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Planview
  • Planview LeanKit currently can't or should not be used as a central spot for data and collaboration. Particularly attachments are not well-handled.
  • The portable side of Planview LeanKit is really lacking.
  • We would appreciate some options to group or stack cards.
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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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Planview
Perfect tool to manage requirement backlog
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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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Planview
LeanKit isn't the best designed Kanban system I've seen, but overall it's pretty usable. The boards I've used are pretty complex, so it can be difficult to find things. I found that searching and filtering for specific cards was somewhat of a challenge. Dragging a card from one lane to another is kind of a fun way to get things done though.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
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Planview
Very minimal outages
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Performance
IBM
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Planview
Never experienced major slowness
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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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Planview
It solves all our needs at this time.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
No problems
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Planview
Very easy.
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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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Planview
I think that LeanKit is very similar to Asana's Kanban feature and Trello, but is much less sleek looking than Asana. Asana's clean and sleek UI makes me enjoy project management much more than LeanKit. It might sound silly that the UI makes so much of a difference to me, but it really does. Trello is also sleeker than LeanKit, but I still prefer Asana because it has more customization options and a better interface. We are actually going to look into switching to ClickUp because we wanted something with a better UI. ClickUp seems to have a great UI with a lot of customization options.
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Scalability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Planview
Good use cases for small/large teams
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • If you can setup DOORS to your project, you will experience lower costs.
  • Also, less rework in the project, which means lower times to achieve your milestones.
  • Finally, the cost of setting up a related project is considerably lower, and the estimates obtained in the process are much more precise.
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Planview
  • Our team meetings are more direct and quick to get through thanks to the better visibility of the workload
  • Easily being able to move cards between team lanes gives instant visibility to where the responsibility for the next step is needed.
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ScreenShots

Planview AgilePlace Screenshots

Screenshot of Real-Time Analytics: Utilize board health metrics involving bottlenecks, WIP, and throughput to guide the optimization of workflows, improve velocity, and better prioritize efforts for more predictable delivery. Lean and Agile metrics can be used to assess team performance and promote continuous improvement.Screenshot of PI Planning: Offers enterprise Kanban boards to visualize the work of teams regardless of the methodologies they apply or workflows they follow, and insights into progress and create opportunities for better alignment.Screenshot of Dependency Visualization and Management: Surfaces risks to plans resulting from cross-team dependency conflicts, blockers, and capacity constraints, and helps drive proactive measures to enable teams to deliver on time.Screenshot of Team Planning and Coordination: Boards can be used to breakdown work, build and manage plans, and execute against strategy to deliver more value to customers, faster.