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    Modern Requirements4DevOps

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AModern Requirements4DevOps is a fully-featured Requirements Management tool built into Azure DevOps. By partnering with Microsoft, Modern Requirements is able to offer a fully integrated solution within Azure DevOps, TFS, and VSTS. The Modern Requirements solution provides the ability to: Create documentation without leaving an Azure DevOps project Construct Diagrams, Mockups, and Use Case models that the user can connect requirements directly to Build…N/A

    OpenText ALM Octane

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ ALM Octane, formerly from Micro Focus, includes integrated planning, continuous integration, test management, and release management. With these capabilities, it helps Agile teams and DevOps toolchains to deliver high-quality software with insight, traceability, analytics-focused end-to-end visibility, and continuous quality.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Modern Requirements4DevOpsOpenText ALM Octane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Modern Requirements4DevOpsOpenText ALM Octane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Modern Requirements
    We tried the Modern Requirements4DevOps AddIn to see if it brings a added value to our development. I have to say that I would distinguish between types of projects in which it is beneficial and in which it is probably "over engineering". Certainly, bigger development projects with higher complexity are more suitable than small and not really complex projects. However, for the bigger projects Modern Requirements4DevOps definitely helps to deal with the complexity as it adds way more contextualisation to the various entities. It really helps to understand which requirements led to which action in a diagram or task during development. It helps to control the complexity and inform all team members along the project.
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    OpenText
    If someone is already using ALM Octane, then it is worth the pain to go through the upgrade process to get the current versions. If you need it to tie into Jira, it can do that. Just be prepared for a rough road. If you have some other product that you use for DevOps, PM, and QA, you will probably be better off sticking with what you have. DaVita also uses TFS, but not in a full implementation (i.e. not with a build server for code deployment), so for them, ALM makes a lot of sense. If you are using TFS with a build server, there are other methodologies that won't end up making you want to pull your hair out trying to make it integrate with what you are using.
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    Pros
    Modern Requirements
    • Smart Documents
    • Building a connection between individual entities (requirements, documents, tasks, tests)
    • Requirements Management and Reporting
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    OpenText
    • Bug-logging and keeping track of the bug status.
    • Integration with DevOps to do continuous testing.
    • Keeping coordination between development and testing teams.
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    Cons
    Modern Requirements
    • forms could be transferred into in line fields to allow in line maintenance of data
    • make window management of diagram builder more flexibility to make more space to build diagrams
    • I would wish that the performance is a bit better sometimes, loading times can be quite long in some cases
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    OpenText
    • The integration to Synchronizer is very difficult to implement.
    • The integration to Jira was very hard to get working.
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    OpenText
    Customer support is very good takes minimal time to resolve the issue and always takes feedback seriously to improve the application.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Modern Requirements
    Modern Requirements4DevOps is an AddIn for Azure DevOps Server (Microsoft Azure DevOps) and extends the native features of Azure DevOps in the area of Requirements Engineering, Requirements Management and Reporting. Azure DevOps already contains tons of valuable features. However, for bigger and more complex projects Modern Requirements4DevOps extends Azure DevOps by further features. Thus we used both products alongside.
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    OpenText
    Micro Focus ALM Octane use at DaVita goes back beyond my starting with them three years ago. They have used it as part of DevOps as well as for performance measurement of software releases in combo with HP Performance Center (a great combination). Jira is well suited to managing bug reports and development processes with Agile and Scrum, but ALM Octane goes above and beyond that.
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    Return on Investment
    Modern Requirements
    • Better communication --> thus less misunderstandings
    • More Transparency about requirements --> adds context and helps to build a common understanding
    • Traceability of Requirements --> we used the baseline also to look into the history of requirements to understand how certain requirements have changed
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    OpenText
    • It's had a very positive impact.
    • Very good customer support as well when required.
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