codeBeamer

7 Unique Features in codeBeamer ALM

1. A fully integrated ALM solution from a single vendorLow operational & maintenance costs. Simple administration.
2. Best support for Subversion and Distributed Version Control SystemscodeBeamer is the only ALM solution that supports both Git & Mercurial, the leading Distributed Version Control Systems.
3. Best support for distributed development processesExecute the “Integrator workflow” effortlessly. Pulling commits from team members, suppliers or other contributors, and pushing them out to the “stable” repository has never been so fast and easy.
4. Most flexible process supportcodeBeamer provides the most customizable issue tracking, tracker workflows, and content approval workflows in the project collaboration space.
5. Content baseliningCapture lightweight snapshots of wiki pages and documents when reaching a milestone or an important target. Baselines can be browsed and compared after.
6. Configuration Management Database (CMDB)Repositories of smart configuration items, including releases, milestones, modules, hardware- and software components. For ITIL compliance.
7. Source code analysisMeasure and manage source code quality. Enforce coding standards. Detect bugs early and fix them before the problem escalates.

codeBeamer versus CollabNet TeamForge Comparison

Top 5 Reasons TeamForge Users Switch to codeBeamer

1. The TeamForge feature set is limited and overly simplisticTasks do not support subtasks. Wiki doesn’t support plugins. Document approval workflows are hardwired. Just to name a few limitations.
2. In TeamForge, there is no support for modern Distributed Version Control Systems and distributed development processesSubversion and CVS are your only options as Version Control System. Also, your processes are required to be centralized, loosing lots of organizational flexibility.
3. They need CMDBIn TeamForge, there is no support for Configuration Management concepts.
4. They need souce code analysisIn TeamForge, there is no support for managing source code quality, or detecting violations and problems early.
5. TeamForge is an inpersonal tool from the 20th centuryTeamForge is a tool from the pre-social-software era. It doesn’t inspire and fuel collaboration.

codeBeamer versus IBM Rational Team Concert (Jazz) Comparison

Top 5 Reasons Rational Team Concert (Jazz) Users Switch to codeBeamer

1. Rational Team Concert is an incomplete solution: content is out of focusRational Team Concert focuses only on the programming aspect of software engineering. It doesn’t provide solutions for requirements specification, information sharing or for writing collaborative documentation, for instance.
2. In Rational Team Concert, there is no support for modern Distributed Version Control Systems and distributed development processesClearcase is your only option for a Version Control System. (Maybe, Subversion to some extent.) Also, your processes are required to be centralized; you lose a lot of organizational flexibility.
3. They don’t offer wiki and other types of document collaborationRational Team Concert implementors have to allocate extra budget to integrate Rational Team Concert with Lotus or Microsoft SharePoint.
4. Rational Team Concert is extremely expensiveSee the price tag. It says everything. Also check what’s included and what costs extra.
5. Missing features in Rational Team Concert? Buy other expensive IBM products!Expect your Total Cost of Ownership to escalate.

codeBeamer versus Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) Comparison

Top 5 Reasons Team Foundation Server (TFS) Users Switch to codeBeamer

1. Team Foundation Server is available only on expensive Microsoft infrastructureYour only option is to run TFS on Windows Server, with MS SQL Server and Active Directory. There is no support for other operating systems, databases or LDAP solutions.
2. In Team Foundation Server, there is no support for modern Distributed Version Control Systems and distributed development processesMicrosoft TFVC is your only option for a Version Control System. Also, your processes are required to be centralized; you lose a lot of organizational flexibility.
3. Process support is limited in Team Foundation ServerThe inflexible workflow configuration does not enable customizing Team Foundation Server to your business- and development processes.
4. They need a solution for agile methodologies and practicesPracticing agile (Scrum and Kanban, primarily) is an unresolved problem in Team Foundation Server.
5. They need CMDBIn Team Foundation Server, there is no support for Configuration Management concepts.

codeBeamer versus Atlassian JIRA + Confluence + Bamboo + Crowd Comparison

Top 6 Reasons Atlassian JIRA+Confluence+Bamboo Users Switch to codeBeamer

1. In Atlassian products, certain key functionality is available only by purchasing additional commercial pluginsEscalation management and approval workflows, for example, are available only at extra costs. And at dependence on external vendors.
2. In Atlassian products, certain key functionality is available only by using unsupported pluginsGit and Mercurial integration are available only if you can afford the risk of operating your Version Control System without product support.
3. They need real Document ManagentIn Atlassian products, there is no efficient way for sharing versioned documents on the web.
4. They need CMDBIn Atlassian products, there is no support for Configuration Management concepts.
5. They need souce code analysisIn Atlassian products, there is no support for managing source code quality, or detecting violations and problems early.
6. License price != total costsAtlassian products might seem inexpensive for the first look. By the time you buy all components to build a complete ALM solution, including those from external vendors, the Total Cost of Ownership will be high.