OpenText Corporation

OpenText ALM Octane

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is OpenText ALM Octane?

OpenText™ ALM Octane includes integrated planning, continuous integration, test management, and release management. With these capabilities, Agile teams and DevOps toolchains deliver high-quality software with insight, traceability, analytics-focused end-to-end visibility, and continuous quality.

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Awards & Recognition

OpenText ALM Octane won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love OpenText ALM Octane?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Saves Time
Continually Improving Product
Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Analytics and Reporting

ALM Integration

Automation

Traceability

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Workflow Management

Agile Work Management

Visual Analysis Design

Resource Planning

Managed Artifact Repository

Artifact Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

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Score 7.9

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Biotechnology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2020

This was a great process

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Respectful

Ramzi S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2020

Easy to use!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

They have best software and customer service

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The easy to use of interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing disliked

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would highly recommend

Pros

Fair
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

OpenText ALM Octane

What is OpenText ALM Octane?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText ALM Octane?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Automation Manual activities such as traceability, test generation, artifact state changes, integrations, and artifact creation can be automated to streamline ALM work.

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation.

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt Supports the ability to create tests and acceptance criteria and assign, prioritize, track, and resolve tests,related bugs, and issues.

Workflow Management Custom workflows can be created, managed, and monitored for artifacts, processes and practices to govern and streamline ALM work.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Visual Analysis Design Can create and manage context diagrams, business process models, use cases, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, data models, and UI mockups, etc.

Resource Planning Assigning resources to activities and estimates to manage workloads, support project management, and ensure completion of work related to ALM artifacts, including dashboards to manage multiple teams

Managed Artifact Repository Artifacts are stored in version controlled repository that supports check out, update, check-in, and collaboration across multiple types and workspaces.

Artifact Management ALM artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

This was a great process

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ramzi S.

Easy to use!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

Workflow Management

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Resource Planning

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