IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management vs. Jama Connect vs. aligned elements Comparison Chart

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) is a comprehensive end-to-end engineering solution that stands at the forefront of the market, seamlessly guiding you from requirements to systems design, workflow, and test management, extending the functionality of ALM tools for better complex-systems development. By adopting an end-to-end view across the entire product lifecycle, enabling a digital foundation for data traceability, you can more easily track changes to minimize risk and reduce costs. Conquer complexity from design to execution, unite teams through digital thread, leverage modelling and reuse, harness insights from automated reporting, and confidently operate at scale laying the foundation for innovation. The bi-directional data in the digital thread will enable functional, software, mechanical, and electrical engineering domains with a single source of truth.

Manage, review and release requirements during the entire Lifecycle. Any changes made are under strict version control with integrated change impact analysis. Intuitive management of traces, combined with a clear visualization of the traceability status eliminates compliant problems and consistency issues. Create, manage and run automated and manual test cases and monitor the progress. Seamlessly integrate with your own bug tracking systems. Automatically scan and monitor your project to detect and visualize gaps and trends in the consistency and completeness of your DHF. With the industry's most powerful and flexible Word integration in your hands, digitize your Technical File / DHF document management. Medical Device companies report that up to 30% of the total development effort is spent on documentation activities.