IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next Pros and Cons

The integration of the DNG tool with the entire ELM Solution stack enables functionality that makes the application more desirable compared to independent solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The level of system resources and stability of the tool require heavy virtual systems or physical hardware to manage the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

could be the right tool for impact analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the hmi is not as the level excepted to navigate for engineers.

in a big project, there is too much information on the screen, the descrition of the item is not usable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The modules and ability to organize vast amounts of requirements is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance when large amounts of data is in the system. Improvements have been made, but additional improvements would be welcomed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Multiple levels of filters help you focus on related requirements while hiding those that are relevant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface does not refresh to give immediate feedback when defining trace relationships between multiple requirements at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Web centric design allows data sharing across the project team. May re-use assets to facilitate cross project usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Difficulty in migration of classic DOORS data to the new platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it's able to link up with HP ALM, our test management tool and generate trace matrices. It's quite comprehensive and has a lot of options to customize and generate the reports we need for documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the GUI and the learning curve to set up and eventually generate trace matrices is quite difficult. The process is not intuitive and there is a lot of room for mistakes so that you'll end up guessing what you did wrong when modules don't link up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that there is no thick client and the ability to have Global Configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance of the tool and inability to scale to our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Structured way of doing needed documentation of product specification Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Could need enhancement in scaling large specifications and many attributes.

More advanced filtering and sorting options in the feature panel on the right side Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The requirements reuse capability and the web based interface. Attributes standardized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Find it difficult to find resources for training and recommended uses/best practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Traceability feature and reporting n context of GCM when it works fine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slowness, Failure to support basic feature like export and reporting does not work, no Team level dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.