Sr. Quality Assurance Project Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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Feb 21, 2023
Both are quality products. ALM QC was originally designed to support a Waterfall approach. ALM Octane was designed to support more of an Agile approach, but can also be used for Waterfall projects. ALM Octane provides the benefits of more options to connect and work with Automation tools outside of the UFT family. Micro Focus looks to be shifting towards ALM Octane and Value Edge as their focus for the future so I would normally recommend those products but for a specific use case or requirement, it could be better to use ALM QC.
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Both are quality products. ALM QC was originally designed to support a Waterfall approach. ALM Octane was designed to support more of an Agile approach, but can also be used for Waterfall projects. ALM Octane provides the benefits of more options to connect and work with Automation tools outside of the UFT family. Micro Focus looks to be shifting towards ALM Octane and Value Edge as their focus for the future so I would normally recommend those products but for a specific use case or requirement, it could be better to use ALM QC.