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The suite, IBM Engineering
Requirements, models, work and tests on one platform, traced from the first requirement to the last test.
IBM ELMIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM), formerly IBM Continuous Engineering and Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), is IBM’s suite for building complex, regulated products. Requirements, models, work items and tests live on one platform and stay linked.
The suite runs on the IBM Jazz platform. Each product can be bought on its own, and they share users, licenses, global configurations and reporting.
Teams use it for ASPICE, ISO 26262, DO‑178C and medical device programs, where every change has to be traced and every release has a baseline.
One global configuration ties requirement, model, work item and test baselines together. Each product variant gets its own stream. Cross-tool reports, impact views and documents for assessors come from the same data.
Most customers start with requirements or test management and add products when the next team is ready, and data and licenses carry over. IBM tokens give one pool that covers all ELM products. Rational Team Concert and Rational Quality Manager are earlier names of IBM Engineering Workflow Management and IBM Engineering Test Management, so they upgrade in place.
Find the line closest to your team. Each one shows what changes with IBM ELM.
Capabilities
One configuration ties requirement, model, work item and test baselines together. Each product variant gets its own stream, and you compare variants across the whole lifecycle.
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Global Configuration Management
Capture, review and trace requirements in modules, with change history and baselines.
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
SysML and UML models linked to the requirements they satisfy.
IBM Engineering Rhapsody
Agile and SAFe planning, change management and Jazz source control.
IBM Engineering Workflow Management
Test plans, cases and results linked to requirements and defects.
IBM Engineering Test Management
Cross-tool reports, impact views and documents for assessors.
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization – Publishing
A requirements specification as a module in DOORS Next.
Project status at a glance.
Program planning on a Kanban board in Workflow Management.
Jazz source control in Workflow Management.
Quality goals and exit criteria.
Ready reports listed in Jazz Reporting Services.
What each standard asks for, and what IBM ELM gives you to show it.
Configuration and change management of all work products
Global configurations and baselines per release, with change requests linked to itemsISO 26262-8, clauses 7–8Requirements analysis with bidirectional traceability
Trace views and link validity across system and softwareASPICE SYS.2, SWE.1Testing linked to requirements
Test plans and results traced to software requirementsISO 26262-6, clauses 9–11
Baselines, problem reporting and change control for all life cycle data
Global configurations and baselines per review, with problem reports linked to the items they changeDO-178C section 7Trace from system requirements to tests
Link types for high-level and low-level requirements, code and testsDO-178C 5.5, 6.5
Configuration items identified and each release recorded
Global configurations and baselines per release, with linked change requestsIEC 62304, 8Design inputs, outputs, reviews and changes controlled
Modules, review workflows and change requests linked to the affected itemsISO 13485, 7.3
A baseline for each release, with controlled changes
Global configurations and baselines per releaseEN 50716A structured safety case with evidence
Safety case documents generated from linked hazards, requirements and test results in a frozen baselineEN 50129
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS NextCapture requirements and manage verification
IBM Engineering RhapsodyDesign and validate systems in SysML and UML
IBM Engineering Rhapsody Model ManagerModels in the browser
IBM ELMProducts share users, licenses and configurations, and link to each other through OSLC.
Documents from lifecycle data.
Variants across all tools.
OSLC connectors. Or IBM Engineering Integration Hub.
Linked during migration.
Trusted in regulated industries
Our clients build products under strict standards and regular audits. We supply licenses, implementation, hosting and training.
Our clients build products under strict standards and regular audits. We supply licenses, implementation, hosting and training.
We are a partner and reseller of these technology providers.
Trainings
Jazz Administrator – Mentoring1 day
Introduction to IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next2 days
Introduction to IBM Engineering Workflow Management2 days
Introduction to IBM Engineering Test Management2 days
Introduction to IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Global Configuration Management2 days
Services
Authorized licenses suit daily users of one product. Floating licenses are shared by occasional users. IBM tokens give one pool that covers all ELM products, so a user can switch between DOORS Next, Test Management and Workflow Management. We size the mix from your user list.
On premises gives you full control and your own upgrade schedule. IBM SaaS removes servers entirely. Hosting by SmarterProcess is a dedicated environment we run, upgrade and back up for you.
Yes. Rational Team Concert and Rational Quality Manager are earlier names of Workflow Management and Test Management, so they upgrade in place. DOORS 9 projects move to DOORS Next with migration packages or Requirements Interchange Format (ReqIF). For DXL scripts we have SmarterWidgets 2.0, 30+ ready-made widgets for DOORS Next.
No. Each product works on its own. Most customers start with requirements or test management and add products when the next team is ready. Data and licenses carry over.
AI comes through IBM Engineering AI Hub, an add-on to IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management. It offers specialist agents for requirement quality analysis, an engineering assistant, work item synopsis, work item compose, MBSE use case discovery and test generation, plus governed MCP tools. Availability depends on your deployment and licenses; we check it for your setup.
Yes. Through OSLC connectors, Jira issues and GitLab commits and merge requests link to requirements, work items and tests and appear in traceability views. To keep Jira or Azure DevOps items in sync rather than only linked, we set up IBM Engineering Integration Hub.
Lifecycle Query Engine Jena support is removed in 7.2, so the relational store is the only supported storage. Migrate your SPARQL reports before you upgrade; on 7.1 many of them migrate automatically. Server-side Java plugins must be recompiled with Java 17. Check your operating system and database against the specified operating environment, for example Db2 11.5.9.x or 12.1.x and Oracle 19c.
Add them to the ELM Mini Dashboard and hand repetitive requirements work over to them. Each one previews its changes first.
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