Throughout the years, our team of experts have evaluated and used a variety of software quality packages. Keeping in mind that every company is different, and thus every company's needs are themselves different, we acknowledge that there isn't a single package in the market that will work out for us all. However, we have compiled a list of products that we have had positive experiences with, so that we can hopefully either narrow down the choice for our visitors, or at least provide some guidance on where to start.

Because the internal tools you use can be as critical as the software you produce, SQM Consulting is proud to present the elite list of recommended products for defect tracking, requirement documentation, and test automation software.

PVCS Tracker Merant's PVCS® Tracker is an enterprise-wide solution for capturing, managing and communicating feature requests, defect reports, changes and project issues from emergence to resolution. Tracker helps teams enterprise-wide to establish priorities, assign ownership and manage hand-offs, while enabling managers to see trends and progress. Automatic notification improves communication and accelerates development. The I-NET interface option allows users to work via the Web, regardless of location or platform.

Visual Intercept Elsinore Technologies' Visual Intercept is the only project-oriented, three-tiered, enterprise-ready incident management system specifically designed for Microsoft Visual Tool users. Visual Intercept lets you organize all your incidents, contacts, accounts, and projects in a sensible hierarchy. Project-orientation makes Visual Intercept easy to use, easy to administrate, and ideal for reporting on metrics across the enterprise.

ClearQuality Nortel Networks Clarify ClearQuality is a complete product quality management system that manages information flows to ensure all requests for changes, fixes, and enhancements to a product are handled in an efficient, accurate, and timely manner. Recording all change-related information, Clarify ClearQuality maintains a detailed audit trail of change request activities from the initiation of a change request to its conclusion.

DOORS The Telelogic DOORS(R) Enterprise Requirements Suite (DOORS/ERS) is an integrated solution designed for today's Internet-driven business environment and the only comprehensive requirements suite to address the specific needs of managers, developers and end-users throughout the lifecycle. DOORS/ERS is comprised of the market-leading DOORS 5 requirements management tool, DOORSnetTM 3 for Internet-based access and DOORSrequireITTM 2 for users who prefer working in Microsoft(R) Word.

Rational Robot Rational Robot is an object-oriented tool that allows you to create, modify, and run automated functional, regression, and smoke tests for e-applications built using a wide variety of independent development environments. Rational TestManager and Rational SiteCheck are included with Rational Robot, giving you, respectively, the ability to manage all test assets and have them available to all team members; and giving you a robust tool for Web site link management, site monitoring, and more.

WinRunner Mercury Interactive's WinRunner is an integrated, functional testing tool for your entire enterprise. By capturing, verifying and replaying user interactions automatically, WinRunner identifies defects and ensures that business processes, which span across multiple applications and databases, work flawlessly the first time and remain reliable.

Visual Test Rational Visual Test® 6.5 is an automated functional testing tool that helps developers and testers rapidly create tests for Windows applications created with any development tool. Rational Visual Test is integrated with Microsoft Developer Studio, a desktop development environment, and has extensive integration with Microsoft Visual C++. Rational Visual Test makes developers and testers more productive and makes it easier for organizations to deploy applications of virtually any size for the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98,Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems and for the World Wide Web.

LoadTest How well does your Web application perform? Will it scale as more users access your site? High levels of user traffic may cause very slow performance. Web pages may take several minutes to download or may even crash your Web site. You can't afford for your customers to wait. Mercury's Astra LoadTest is the easiest way to test the scalability and performance of Web applications. With Astra LoadTest, you can emulate the traffic of thousands of users to identify and isolate bottlenecks and optimize user experience.