Comments on Nirav's Contemplations: What's wrong with HP Quality Center?

@Nirav - Very informative blog. I was trying to un...

2011-12-20T13:28:31.680-05:00

@Nirav - Very informative blog. I was trying to understand the many issues around QC11 myself.

@Jerry Tieng - After reading Nirav's blog, I came across a web site that mentions QC and its alternatives. It looks likes "QAComplete" / "ALMComplete" are used widely. I found this information from http://breakfreefromhp.com/

I am going to look into this myself. Has anyone heard of these alternatives before?

- Michael Wilson

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2011-10-06T08:11:05.058-04:00

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I have to agree. HP Quality Center is the worst pr...

2011-09-02T06:51:38.048-04:00

I have to agree. HP Quality Center is the worst product out there, and like you say, need not even have been web-based! I have been trying to get QCExplorer working in Wine, because I don't want to have to run Windows just for this stupid app, and unfortunately, it is not working (install went fine though).
HP generally has had a good track record of support for Linux, if you look at their printers, but they made a huge mistake when they bought out Mercury.

Absofreakinglutely. I hate HP's Quality Cente...

2011-09-01T11:19:51.398-04:00

Absofreakinglutely. I hate HP's Quality Center. Worst tool ever. I have to completely reinstall it every single day in order to launch it. This is in line with their overall quality approach at HP. <semiRelatedRant rantText=" About a year ago, I purchased their top-of-the-line custom-built laptop (i7, 8gig, 1tb, etc - if you're reading this years from now, that will sound like a joke!). In the first year, it's been sent in to them three times, and one time even came back with physical damage. They still haven't fixed the issue which is something to do with static build up in the power system that causes the soft controls (volume, bass, wireless) to automatically turn off and on. Net result, I paid over $2000 for a computer that I can't even use. I will never buy another HP product - printers included -- this stupid software is just yet another nail in HP's coffin....I'd say rest in peace, but I'd rather tell them to rot in H-E-double hockey sticks." />

I have just tried it and I can say it is the worst...

2011-08-12T09:02:20.486-04:00

I have just tried it and I can say it is the worst tracking system ever!
Unfortunately I have no choice but to use it....it gives me the stomacache every time I open a ticket...

Quality Center sucks!

2011-08-12T08:57:13.734-04:00

Quality Center sucks!

I am so !@#$ sick of this mamoth waste of crap. I...

2011-08-04T15:49:06.568-04:00

I am so !@#$ sick of this mamoth waste of crap. I have to support it because it integrates with one of our products. It is a dinosaur, terribly implemented and just plain annoying. It crashes, it doesn't always work in the users IE 8 instance. Try VersionOne. It works well for a full agile solution. Bugzilla aint too bad either.

I really really detest this product.. it makes my ...

2011-07-14T10:49:20.806-04:00

I really really detest this product.. it makes my life a misery on a daily basis

OMG - QC is a piece of hairy crap. I've been a...

2011-07-11T14:34:01.656-04:00

OMG - QC is a piece of hairy crap. I've been a software/embedded tester for almost 10 years, and I just cringe any time someone mentions continuing the service agreement. In my company, it's a sunk cost and management doesn't want to do anything else, so we just keep shoveling money into this POS. Productivity continues to decline and quality actually gets worse because it's just too cumbersome to get good data. If this is your only option for test management, you're screwed. Almost anything is better than QC.

I totally agree... worst tool I have ever used. It...

2011-06-30T03:52:04.985-04:00

I totally agree... worst tool I have ever used. It crashes 2-3 times a day, and automatically refreshes (loosing all your changes) all the time. Terrible, really.

OMG - I have just spat the dummy so many times ove...

2011-05-05T23:02:40.804-04:00

OMG - I have just spat the dummy so many times over this piece of crap - I am a tester and have found more of my time is involved doing rubbish in this thing than actually testing - go figure - a tool to help us manage our time eats all of it up - what a total piece of trash and I am on my knees HOPING for the day that my company sees the light and lets us get back to our REAL job... Thanks for allowing me to find a rant - I thought I was the only one pointing out the crappy appy!!!

Hi Nirav, i am new to HPQC 11 but i have to imple...

2011-03-28T05:01:20.575-04:00

Hi Nirav,

i am new to HPQC 11 but i have to implement SSO using this software which i think is not possible in this software ?? what do you think ???
and if we do import LDAP user and HP Protect Tool Service Manager can be implemented for using its functionality SSO and integrate it with HPQC 11 ???

i think it is for laptop only and if available for desktop then not available for Server 2003 any alternate to implement SSO on HPQC 11.. .

Hope for your reply

Thanks in Advance,
-Mohsin

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2011-03-25T03:43:47.217-04:00

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this Object locking stuff just happened to me now!...

2011-02-22T09:03:47.445-05:00

this Object locking stuff just happened to me now! I wonder what wrong I did, nothing really..

My analysis of Quality Center vs. other tools is a...

2011-01-29T08:59:33.401-05:00

My analysis of Quality Center vs. other tools is at http://www.wilsonmar.com/quality_center.htm

New users need to be logged in with an admin accou...

2010-09-29T00:58:25.796-04:00

New users need to be logged in with an admin account, since QC needs to write to the registry on first install.

I second, third, and fourth your comment about HPQ...

2010-07-16T19:30:04.060-04:00

I second, third, and fourth your comment about HPQC. How can people write such piece of crap still earn that much money!

Here's my rant about it:

http://nolemontreeandprodtarget.blogspot.com/2010/07/hp-qc-is-such-piece-of-crap.html

2010-07-09T10:17:28.515-04:00

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Good article. There is in fact a standalone versio...

2010-06-03T05:36:00.821-04:00

Good article.
There is in fact a standalone version of the client - so called QC Explorer, which you can install as an add in.
However it is just IE independend version with the same bugs and for unknown reason even more resource demanding.
Login screen (before logging in) occupies 90 MB RAM. Once logged in it takes 140-150MB and after some time of work it stays at some 200 MB.

I think HP should really work on the client to bring some serious interface for work.

It would be really great to have (preferrably a compatible) alternative.
I think that reporting can be done quite good also with other tools.

Unfortunatelly, we are also doing QTP stuff which makes switch even more difficult.
Or are there any alternatives to that too (QTP comaptible)?

@dannyacuna The first time you install, the progr...

2010-05-12T21:25:05.099-04:00

@dannyacuna

The first time you install, the progress bars on your client (IE) appear to be stuck, you will have to refresh the browser for the installation to continue

What's your answer to when a new user tries to...

2010-05-12T16:38:38.896-04:00

What's your answer to when a new user tries to install the client for the first time, after the list of progress bars finish he gets a message saying that the components were not downloaded successfully due to "Failed to open file for writing"? I'm looking to an alternative to throwing my laptop out of the 10th floor window.

A great tool I worked with in the past is QPack...

2010-03-12T09:31:55.718-05:00
A great tool I worked with in the past is QPack by Orcanos. It manages requirements, testing and defects.

From what I saw in their website - there is a free edition available (for up to 5 users), try it out.

Jeff

You are Right.. This is big S**king application i ...

2010-03-12T07:59:26.012-05:00
You are Right.. This is big S**king application i have ever come across. I think this application has been made by some School going oversmart kid learning Web services!

@Brenden . This TC creation is uselss. This cant even automate anything properly and to remove an automation from a 20 steps TC, it says 'wooohoo - i wont delete ur script' and atlast ending up deleting the Tc and creating it all over again.

@Thomas. for extensive users testers/developers. this just is another piece of crap.

@Mugen.. Well said. Its EVIL's friendly and tats y its still out there giving a devil smile at Devs like what "all time useless","all time browsing","all time blaming","all time wanting" managers do..

It is actually working very well on my Linux Works...

2009-12-21T14:44:18.269-05:00
It is actually working very well on my Linux Workstation connected to Citrix. All I need is to follow/edit/create defects. So I am not using too much advanced features. It just prints a warning message at login: "A call to an OS function failed". Must be the Windows' random crash library because it does not explode too often...

I think this tool is used probably because it has ...

2009-10-26T04:28:51.542-04:00
I think this tool is used probably because it has a lot of reporting capabilities (so that managers can track how much WORK is done, how much WORK is remaining, and force us all the more to do more and more WORK) - have just started using it and man it is somewhat annoying.