PTC Integrity

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PTC Integrity
Developer PTC, Inc.
Initial releaseJuly 2001;24 years ago (2001-07)
Stable release
11.1 / March 30, 2017;8 years ago (2017-03-30)
Written in Java
Operating system Unix-like, Windows
Type ALM, RM, SCM, Quality, Agile, SysEng
License Trialware
Website ptc.com

PTC IntegrityLifecycle Manager (formerly MKS Integrity) is a software system lifecycle management (SSLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) platform developed by MKS Inc. and was first released in 2001. The software is client/server, with both desktop (java/swing) and web client interfaces. It provides software development organizations with an environment in which they can manage the end-to-end processes of development.

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Overview

MKS Integrity is now a PTC product since the acquisition of MKS Inc., which was completed on May 31, 2011, by PTC. [1]

PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager is built around a single repository. This single-repository solution[ buzzword ] supports the three pillars of lifecycle management—traceability, process automation, and reporting and analytics [2] and some companies may see additional value in this approach. [3]

Integration of PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager with IDEs and other development tools is—out-of-the-box—limited to a few products. Supported IDEs include Eclipse [4] and Visual Studio. [5] Also supported are IBM i and Apache Maven.

History

PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager was previously known under different brands, including MKS Source, MKS Integrity Manager, Implementer (for IBM i), and others. These were consolidated under a single brand, with the release of MKS Integrity 2007 in July 2007, which was acquired by PTC and finally renamed PTC Integrity in 2011. [6] PTC retired the Integrity brand and rebranded Integrity to Windchill starting in July 2019. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "PTC Sets New Standard for Managing Hardware and Software Development Lifecycles with MKS Integrity Acquisition". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
  2. ↑ Carey Schwaber, Forrester Research, Inc. August 2006, The Changing Face of Application Lifecycle Management
  3. ↑ Joe Farah, CM Crossroads, January 2010, CM: THE NEXT GENERATION – The 2010s
  4. ↑ mks.com, May 29, 2008, "MKS Delivers Industry Leading Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) Capabilities into Eclipse"
  5. ↑ mks.com, April 30, 2009, "MKS Drives Productivity and Transparency for Visual Studio Development"
  6. ↑ MKS Integrity 2007 Leads ALM 2.0 Revolution
  7. ↑ ptc.com, April 01, 2020, Integrity is now Windchill