Lighthouse: Change Management

Why Use Lighthouse to Manage your Change Requests?

Everyone knows feature creep can throw a project off schedule, yet it happens again and again. Many teams have no organized process to track change requests, so a lunch conversation turns into a feature, accidentally risking delivery dates. Sound familiar?

Lighthouse Change Management provides a central repository to create, assign and approve change requests according to your process. Lighthouse includes collaboration and audit trail, so there's no confusion, mistake or misunderstandings.

Once approved, automatically convert the Change Request to a Requirement with a single click. Try Lighthouse for yourself to see how much better and easier managing changes can be.

Compare Change Management features within the different Lighthouse editions:

  Free Edition Standard Edition Team Edition Enterprise Edition
Features        
Create Change RequestsEasily add your change requests and track their resolution. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Batch UpdateBatch Update lets you update more than one change request at the same time. Easily change the status, who it's assigned to, and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto-Create RequirementsChange Requests, at least the good ones, can easily be converted into Requirements at the click of a button. - Yes Yes Yes
Approve Change RequestsAll Lighthouse Change Requests come with a formal approval process. Review the change, make your comments and adjustments, and approve or reject as needed. - Yes Yes Yes
Assign Releases and IterationsKeep track of your change requests by assigning them to specific releases and iterations. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Track HistoryYou can easily track changes made to your change requests - who made the change, when the change was made, and what was changed. Yes Yes Yes Yes
TraceabilityTraceability means tracking where your change request came from and where it's going. Link your change requests to Defects, Tests, Tasks, Requirements and so much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basic FiltersFilters let you get to your change requests quickly. Filter by release, status and much more. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Collaboration        
Basic Roles (3 uneditable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your change requests. You can choose from 3 pre-defined roles. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basic Roles (3 editable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your change requests. You can choose from (and modify) 3 pre-defined roles. - Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited RolesCreate as many roles as you want to control access to your change requests and assign them to your users. Create some for your clients, executives, developers, QA engineers, and many more. - Yes Yes Yes
Basic NotificationsEvery time a change request is added or updated, notifications are emailed to the test owner and the assignee. The owner is the one who originally entered the requirement. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notifications (editable)Change the notification rule, message and distribution list. Easily add other users/roles to the distribution list. - Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited NotificationsCreate as many notification rules as you want to. At Artifact, we have 26! - No Yes Yes
My Assignments DashboardEasily see your issues when you first log in to Lighthouse. - Yes Yes Yes
Project Activities DashboardSee real-time daily, weekly and monthly activity for all your issues and results across all your projects. - No Yes Yes
Customization        
Custom FieldsAdd up to 30 fields to your Change Requests. Many formats are supported including text boxes, combo boxes, pull-down lists, etc. Make the fields required and track their history. - No No Yes
Custom LayoutChange the location and layout of your custom fields. - No No Yes
Custom ReportsCreate any report you want. Change Request Traceability, Matrix and History reports are some of our more popular ones. Automatically email them to your peers. - No No Yes
Custom ColorsChange your Lighthouse Account colors. Choose from one of our defined templates or create your own. - No No Yes
Hide TabsHide Lighthouse tabs to control what your users can see and have access too. - No No Yes
Custom MethodologiesChange Lighthouse to support your methodology. Support for Agile, Waterfall, RUP and Hybrid methodologies are available. - No No Yes
Specs        
ProjectsEach edition provides a certain number of projects and users per project. 1 unlimited unlimited unlimited
SupportTwo levels of support are provided. Basic support is available via user forums, blogs and documentation. Premium support also includes email and phone, with guaranteed response time. basic premium premium premium
Hosted or On PremiseHosted Lighthouse means Lighthouse is accessible on our servers. On Premise means you can install a complete version of Lighthouse behind your firewall. hosted hosted hosted either
Annual Cost per User Free $99 $199 $299
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