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PTC SaaS application lifecycle management

Codebeamer+ SaaS Keep engineering
moving.

Bring your application lifecycle into a managed service environment. Keep your team focused on the decisions, workflows and evidence behind the product.

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Understand the work. Understand the service.

Connected engineering.
Delivered as a service.

Application lifecycle management (ALM) connects requirements, risks and tests. Codebeamer+ delivers that workspace through software as a service (SaaS), with PTC operating the hosted platform.

When a requirement changes, teams need to understand the risks and tests connected to it. ALM keeps that context available across engineering handoffs, giving reviewers related information to work from.

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One connected engineering workspace
  • Requirements
  • Risk
  • Test management
  • Compliance activities
Managed service

PTC operates the service.

Customer-specific systems need a separately agreed monitoring approach alongside the hosted service.

Engineering ownership

Your team owns the process.

Define access, workflow decisions and the people responsible for validation.

Agree the service boundary, identity requirements and integration scope before rollout.

See the service in context

Introducing
Codebeamer+

Give your evaluation a clear starting point.

An initial conversation should define the questions to investigate, the constraints to respect and the evidence needed before a rollout decision.

A new environment

Name the engineering problem you want to address and the people who will judge the outcome. Agree what an initial evaluation needs to establish.

An existing investment

Explain what prompts the move and which changes your organization could accept. Use the assessment to surface constraints before planning conversion and customer validation.

Discuss your Codebeamer+ environment
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Engineering context belongs in the conversation.
More room for engineering

Key benefits
of Codebeamer+

Consider what managed delivery could change in your team's working day, alongside the preparation each benefit still requires.

Enterprise-grade security

Managed protection and monitoring support the operating environment.

Keep the discussion tied to the engineering information at stake: requirements, test evidence and release decisions. Identify the protection your team needs, then review how the managed service and customer controls address it.

Seamless upgrades

Coordinated maintenance reduces administration and supports release planning.

Put platform changes on the engineering calendar. Identify the reviews and connected tools your team will recheck, then plan that work alongside the maintenance window and supported-version requirements.

Instant productivity

A provisioned environment provides a starting point for adoption.

Plan how the first team will learn the workspace, practise its tasks and share feedback. Use those observations to decide what guidance is needed before more people join.

Setup and engineering review remain part of adoption; upgrades include planned downtime.

A platform with a managed foundation

Top features
of Codebeamer+

The familiar application is supported by a different service model.

Feature 01

Same proven codebase

The established Codebeamer application remains the foundation.

Use an existing change-review workflow as your reference when planning a move. List its templates, extensions and connected systems so conversion discussions identify what can stay and what needs supported alternatives.

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An existing workflow under review
Consider in your environment
Which parts of your current workflow rely on custom behavior or external connections?
Feature 02

Full-stack SaaS service

PTC manages the underlying service; confirm the environment and operational scope.

For a release-review team, document which environment is being evaluated and the systems it depends on. Keep that scope with the service contacts so the rollout discussion has a shared reference.

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One environment, defined operating boundaries
Consider in your environment
Which environment and dependent systems are included in the proposed service scope?
Feature 03

Open architecture

Check compatibility before connecting systems. SaaS does not support every on-premises integration.

For one connected engineering tool, identify its purpose, required access and third-party permissions. Check the supported approach before treating that connection as part of the proposed SaaS workflow.

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A connection with defined permissions
Consider in your environment
Which permissions and compatibility checks does your first connection need?
Feature 04

Secure collaboration

Match registered users and review access to the roles participating in your workflow.

Follow a requirement review from author to reviewer. Identify who must edit the record and who only needs to read or review, then discuss appropriate registered-user access for each participant.

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Different participants, appropriate access
Consider in your environment
Who needs editing access, and who participates only in the review?
Feature 05

Simplified administration

Set administrators and user groups while DevOps manages critical application and database settings.

Before a pilot team starts, name the administrators and decide how users receive notifications and join groups. Separate those everyday setup decisions from the critical configurations managed through DevOps.

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Local setup beside managed configuration
Consider in your environment
Which setup decisions can your administrators own before the first pilot begins?
Feature 06

Security by design

Service monitoring combines metrics, alerts and Cloud Operations response.

Consider an interrupted review session: application alerts can help Cloud Operations investigate service behavior, while a customer-specific connection may need a separate check. Agree what your team reports when raising an issue.

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A signal with a responsible route
Consider in your environment
What should your team capture when reporting a service or connection issue?
Put the changes in context

Review the changes.
Plan your next step.

Use the Codebeamer release guide to identify changes worth discussing. Compare them with your workflows, connected tools and review needs before deciding what to evaluate in your environment.

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Start with a real engineering handoff

Complex products.
A focused place to begin.

Use a representative workflow to explore how a proposed Codebeamer+ environment could support your team. These are evaluation starting points, shaped around the people who own the work.

Automotive production equipment surrounding a vehicle body.
Automotive

Keep the supplier review connected.

Bring one change that crosses your engineering and supplier teams. Walk through the review handoff and identify what each participant must see and return.

Where does the handoff lose context today?

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Medical equipment in a manufacturing environment.
MedTech

Make the review evidence visible.

Choose one requirement-to-test review. Define the evidence your quality and engineering reviewers need before they accept the work, then evaluate that handoff in the proposed environment.

What evidence must remain visible at the review decision?

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Frequently asked questions

Codebeamer+ FAQs.
Clear answers.

Resolve the delivery questions before defining your next step.

Is Codebeamer+ a different ALM platform?

It uses the same Codebeamer codebase. The distinction is SaaS operation rather than a separate set of lifecycle fundamentals.

How do templates and customizations affect conversion?

PTC and your team assess the existing environment. Customizations and integrations may need refactoring or replacement with supported alternatives; your team validates the converted solution.

Can we carry over our current integrations?

Confirm each connection against current compatibility and service scope. Codebeamer+ does not support the full set of on-premises PTC integrations. Customers must provide relevant third-party access, licenses and hosting authorizations.

Who manages access and configuration?

Your organization establishes administrators, user groups and workflow settings. Critical application and database configuration is managed through DevOps and is locked from ordinary interface changes. Confirm identity-provider and entitlement requirements during setup.

Will upgrades require downtime?

Upgrades, minor updates and rehosting involve scheduled downtime. Upgrades are customer-requested, and customers must remain on a supported version. Coordinate the maintenance plan and your workflow review responsibilities.

How do user roles affect access?

Access is assigned to registered users. Full Users can create and edit; Collaborators have view and review access within their permitted scope. Confirm user counts, entitlements, identity needs, environment options and commercial terms with TriStar.

Your next move

Scope the environment.
Support the engineering.

Bring your current setup or your first workflow. TriStar can help frame the questions for a useful Codebeamer+ discussion.

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