Codebeamer: Simplify Complex Product and Software Engineering at Scale

ALM stands for Application Lifecycle Management. It is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of an application—from requirements and design through development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. ALM tools like Codebeamer provide a single platform to connect these phases, ensuring traceability, collaboration, and compliance across complex projects.

As an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution Codebeamer is used to manage the full application lifecycle of complex products. It helps engineering teams connect requirements, risks, tests, variants, and compliance artifacts into a single, traceable digital thread. Organizations use Codebeamer to enable systematic reuse across product lines, maintain always-on audit readiness, and manage change with clear impact analysis. By replacing manual, clone-and-own approaches with controlled workflows and live traceability, Codebeamer accelerates quality, reduces compliance effort, and gives teams confidence when developing software-defined, safety-critical products at scale.

Codebeamer is used by systems engineers, software and hardware engineers, test managers, quality managers, and compliance teams—especially in industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical devices, electronics, and industrial equipment.

Codebeamer stands out by combining deep domain expertise for regulated development with robust configuration management, end-to-end traceability, and scalable product line engineering. Unlike generic ALM platforms, it is purpose-built for complex, safety-critical products—connecting requirements, risks, tests, and variants into a single digital thread. This approach accelerates quality, reduces compliance effort, and enables systematic reuse across product lines. Codebeamer also supports hardware and software development in one environment and offers AI-driven capabilities for smarter requirements and testing. Learn why PTC leads ALM.

Yes. Codebeamer is designed to break down barriers between hardware, software, and systems engineering teams. It provides end-to-end traceability across mechanical, electrical, and software components, enabling smooth collaboration across disciplines. By integrating requirements, risks, and testing in one platform, Codebeamer helps ensure compliance, accelerate development, and deliver high-quality products for complex systems.

Codebeamer templates come with predefined artifacts, workflows, and baked-in domain knowledge. They help teams get started quickly while reducing setup time and compliance effort. Templates can be customized to fit your organization’s needs.

Codebeamer offers templates for industries and standards such as automotive, medical devices, aerospace, and agile software development, including support for ISO 26262, ASPICE, IEC 62304, and more.

Yes. Templates are designed around recognized industry standards and best practices, helping teams implement compliant processes faster and with greater confidence.

Absolutely. Templates are fully configurable, allowing teams to adapt workflows, artifacts, and terminology to match internal processes while maintaining traceability and compliance.

Yes. Codebeamer introduces AI-powered features to make development smarter and faster. Codebeamer AI 1.0, delivering capabilities such as automated requirement generation, test case creation, and detection of ambiguous language. These features help improve quality, reduce manual effort, and accelerate compliance across complex projects.

Codebeamer AI is an AI-powered add-on that assists engineers with tasks such as refining requirements, generating test cases, and improving consistency and coverage across the lifecycle. It works directly within Codebeamer workflows, helping teams reduce manual effort while maintaining full traceability and compliance.

Codebeamer AI helps teams work faster and with more confidence by reducing rework, improving requirement quality, expanding test coverage, and supporting compliance activities. By automating repetitive tasks, engineers can focus more on design, validation, and decision-making.

No. Codebeamer AI is available as a separate add-on to Codebeamer. This allows organizations to adopt AI capabilities at their own pace while continuing to use Codebeamer as their core ALM platform.

Yes. Codebeamer AI is designed for use in regulated and safety-critical industries such as automotive, aerospace, and medical devices. It operates within Codebeamer’s traceability, audit, and governance framework, helping teams improve quality without compromising compliance.

Yes. Codebeamer AI is designed to operate within controlled, auditable workflows, supporting enterprise security and compliance requirements.

Codebeamer AI assists with requirements authoring and test creation—helping teams improve clarity, coverage, and consistency while reducing manual effort.

Codebeamer embeds compliance directly into engineering workflows through traceability, baselines, reviews, and audit-ready documentation—reducing manual effort and rework.

Codebeamer supports a wide range of standards including ISO 26262, ASPICE, IEC 62304, DO-178C, ISO 14971, and others commonly required in safety-critical industries.

Codebeamer connects requirements, risks, tests, and changes across projects and tools—providing a complete digital thread from concept to release.

Yes. Immutable baselines, trace reports, and review histories help teams prepare for audits quickly and demonstrate compliance with confidence.

With capabilities like Streams, baselines, and Delta Merge (Beta), Codebeamer enables scalable reuse and controlled variation across product lines—ideal for Product Line Engineering (PLE).

Codebeamer provides structured configuration management, controlled change processes, and cross-system traceability—helping teams manage parallel development safely and efficiently.

Yes. Codebeamer is designed for enterprise scale and supports thousands of concurrent users across globally distributed teams.

Codebeamer is available as both a cloud-ready and on-premises solution, allowing organizations to choose the deployment model that best fits their needs.

Codebeamer integrates with PLM, CAD, modeling, development, and test tools, including Windchill, Jira, Git, IBM Rhapsody, and many others.

Codebeamer connects ALM and PLM by linking requirements, changes, and tests with product data—enabling end-to-end Digital Product Traceability.

Yes. Codebeamer supports integrations with agile planning, version control, CI/CD, and test automation tools to fit modern development environments.

Codebeamer offers flexible licensing options based on user roles and usage. PTC sales teams can help identify the best model for your organization.

PTC provides global support, training, and enablement services—including onboarding, best-practice guidance, and industry-specific expertise.