PTC Integrity

PTC Integrity Lifecycle 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 a environment in which they can manage the end-to-end processes of development.

PTC Integrity

Developer(s)	PTC, Inc.
Initial release	July 2001; 23 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

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]