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Application lifecycle management

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the product lifecycle management (governance,


development, and maintenance) of computer programs. It encompasses requirements management, software
architecture, computer programming, software testing, software maintenance, change management,
continuous integration, project management, and release management.[1][2]

ALM vs. Software Development Life Cycle


ALM is a broader perspective than the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which is limited to the
phases of software development such as requirements, design, coding, testing, configuration, project
management, and change management. ALM continues after development until the application is no longer
used, and may span many SDLCs.

Integrated ALM
Modern software development processes are not restricted to the discrete ALM/SDLC steps managed by
different teams using multiple tools from different locations. Real-time collaboration, access to the
centralized data repository, cross-tool and cross-project visibility, better project monitoring and reporting are
the key to developing quality software in less time.

This has given rise to the practice of integrated application lifecycle management, or integrated ALM,
where all the tools and tools' users are synchronized with each other throughout the application
development stages. This integration ensures that every team member knows Who, What, When, and Why
of any changes made during the development process and there is no last minute surprise causing delivery
delays or project failure.

Today's application management vendors focus more on API management capabilities for third party best-
of-breed tool integration which ensures that organizations are well-equipped with an internal software
development system that can easily integrate with any IT or ALM tools needed in a project.

A research director with research firm Gartner proposed changing the term ALM to ADLM (Application
Development Life-cycle Management) to include DevOps, the software engineering culture and practice
that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops).[3]

ALM software suites


Some specialized software suites for ALM are:
Name Released by

Azure DevOps for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Microsoft

Enterprise Architect Sparx Systems


GitLab GitLab

Helix ALM Perforce

JIRA Atlassian
Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Micro Focus

Mylyn Eclipse Foundation

Parasoft DTP Parasoft


Protecode System 4 Protecode

PTC Integrity PTC

Pulse Genuitec
Rocket Aldon Rocket Software

SAP Solution Manager SAP

StarTeam Borland
TeamForge CollabNet

Tuleap Enalean

See also
Application Lifecycle Framework
Business transaction management
Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration
Systems development life-cycle
Software project management
Comparison of project management software
Bug tracking system
Forge (software)

References
1. deJong, Jennifer (2008-04-15). "Mea culpa, ALM toolmakers say" (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20110202160045/http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=31952).
SDTimes. Archived from the original (http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=
31952) on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
2. Chappell, David, What is Application Lifecycle Management? (https://web.archive.org/web/2
0141207012857/http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAsset
s/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf) (PDF),
archived from the original (http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/Render
ingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf)
(PDF) on December 7, 2014
3. "Gartner blogpost" (http://blogs.gartner.com/tom_murphy/2011/12/02/should-we-stop-using-t
he-term-alm/). 2011-12-02.

Further reading
Keuper, Frank; Oecking, Christian; Degenhardt, Andreas; Verlag, Gabler (2011). Application
Management: Challenges - Service Creation - Strategies. ISBN 978-3-8349-1667-9.
Linnartz, Walter; Kohlhoff, Barbara; Heck, Gertrud; Schmidt, Benedikt (2004). Application
Management Services und Support. Publicis Corporate Publishing. ISBN 3-89578-224-6.
"Gartner Market Scope for ALM 2010" (http://www.gartner.com).
Hüttermann, Michael (2011). Agile Application Lifecycle Management. Manning. ISBN 978-
1-935182-63-4.

External links
Chappell, David, What is Application Lifecycle Management? (https://web.archive.org/web/2
0141207012857/http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAsset
s/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf) (PDF),
archived from the original (http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/Render
ingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf)
(PDF) on December 7, 2014
Gartner Analyst Sean Kenefick, Market Profile: Application Life Cycle Management (ALM)
Tools, 2012 (https://www.gartner.com/doc/1942914/market-profile-application-life-cycle)
Margaret Rouse, application lifecycle management (ALM) (http://searchitoperations.techtarg
et.com/definition/application-lifecycle-management)
Dave West, Integrated ALM Tools Are Fundamental to Success (https://www.infoq.com/article
s/Integrated-ALM)
Dominic Tavassoli, Integrating application lifecycle management (ALM) processes provides
additional benefits (http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Integrating-application-life
cycle-management-ALM-processes-provides-additional-benefits)
Zane Galviņa1, Darja Šmite, Software Development Processes in Globally Distributed
Environment (http://www.bjmc.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/projekti/bjmc/Contents/7
70_1.pdf)

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