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Application Lifecycle Management Software Fundamentals

• Intro to integration: Automation from version control to deployment

  Learn the steps necessary to automate your processes from code check-in to deployment, allowing your team to focus on the critical thinking tasks they were hired for. Continue Reading

• Trends in ALM: Extending the lifecycle, increased support of Kanban

  This tip discusses the broadening of ALM to portfolio management and DevOps, as well as examines the diversifying of tools to encompass Kanban and the mixing of Agile methodologies. Continue Reading

• Agile in the context of application lifecycle management (ALM)

  Application lifecycle management (ALM) and its major facet release management have to be a balanced set of process and tools aligned to your individual requirements. In this article from Agile ALM, you will learn about the facets of Agile ALM and ... Continue Reading

• Improving software performance: Mobile, cloud computing demand APM

  Learn strategies for developing and maintaining software performance that delivers business value and satisfies mobile and cloud computing users' demand for instant application access. Experts advise on requirements, testing and application ... Continue Reading

• Lessons learned in application lifecycle management

  Application lifecycle management tools offer a lot of benefits. Using them will allow for traceability and transparency and workflows that will help you automate. Continue Reading

• STAREAST: Agile testing and defect tracking

  Defect tracking systems (DTS's) are often used in application lifecycle management (ALM) to keep track of the bugs found during software development. In this tip, Agile expert Lisa Crispin talks about the pros and cons of using a DTS and ...Continue Reading

• Debunking myths of application lifecycle management

  In this tip, we expose three myths of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) which continue to quietly impede successful software development and delivery across industries. Understanding that best-in-class isn’t always the best option, that there ...Continue Reading

• Agile ALM tools: How they differ from traditional lifecycle management tools

  Software consultant Nari Kannan describes the differences between agile application lifecycle management (ALM) tools and traditional lifecycle management software. Agile ALM tools are more tightly integrated, easier to use, supportive to distributed...Continue Reading

• Managing large Agile application lifecycle projects

  Index cards and sticky notes might work for small teams, but for large projects, your tool set is going to need more sophistication. In this tip, contributor Chris McMahon explains the importance of flexibility, transparency and breaking down silos ...Continue Reading

• Extending ALM to deployment

  Application lifecycle management is not done with code complete. ALM now includes involving the operations team with release management processes and tools. ALM is more than automating the software development process; it’s also about delivering the...Continue Reading

• Collaboration tools: Communication trends in ALM

  Geographically dispersed teams are common in today’s software industry, making strong communication and collaboration tools essential in carrying out real-time communication throughout the application lifecycle. This tip discusses collaborative ...Continue Reading

• Understanding application lifecycle management's complex identity

  Application lifecycle management seems to take a cue from a "Scooby Doo" villain. Once you think you know what it is, it pulls off its mask and reveals itself as something else. Is ALM a development process? A project management tool? A bunch of ...Continue Reading

• Eleven steps to kickoff application lifecycle management

  Regardless of the methodology or process that your organization uses, it's important that you define your application lifecycle. Director of QA John Scarpino shares 11 important steps you can follow to ensure you carry out application lifecycle ...Continue Reading

• Software developers and testers: Can't we all just get along?

  The relationship between developers and testers has often been strained, but it doesn't have to be. In this tip, site editor Yvette Francino talks about how this contention can develop and discusses ways to combat it. Regardless of methodology, by ...Continue Reading

• Happy customers through high-performing service level agreements (SLAs)

  Software pro Kay Diller describes how to set up an effective system to ensure high-performing SLAs. By using automated monitoring systems, operating level agreements (OLAs) and staying informed as an SLA manager, your customers will know their ...Continue Reading