ALM Tools

ALM (Application lifecycle management) Tools

• Eliminates need for bored and unnecessary documentation

• Help project managers gain control over their projects

• Maximize collaboration between team members

• Provide full traceability between projects artifacts

What ALM (Application lifecycle management) Tools really are

ALM term refers to management of all phases of application lifecycle in one tool. Integration between full treatability and different phases between all project  artifacts is must.

ALM tool cover following components

• Collaboration management

• Requirement management

• Iteration management

• Test Management

• Release management

• Project management

• Change management

• Use Case management

• Issue management

Total Integration

Above components should be fully integrated in one tool with one repository where all artifacts are produced by these components are stored. Meta data of such repository must maintain relationships between these artifacts.

Total Traceability

As result of total integration through single repository, ALM tool shall provide total traceability between different artifacts. It allow project teams to manage relationships between artifacts through different reports

Seamless User Interface

In addition to total traceability and total integration, ALM tool must allow user to interact with all functionality and components using same seamless common user interface