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<h2 id="alm-vs-software-development-life-cycle">ALM vs. Software Development Life Cycle</h2> <p>ALM is a broader perspective than the <a href="/facts/Software_Development_Life_Cycle/cIDtuNPN">Software Development Life Cycle</a> (SDLC), which is limited to the phases of <a href="/facts/Software_development/UUfsAaYY">software development</a> 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. </p> <h2 id="integrated-alm">Integrated ALM</h2> <p>Modern software development processes are not restricted to the discrete ALM/<a href="/facts/Software_development_lifecycle/cIDtuNPN">SDLC</a> 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. </p><p>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. </p><p>Today's application management vendors focus more on <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a> 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. </p><p>A research director with research firm <a href="/facts/Gartner/9hd9zakC">Gartner</a> proposed changing the term ALM to ADLM (Application Development Life-cycle Management) to include <a href="/facts/DevOps/yRg6dIBc">DevOps</a>, the software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="alm-software-suites">ALM software suites</h2> <p>Some specialized <a href="/facts/Software_suite/4TlRyeus">software suites</a> for ALM are: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Released by</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Azure_DevOps_Services/omNe6Lej">Azure DevOps</a> for <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Application_Lifecycle_Management/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Enterprise_Architect_(software)/ND88VrMT">Enterprise Architect</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sparx_Systems/lBeXejgh">Sparx Systems</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GitLab/3CCW9luS">GitLab</a></td><td><a href="/facts/GitLab/3CCW9luS">GitLab</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Helix_ALM/GE2tUV1I">Helix ALM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce</a></td></tr><tr><td>IBM Rational</td><td>IBM</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jira_(software)/7ly5Ty3T">JIRA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Atlassian/VvFyWvdJ">Atlassian</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Micro_Focus_Application_Lifecycle_Management/WIN2KwhE">Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Micro_Focus/LuuMMtYQ">Micro Focus</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mylyn/YoqHVjas">Mylyn</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Eclipse_Foundation/dq96nh6j">Eclipse Foundation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Parasoft_DTP/KQD0vuwA">Parasoft DTP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Parasoft/4G6EIRkV">Parasoft</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Protecode/qq9g1kgp">Protecode System 4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Protecode/qq9g1kgp">Protecode</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/PTC_Integrity/49hQ3gKp">PTC Integrity</a></td><td><a href="/facts/PTC_(software_company)/QncuWHMl">PTC</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pulse_(ALM)/dhY1KQRF">Pulse</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Genuitec/pGDt6vc3">Genuitec</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aldon_Inc./zhbTjBaI">Rocket Aldon</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Rocket_Software/ScXRxM95">Rocket Software</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SAP_Solution_Manager/0R1hLjR2">SAP Solution Manager</a></td><td><a href="/facts/SAP_AG/pVwH8lks">SAP</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/StarTeam/kmJJA7vc">StarTeam</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Borland/crI5pTzW">Borland</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SourceForge_Enterprise_Edition/WNP81UWs">TeamForge</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CollabNet/cCdC0xPY">CollabNet</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tuleap_(project_management)/It4jF6tc">Tuleap</a></td><td>Enalean</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Application_Lifecycle_Framework/yP7JlurQ">Application Lifecycle Framework</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Business_transaction_management/bml7ELTP">Business transaction management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Open_Services_for_Lifecycle_Collaboration/5haR6pwG">Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Systems_development_life-cycle/qo6p4j6Y">Systems development life-cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Software_project_management/2zd1BUPD">Software project management</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_project_management_software/FSaYCb67">Comparison of project management software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bug_tracking_system/xCdIz6Kx">Bug tracking system</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Forge_(software)/1GDckXvb">Forge (software)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Keuper, Frank; Oecking, Christian; Degenhardt, Andreas; Verlag, Gabler (2011). <i>Application Management: Challenges - Service Creation - Strategies</i>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-8349-1667-9.</li> <li>Linnartz, Walter; Kohlhoff, Barbara; Heck, Gertrud; Schmidt, Benedikt (2004). <i>Application Management Services und Support</i>. Publicis Corporate Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 3-89578-224-6.</li> <li><a href="http://www.gartner.com">"Gartner Market Scope for ALM 2010"</a>.</li> <li>Hüttermann, Michael (2011). <i>Agile Application Lifecycle Management</i>. Manning. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-935182-63-4.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Chappell, David, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141207012857/http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf">What is Application Lifecycle Management?</a> (PDF), archived from the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf">original</a> (PDF) on December 7, 2014</li> <li>Gartner Analyst Sean Kenefick, <a href="https://www.gartner.com/doc/1942914/market-profile-application-life-cycle">Market Profile: Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) Tools, 2012</a></li> <li>Margaret Rouse, <a href="http://searchitoperations.techtarget.com/definition/application-lifecycle-management">application lifecycle management (ALM)</a></li> <li>Dave West, <a href="https://www.infoq.com/articles/Integrated-ALM">Integrated ALM Tools Are Fundamental to Success</a></li> <li>Dominic Tavassoli, <a href="http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/Integrating-application-lifecycle-management-ALM-processes-provides-additional-benefits">Integrating application lifecycle management (ALM) processes provides additional benefits</a></li> <li>Zane Galviņa1, Darja Šmite, <a href="http://www.bjmc.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/projekti/bjmc/Contents/770_1.pdf">Software Development Processes in Globally Distributed Environment</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>deJong, Jennifer (2008-04-15). "Mea culpa, ALM toolmakers say". SDTimes. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110202160045/http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=31952" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110202160045/http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=31952</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Chappell, David, What is Application Lifecycle Management? (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2014 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141207012857/http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141207012857/http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Gartner blogpost". 2011-12-02. <a href="http://blogs.gartner.com/tom_murphy/2011/12/02/should-we-stop-using-the-term-alm/" target="_blank">http://blogs.gartner.com/tom_murphy/2011/12/02/should-we-stop-using-the-term-alm/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>