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.
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
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).
ALM software suites
Some specialized software suites for ALM are:
Name Released byPolarion ALMSiemens Azure DevOps for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Microsoft Enterprise Architect Sparx Systems GitLab GitLab Helix ALM PerforceIBM RationalIBM 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
Further reading
External links Chappell, David, What is Application Lifecycle Management? (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2014 Gartner Analyst Sean Kenefick, Market Profile: Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) Tools, 2012 Margaret Rouse, application lifecycle management (ALM) Dave West, Integrated ALM Tools Are Fundamental to Success Dominic Tavassoli, Integrating application lifecycle management (ALM) processes provides additional benefits Zane Galviņa1, Darja Šmite, Software Development Processes in Globally Distributed Environment