HP Application Lifecycle Management is a set of software products designed for
accelerating the delivery of secure, reliable modern applications. It is a
combination of a common platform, several key applications and a dashboard
targeted at managing the core lifecycle of applications. Application lifecycle
management focuses on the core lifecycle from design through readiness for
delivery to operations. It includes application development solutions and
application testing solutions. HP ALM is developed and marketed by the HP
Software Division. The solution provides Information
Technology departments with a centralized application management
platform for managing and automating within and across application teams and
throughout the complete process of developing an application, all within a
single workflow. Other companies who produce application lifecycle management
software include Micro Focus International and IBM.
Application lifecycle management is designed to support the key stakeholders
responsible for delivering applications as they progress through their
lifecycle. It focuses on the core lifecycle from design through readiness
for delivery to operations. HP ALM delivers requirements management, test
planning and functional testing, performance testing, developer
management and defect management. All of these core lifecycle activities are
connected together from a workflow perspective with a common management
console, layer of project tracking and planning and built on a common software
foundation containing a consistent repository and open integration
architecture with a supported SDK. In addition to the software solutions, HP
offers a number of consulting services to support HP ALM.
Components of HP ALM = Project Planning and Tracking =
HP ALM provides project planning and tracking so application development
solutions teams can define, track, measure, and report on project
milestones and key performance indicators.
= Application Lifecycle Intelligence = HP ALM delivers real-time traceability
of requirements and defects. QA department can significantly benefit
from this traceability to get on-time reports and have visibility into the
system under development = Lab Management Automation =
HP lab management capability allows testing teams to provision and deploy a
test lab themselves in a hybrid delivery environment through integration of HP
ALM with HP Continuous Delivery Automation.
= Asset Sharing and Re-use = HP ALM supports sharable asset libraries
that can be reused across projects while maintaining traceability. Specific
changes can be applied to shared assets for each project while maintaining
library integrity, and projects can re-synch with the library as needed.
Cross-project defect collaboration is also supported.
= Cross-project Reporting = HP ALM provides cross-project reporting
and pre-configured business views for reports such as aggregated project
status metrics, application quality metrics, requirements coverage, and
defect trends for both an enterprise release and individual projects.
= HP Enterprise Collaboration = HP Enterprise Collaboration uses social
media for application development teams to communicate without leaving the HP
ALM environment. Users can import relevant objects for participants to
review and comment on. = HP Performance Center =
HP Performance Center software is an enterprise-class performance testing
platform and framework. The solution is used by IT departments to standardize,
centralize and conduct performance testing. HP Performance Center finds
software code flaws across the lifecycle of applications. Built on HP LoadRunner
software, HP Performance Center supports developer testing and integrates with HP
ALM. = Quality Assurance =
HP ALM includes quality assurance features for risk-based test planning
and management, version control, baselining, quality release and cycle
management, test scheduling and execution, integrated manual testing and
defect management. HP Quality Center is a quality
management platform that can be used for a single project or across multiple IT
projects to manage application quality across the entire application lifecycle.
The solution provides requirements management, release and cycle
management, test management, defect management and reporting from a single
platform. = Requirements Definition and Management
HP ALM is used by IT departments to capture, manage and track requirements
throughout the application development and testing cycle.
= HP Fortify Security = HP Fortify security software, from
Fortify Software, provides application security software, including both
dynamic web application security testing and static code analysis. HP Fortify
security software integrates with HP ALM secure application delivery.
= Multi-environment Support = HP ALM can be installed on-site or
delivered through the cloud in a Software as a Service model. HP ALM is
also available for mobile device support, including Apple iPhone and
Android mobile devices. External links
HP Application Lifecycle Management Web page
HP Quality Center Web page HP Performance Center Web page
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