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.[1][2]
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).[3]
ALM software suites
Some specialized software suites for ALM are:
See also
References
- ↑ deJong, Jennifer (2008-04-15). "Mea culpa, ALM toolmakers say". SDTimes. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ↑ Chappell, David, What is Application Lifecycle Management? (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2014
- ↑ "Gartner blogpost". 2011-12-02.
Further reading
- Keuper, Frank; Oecking, Christian; Degenhardt, Andreas; Verlag, Gabler (2011). Application Management: Challenges - Service Creation - Strategies. ISBN 978-3-8349-1667-9.
- Linnartz, Walter; Kohlhoff, Barbara; Heck, Gertrud; Schmidt, Benedikt (2004). Application Management Services und Support. Publicis Corporate Publishing. ISBN 3-89578-224-6.
- "Gartner Market Scope for ALM 2010".
- Hüttermann, Michael (2011). Agile Application Lifecycle Management. Manning. ISBN 978-1-935182-63-4.
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