Application Lifecycle Management (or ALM) is the process of software development as an iterative cycle and is coordinated through the use of software products. ALM can increase productivity, improve quality, promote collaboration among teams in different locations, speed up the development and test cycles and decrease costs.
Increase Your Software's ROI
The goal of ALM is clear: to improve the software process, producing better software at a lower cost and thus realizing a better return on investment (ROI).
Key Components of Application Lifecycle Management
Requirements Gathering and Management
The process of eliciting, documenting, analyzing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements.
The process of eliciting, documenting, analyzing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements.
Transaction/Use Case/User Story Definition
Used to define and capture the functional requirements of a system.
Used to define and capture the functional requirements of a system.
Development Management
Gain visibility into the develop process to better manage the application lifecycle.
Gain visibility into the develop process to better manage the application lifecycle.
Manual and Automated Functional Testing
Verification that the application works according to specifications and that it handles erroneous actions and data correctly.
Verification that the application works according to specifications and that it handles erroneous actions and data correctly.
Load/Performance Testing
Determines whether the system meets its performance requirements and identifies peak load conditions at which the system will fail to handle required loads within the required time span.
Determines whether the system meets its performance requirements and identifies peak load conditions at which the system will fail to handle required loads within the required time span.
Usability Testing
A testing technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on users.
A testing technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on users.
Security Testing
Testing that shows the systems security requirements have been met. The goal is to determine that the system protects data and maintains intended functionality.
Testing that shows the systems security requirements have been met. The goal is to determine that the system protects data and maintains intended functionality.
Metrics Gathering and Analysis
Provides a transparent, real-time look at the health of your application.
Provides a transparent, real-time look at the health of your application.
Monitoring and Reporting
Staying on top of your application's status means fewer surprises.
Staying on top of your application's status means fewer surprises.
Role Workflow and Methodology
Identifies best practices for processes, activities and tasks based on a user's role within the team.
Identifies best practices for processes, activities and tasks based on a user's role within the team.
Traceability of Assets
The ability to link requirements to corresponding design artifacts, code, test cases and defects.
The ability to link requirements to corresponding design artifacts, code, test cases and defects.
WHAT IS ALQM?
ALM + Quality = Better Software
Quality proponents view the applicant lifecycle management through a quality prism, focusing on the key roles of the Business Analyst, Developer, Tester and Project Manager. This is termed Application Lifecycle Quality Management or ALQM, where quality is injected into every phase of the software process. Building in quality earlier in the lifecycle results in reduced costs and fewer defects, though there are other benefits as well.
A few of the benefits of a quality process embedded within ALM are:
Quality proponents view the applicant lifecycle management through a quality prism, focusing on the key roles of the Business Analyst, Developer, Tester and Project Manager. This is termed Application Lifecycle Quality Management or ALQM, where quality is injected into every phase of the software process. Building in quality earlier in the lifecycle results in reduced costs and fewer defects, though there are other benefits as well.
A few of the benefits of a quality process embedded within ALM are:
- Enhanced collaboration between teams that may be in the same building or half-way around the world
- Easier metrics gathering by performing this task automatically
- Reduced number of defects found in a system
- Providing a relationship between requirements and defects
- Offering a transparent view into the health of the application
TOMOS Improves Software Quality
TOMOS addresses each of the key components of ALM, while also pushing quality to the forefront of the development process so that the number of defects are dramatically reduced. By integrating modules for Requirements, Test Case Authoring and Execution, and Defect Management, TOMOS will simplify and expedite the development and testing efforts regardless of the complexity of your development process. The integration also lays the groundwork for creating relationships between requirements and defects, leading to traceability among assets.
TOMOS' SaaS model is ideal for small-to-mid-sized teams, whether your colleagues are in the same cube or across the ocean. Our behind-the-scenes tracking automatically generates metrics and custom dashboards geared towards each user's role within the team.
Our complete integration, combined with role-based metrics and tracking, provides a transparent, real-time look at the health of your application. As our users have already discovered, TOMOS is the lightweight, SaaS solution for application lifecycle quality management.
For more information, sign up for our free 30-Day trial, register for a live demo or email us at info@reachsimplicity.com.
TOMOS' SaaS model is ideal for small-to-mid-sized teams, whether your colleagues are in the same cube or across the ocean. Our behind-the-scenes tracking automatically generates metrics and custom dashboards geared towards each user's role within the team.
Our complete integration, combined with role-based metrics and tracking, provides a transparent, real-time look at the health of your application. As our users have already discovered, TOMOS is the lightweight, SaaS solution for application lifecycle quality management.
For more information, sign up for our free 30-Day trial, register for a live demo or email us at info@reachsimplicity.com.
