Individual tools that manage different stages of an application lifecycle – i.e. project management, requirement management, development, test management and so on are expensive, time consuming and mostly isolated. Due to the lack of automated data management among the technologies, considerable manual intervention is required to give enhanced value to the stakeholder. This impact the production of high-quality software and the cost.
Integrated ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) is a key solution in today’s complicated software development process. It not only establishes cooperation and communication among all stakeholders, from requirements to testing and deployment but also integrate and synchronize data across all tools used at different stages of application development. Owing to the promising features, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is becoming the go-to solution for organizations these days. However, choosing the right solution that caters to your business demand is a confusing choice.
Here is a list of 5 features that you need to consider before choosing an integrated ALM Solutions
1. End-to-End traceability in the product/lifecycle
Traceability provides the ability to control functional dependencies between different lifecycle artefacts. End-to-end traceability offers a deliberate and controlled approach to dealing with the inevitable changes occurring throughout product administration and development. It also aids in establishing visibility on the tasks performed by the other members of the team.
2. Workflow automation support
An integrated ALM Solution with the capability to offer customized workflows can enable better implementation of processes, boost productivity and increase transparency among teams. Obstacles can be removed and efficiency is increased by automating the mundane task. Furthermore, through numerous metrics and reports, all the teams can access information about the project’s development at any point in time. As a result, valuable time is saved by eliminating meetings, conversations, and emails.
3. Insight reports and actionable metrics
It is difficult for stakeholders to obtain useful data when multiple teams are involved in a project. Managers rely heavily on manual mechanisms to keep track of projects and deliverables. However, in this process, it is discovered that keeping track of data gets difficult. As a result, deadlines are missed and costs are increased.
An automated reporting and metric solution that is linked across all ALM tools are essential for stakeholders to make the decision-making process faster and allow management to make informed choices about cost, efforts and schedule.
4. Encourages continuous collaboration and reusability of requirements
Effective collaboration among teams whether they are working remotely or on-premises is essential. Even though teams are working diligently on the assigned task, a lack of real-time collaboration among various functional teams can end up in a big failure for the project. An integrated ALM solution establishes effective communication among teams by interconnecting all ALM tools. This ensures all stakeholders are in sync and support the desired needs of the distributed teams.
Reusability of requirements is a feature of ALM that allows users to reuse well-structured, reviewed, and approved requirements from one scenario to the next. Although the scenarios may change in terms of projects, clients, or product releases, ALM provides a range of tools to manage reusability. This includes
- Cloning of one or more Requirements
- Reusing requirements across projects, product or releases for views and traceability
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5. Streamline the compliance process
Adherence to stringent regulatory compliance is important for some enterprises. Managing risk and ensuring quality is critical to proving compliance. With an integrated ALM Solution in place, stakeholders can track each and every change across the entire product lifecycle from project initiation to delivery.
This means issues can be identified during the initial stages of project saving the organization huge costs and time. ALM tools also include automatic audit reporting tools to accelerate compliance with key standards such as ASPICE, ISO etc. and drive common industry working patterns.
MicroGenesis is a leading solutions provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with several years of experience in handling various ALM tools. As a leading IBM Application Lifecycle Management partner, we deliver the best ALM solutions and consultation to our customers. Over the years, our teams of ALM experts have served multiple clients across various geographies and cultures and helped them scale up in the market.
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