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'''OpenText ALM''' is a set of software tools developed and marketed by [[OpenText]] (previously [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]], and [[Micro Focus]]) for application development and testing. It includes tools for [[requirements management]], [[test planning]] and [[functional testing]], [[Software performance testing|performance testing]] (when used with Performance Center), developer management (through integration with developer environments such as [[Collabnet]], TeamForge and [[Microsoft Visual Studio]]), and defect management.<ref name="Cio.com"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Darryl K. |last=Taft |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Tasktop-Launches-Enterprise-18-Solution-for-New-HP-ALM-11-500854/ |title=Tasktop Launches Enterprise 18 Solution for new HP ALM 11 |publisher=eWeek |date=2010-11-30 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

ALM is a combination of a common platform, several key applications and a dashboard targeted at managing the core [[application lifecycle management|lifecycle of applications]], from design through readiness for delivery to operations.<ref name="informationweek.com"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://briefingsdirectblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-automate-alm-conclusions-from.html |title=Dana Gardner’s Briefings Direct: "How to automate ALM." Nov. 2010 |publisher=Briefingsdirectblog.blogspot.com |date=2010-11-26 |accessdate=2012-03-29}}</ref>

ALM is intended to provide [[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, within a single workflow.<ref name="Cio.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cio.com/article/641167/HP_Fuses_Dev_Management_and_Testing_Tools |title=IDG NewsService/CIO.com: "HP Fuses Dev Management and Testing Tools." Jackson. Nov. 2010 |publisher=Cio.com |date=2010-11-30 |accessdate=2012-03-29 |archive-date=2012-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008044954/http://www.cio.com/article/641167/HP_Fuses_Dev_Management_and_Testing_Tools |url-status=dead }}</ref>