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{{Short description|Software suite}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = OpenText ALM

| name = HP Application Lifecycle Management

| latest release version = 1224.531

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| genre = [[application lifecycle management]] tools, [[software quality|application quality]] tools, [[software testing|application testing]] tools

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| website = [httphttps://www8software.hpmicrofocus.com/en-us/en/software-solutions/application-lifecycle-management.html HPMicro Focus ALM webproduct page]

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'''OpenText ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)''' is a software suite designed to support application development and management. It provides tools for planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

'''HP Application Lifecycle Management (HPOpenText ALM)''' is a set of software tools developed and marketed by the[[OpenText]] (previously [[Hewlett -Packard Enterprise Software|HP Software Division]] of, [[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 HP Performance Center), developer management (through integration with the most widely used 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>

HP ALM is designed to support key stakeholders responsible for delivering applications as they progress through their lifecycle. It 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>

'''HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)''' is a set of software tools developed and marketed by the [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software|HP Software Division]] of [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] for application development and testing. It includes tools for [[requirements management]], [[test planning]] and [[functional testing]], [[Software performance testing|performance testing]] (when used with HP Performance Center), developer management (through integration with the most widely used 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>

HP 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> HP offers a number of consulting services to support HP ALM.

HP ALM is designed to support key stakeholders responsible for delivering applications as they progress through their lifecycle. It 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=http://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>

==Components of HP ALM==

HP 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}}</ref> 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 soin order for application development solutions teams canto define, track, measure, and report on project milestones and key performance indicators.<ref name="informationweek.com">{{cite web|last=Babcock |first=Charles |url=http://www.informationweek.com/global-cio/trends/hp-intros-application-lifecycle-manageme/228500116 |title=HP Intros Application Lifecycle Management 11 |work=InformationWeek |date=2010-12-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025134550/http://www.informationweek.com/global-cio/trends/hp-intros-application-lifecycle-manageme/228500116 |archivedate=2012-10-25}}</ref>

===Application lifecycle intelligence===

Real-time traceability of requirements and defects.

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 <ref>{{cite web|first=Cliff |last=Saran |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207002/Specsavers-uses-HP-application-lifecycle-management-to-manage-offshore-work |title=Specsavers uses HP application lifecycle management to manage offshore work |work=Computer Weekly |date=2013-10-10 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

===Lab management automation===

HPThe labLab managementManagement capability allows testing teams to provision and deploy a test lab themselves in a hybrid delivery environment (bare-metal or virtual, in-house or in the cloud) through integration of HP ALM with HP Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vipconsulting.com/vip/index.cfm/news-events/events/vip-demos-at-hp-discover-performance-tours/ |title=VIP demos ALM and Lab Management at HP Discover Performance Tours |publisher=Visionary Integration Professionals |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924002727/http://www.vipconsulting.com/vip/index.cfm/news-events/events/vip-demos-at-hp-discover-performance-tours/ |archivedate=2012-09-24}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lanowitz |first=Theresa |url=http://dynamic.ziftsolutions.com/clients/hp/pdf/ALM11.pdf |title=Solution Snapshot™ Report: HP – Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 |publisher=Voke Research |date=2011-02-03 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="resultspositive.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.resultspositive.com/hp-application-lifecycle-management |title=HP Application Lifecycle Management |publisher=ResultsPositive |accessdate=2017-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108235440/http://www.resultspositive.com/hp-application-lifecycle-management |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===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 (defects, incidents, reports) for participants to review and comment on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativeintellectuk.com/?p=941 |title=Application transformation the HP way |publisher=Creative Intellect Consulting |date=2012-05-18 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

===HP Performance Centerand load testing===

HPOpenText LoadRunner Enterprise (formerly known as Performance Center software) is an enterprise-classa performance testing platform and framework. The solutionplatform is used by IT departments to standardize, centralize and conduct performance testing, as well as [http://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/hp-alm-review-33576-by-itdeveloper993 reuse]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/hp-alm-review-33576-by-itdeveloper993 |title=HPE ALM Review By ITDeveloper993, IT Developer |publisher=IT Central Station |date=2015-08-05 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref> previous test cases. HPLoadRunner PerformanceEnterprise Centerwas findsintegrated softwarewith codeALM flaws(versions across the lifecycle of applications12.6x Builtand on [[HP LoadRunner]] softwareprior), HPbut Performancethese Centerhave supportsnow developerbeen testingdecoupled and integratesare withconsidered HPtwo ALM.<ref>{{citeseparate web|last=Desmond |first=Michael |url=http://adtmagproducts.com/articles/2009/02/24/hp-ships-performance-center-95.aspx |title=Application Development Trends: "HP Ships Performance Center 9.5." Desmond. Feb. 2009 |publisher=Adtmag.com |date=2009-02-24 |accessdate=2012-03-29}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="resultspositive.com"/>

[[HPOpenText 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 solutionplatform provides requirements management, release and cycle management, test management, defect management and reporting from a single platform.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/downloads/windows/hp-quality-center_sw-39207886.htm |title=HP Quality Center |publisher=ZDNet Asia |date=May 2009 |accessdate=2012-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317124201/http://www.zdnetasia.com/downloads/windows/hp-quality-center_sw-39207886.htm |archive-date=2010-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Requirements definition and management===

HP ALM is used by IT departments to capture, manage and track requirements throughout the application development and testing cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atechguide.com/hp-alm-download/ |title=HP Application Lifecycle Management 11.50 - HP ALM Download |publisher=Atechguide.com |date=2013-08-06 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/orasi-software-to-exhibit-at-hp-protect-2013-attendees-to-learn-about-integrating-security-into-application-development-process-2013-09-18 |title=Orasi Software to Exhibit at HP Protect 2013; Attendees to Learn About Integrating Security Into Application Development Process |publisher=Orasi Software |via=MarketWatch |date=2013-09-18 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

===Multi-environment support===

HP ALM can be installed on-site or delivered through the cloud in a [[Softwaresoftware as a Serviceservice]] (SaaS) model.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/-1753119.htm |title=HP Accelerates Enterprise Agility Across Application Life Cycle With New SaaS Solutions |publisher=HP |via=Marketwired |date=2013-02-05 |accessdate=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312045839/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/-1753119.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> HP ALM is also available for mobile device support, including Apple iPhone and Android mobile devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.cnet.com/HP-ALM-Mobile/3000-2064_4-75398906.html |title=HP ALM Mobile for iOS |publisher=CNET |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

==See also==

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==External links==

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* [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/application-lifecycle-management.html HP Application Lifecycle Management Web page]

* [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/quality-center-quality-management/index.html HP Quality Center Web page]

* [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1172026 HP Performance Center Web page]

* [http://alm-help.saas.hpe.com HP ALM Help Center]

* [https://hpln.hpe.com/product/alm/ HPE Live Network | Application Lifecycle Management]

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