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'''Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)''' is a set of software tools developed and marketed by [[Micro Focus]] (previously [[Hewlett-Packard]] and [[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 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 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>
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> Micro Focus offers a number of consulting services to support ALM.
===Project planning and tracking===
ALM provides project planning and tracking so application development solutions teams can 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===
===Performance and load testing===
Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise (formerly known as Performance Center) is a performance testing platform and framework. The solutionplatform is used by IT departments to standardize, centralize and conduct performance testing, as well as 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. LoadRunner Enterprise was integrated with ALM (versions 12.6x and prior), but these solutions have now been decoupled and are considered two separate products.
===Quality assurance===
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"/>
[[Micro Focus 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===
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://software.microfocus.com/en-us/software/application-lifecycle-management Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Web page]
* [https://software.microfocus.com/en-us/software/quality-center Micro Focus Quality Center Web page]
* [https://software.microfocus.com/en-us/software/performance-center Micro Focus Performance Center Web page]
* [http://admhelp.microfocus.com/alm Micro Focus ALM Help Center]
* [https://marketplace.microfocus.com/ Micro Focus Marketplace]
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