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{{Infobox software

| name = OpenText ALM

| name = Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management

| latest release version = 1524.5.01

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

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

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'''MicroOpenText Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)''' is a set of software tools developed and marketed by [[Micro FocusOpenText]] (previously [[Hewlett-Packard]] and, [[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=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 FocusOpenText offers a number of consulting services to support ALM.

==Components==

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===Performance and load testing===

Micro FocusOpenText LoadRunner Enterprise (formerly known as Performance Center) is a performance testing platform and framework. The platform 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 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 FocusOpenText 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 platform 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===

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