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'''ASL''' is a methodology used in the IT industry.

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The '''Application Services Library''' (ASL) is a [[public ___domain]] [[standardization|standard]], which describes a standard for processes within [[Application Management]] (the discipline of producing and maintaining information systems and applications). The term "library" is used because the ASL standard is based on the descriptions of best practices from the industry.

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Applications exist much longer than expected. Systems, functionality, concepts and structure of information systems remains stable over many years. This knowledge is rarely used. It is important that, while maintaining and enhancing systems, there is a clear view needed what the demands are in the future, and based on that, what and how the future of these applications should look like.

This view, the application management strategies, is created within the cluster application cycle management,. withThe processes likein this cluster are:
*life cycle management,
*information portfolio management,
*customer organisation strategy,
*customer environment strategy and
*ICT developmentsdevelopment strategy.

[[Organisation Cycle Management]]

Also the future of the application management organisation, with aspects as skills and capabilities, markets and customers, is very important. Creating athe strategyorganisation onmanagement thisstrategies futurefor this is the aim of Organization Cycle Management,. withProcesses processesin asthis cluster include:
*account definition,
*market definition,
*skills definition
*technology and definition
*service delivery definition

==Information==

For more information, many articles, best practises and information is (free) available at the website of the ASLFoundation.