What are the key elements of ALM?

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) software helps organizations manage the entire work cycle of their software applications, from initial planning and development, testing, maintenance etc.

There are 5 ALM modules, which are:

• Dashboard
• Management
• Requirements
• Testing
• Defects

Micro Focus ALM comes with a powerful bug tracking mechanism and is a solution for end-to-end test management.

The major aspects of ALM are:

• Operations
• Governance
• Development

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a technique applied in Agile methodology. ALM originated prior to the emergence of Agile, so the advantage of ALM in Agile cannot be dismissed. ALM is conventionally identified by ample documentation whereas Agile recommends prioritizing quick and quality reports over documentation.