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Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. A good application lifecycle management (ALM) package has software that is able to carefully manage and monitor all aspects of software development. ALM applications provide tools for managing and completing the phases of design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing enhancements. With an ALM solution in place, organizations can significantly improve the way they design, build, test, and adapt their software. Greater customer satisfaction, speed of development, and reduction of cost is the often the result. VersionOne
Aldon
Thoughtworks
Seapine
AccuRev
TechExcel
Serena
Polarion
IBM
Microsoft
Rally
MicroFocus (Borland Division)
The increasing complexity of the software development task has been answered by an increasing number of tools for managing that development. Communication, collaboration, and task tracking have been key aspects of better software development, and the tools that have harnessed these aspects have become the most successful. Here’s our top ALM solutions in no particular order:
VersionOne — V1: Agile Team, V1: Agile Enterprise, V1: Agile Ideas
VersionOne’s first project management tools were designed for eXtreme Programming and Scrum. Today, they support a broader set of methodologies including DSDM, Agile UP, and Lean/Kanban. Their software suite includes V1: Agile Team—for small teams that are new to agile, V1: Agile Enterprise—a full ALM for large, experienced agile teams, and V1: Agile Ideas—a customer collaboration portal for logging and prioritizing feature requests. VersionOne also provides an open web service Java API, a. NET SDK, and free integration connectors to third-party software development tools. Aldon — Aldon Lifecycle Manager
Aldon uses a multiplatform SCCM solution, which allows it to coordinate complex multiplatform deployments. Aldon also supports third-party SCCM products for added versatility. Aldon’s highlights include configurable multi-phase lifecycle process automation, flexible architecture for IDE’s, and role-based interfaces for engineers, project leads, development managers, and senior IT management.
