Past present and future of Application Lifecycle Management

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ALM: Where Do We Come From?
Where Are We Going To?
Stefano Rizzo
ALM Expo, Nov 9, 2011

2. Where do we come from?

3. ALM: yesterday
Where do we come from?
RM
CM
TM
ALM
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4. ALM: yesterday
Where do we come from?
Project plan isle
Test plans isle
Code isle
Requirements isle
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5. ALM: yesterday
Old (current) definitions
Application Lifecycle Management
(ALM) is a continuous process of
managing the life of an application
through governance, development and
maintenance. ALM is the marriage of
business management to software
engineering made possible by tools that
facilitate and integrate requirements
management, architecture, coding,
testing, tracking, and release
management.
Wikipedia – from Jennifer deJong “Mea culpa, ALM toolmakers say,” SDTimes,
April 15, 2008.
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6. ALM: yesterday
Old (current) definitions
The administration and control
of an application from
inception to its demise. It
embraces requirements
management, system design,
software development and
configuration management
and implies an integrated set
of tools for developing and
controlling the project.
PC Magazine Encyclopedia
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7. ALM: yesterday
Old (current) definitions
Abbreviated as ALM, Application
Lifecycle Management refers to the
capability to integrate, coordinate
and manage the different phases of
the software delivery process. From
development to deployment, ALM is a
set of pre-defined process and tools
that include definition, design,
development, testing, deployment
and management. Throughout the
ALM process, each of these steps are
closely monitored and controlled.
Wobopedia
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8. Where do we sit today?

9. ALM: today
Actual (future) definitions
ALM encompasses the practices, processes
and tools that aid in the management of the
application development life cycle,
specifically the workflow and artifacts
associated with producing or maintaining a
custom software application. Key capabilities
include change management, workflow and
work item management, and an integration
backplane that allows an organization to
establish traceability and accountability
across multiple processes, multiple
locations, multiple tool types, and multiple
tools of each type across the stages of
development and delivery.
Gartner
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10. ALM: today
Actual (future) definitions
Application lifecycle management
coordinates people, processes,
and tools in an iterative cycle of
inter-related activities, including
definition, design, development,
testing, deployment, and
management.
IBM Rational
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11. ALM: today
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12. ALM: today
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13. ALM: today
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14. ALM: today
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15. ALM: today
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16. ALM: today
ALM history so far
Maturity – 10’s
First steps - 00’s:
Beginning - 90’s
• Integrations
• ALM on integrations
• Process to support
integrations
• Web 1.0
• Point and desktop
solutions
• Some data exchange
• No ALM
• E-mail
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• Unified foundations
for ALM
• Vertical tools from
foundations
• Process to support
development
• Web 2.0

17. ALM: today
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ALM meets PLM
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18. Where are we going to
tomorrow?

19. The ALM expedition
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20. The ALM expedition
Where are we going to?
• Our landscape (i.e. lifestyle 2012)
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21. The ALM expedition
Where are we going to?
• Our landscape (i.e. lifestyle 2012)
– Flat and multi-disciplinary world
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22. The ALM expedition
Where are we going to?
• Our landscape (i.e. lifestyle 2012)
– Flat and multi-disciplinary world
– People bored (buried?) by technology
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23. The ALM expedition
Where are we going to?
• Our landscape (i.e. lifestyle 2012)
– Flat and multi-disciplinary world
– People bored (buried?) by technology
– I like to change and innovate
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24. The ALM expedition
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Multidisciplinary
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25. The ALM expedition
Multidisciplinary
– Society’s problems are
getting harder, broader, and
deeper and are
multidisciplinary in nature.
– Engineers must provide high
value by being immediate,
innovative, integrative,
conceptual, and
multidisciplinary.
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26. The ALM expedition
Multidisciplinary
– Society’s problems are
getting harder, broader, and
deeper and are
multidisciplinary in nature.
– Engineers must provide high
value by being immediate,
innovative, integrative,
conceptual, and
multidisciplinary.
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27. The ALM expedition
Multidisciplinary
– Society’s problems are
getting harder, broader, and
deeper and are
multidisciplinary in nature.
– Engineers must provide high
value by being immediate,
innovative, integrative,
conceptual, and
multidisciplinary.
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28. The ALM expedition
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An new (easy) place
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29. The ALM expedition
We need innovation
• Innovation
– Innovation is Local.
– You don’t import it.
– You don’t export it.
– You create it.
– It is a way of thinking,
communicating, and doing.
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30. The ALM expedition
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31. The ALM expedition
Innovation
• The place where innovation
happens today is in
documents.
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Business plan
Financial plan
Feasibility study
Product plan
Product vision
Product specification
Technical specification
Requirements specification
Bill of material
…
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32. The ALM expedition
Innovation
• What are the problems with documents?
– they represent comfort zones
– collaboration is difficult
– they give the chance to hide engineering in art
– they are monolithic
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33. The ALM expedition
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34. The ALM expedition
Innovation
• What is a document?
– A document is a container of statements.
– Innovation is in statements, not in documents.
– Statements are kept in documents prisons.
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35. The ALM expedition
Innovation
• What is a document?
– A document is a container of statements.
– Innovation is in statements, not in documents.
– Statements are kept in documents prisons.
• A statement is:
– “A kind of expression in language” (Wikipedia)
– Any language
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Natural
Programming
Modeling
Sketching
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36. Music, media and players

37. Media evolution
In the beginning
• There was the record
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38. Media evolution
In the beginning
• There was the record
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39. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
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40. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
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41. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
• … the CD
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42. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
• … the CD
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43. Media evolution
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To this point
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44. Media evolution
To this point
• The media and the player:
– Live together
– One is the reason of the other
– The player evolves and you throw away all the media
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45. Media evolution
To this point
• The media and the player:
– Live together
– One is the reason of the other
– The player evolves and you throw away all the media
And you have to buy another medium or try to
convert your music
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46. Media evolution
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Then ...
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47. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
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48. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
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49. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the record
• …came the tape
• … the CD
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50. Media evolution
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Then ...
There was the record
…came the tape
… the CD
… then WHAT?
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51. Media evolution
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Then ...
There was the record
…came the tape
… the CD
… then WHAT?
JUST MUSIC
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52. So now
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Media and music today
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53. So now
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Media and music today
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54. So now
Media and music today
• Digital music files:
– Rescued music from the Medium
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55. So now
Media and music today
• Digital music files:
– Rescued music from the Medium
– You own your music, not the support on which it lies
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56. So now
Media and music today
• Digital music files:
– Rescued music from the Medium
– You own your music, not the support on which it lies
– You can even use your old players
(well… recording vinyl is not that easy….)
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57. So now
Media and music today
• Digital music files:
– Rescued music from the Medium
– You own your music, not the support on which it lies
– You can even use your old players
(well… recording vinyl is not that easy….)
AND THESE WERE THE THREE KEYS OF SUCCESS
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58. Statements, media and “players”

59. Statements evolution
In the beginning...
• There was the paper
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60. Statements evolution
In the beginning...
• There was the paper
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61. Statements evolution
Then...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
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62. Statements evolution
Then...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
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63. Statements evolution
Then...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
• …came the ALM tool
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64. Statements evolution
Then...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
• …came the ALM tool
HUB
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65. Statements evolution
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Then...
There was the paper
…came the .doc
…came the ALM tool
…came the Web ALM
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66. Statements evolution
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Then...
There was the paper
…came the .doc
…came the ALM tool
…came the Web ALM
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67. Statements evolution
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To this point
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68. Statements evolution
To this point
• The media and the player:
– Live together
– One is the reason of the other
– The player evolves and you throw away all the media
Polarion Software®
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69. Statements evolution
To this point
• The media and the player:
– Live together
– One is the reason of the other
– The player evolves and you throw away all the media
And you have to write your statements again or try
to convert them
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70. Media evolution
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Then ...
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71. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the paper
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72. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
Polarion Software®
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73. Media evolution
Then ...
• There was the paper
• …came the .doc
• …came the ALM tool
HUB
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74. Media evolution
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Then ...
There was the paper
…came the .doc
…came the ALM tool
…came the web ALM
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75. Media evolution
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Then ...
There was the paper
…came the .doc
…came the ALM tool
…came the web ALM
… then WHAT?
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76. Media evolution
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Then ...
There was the paper
…came the .doc
…came the ALM tool
…came the web ALM
… then WHAT?
JUST STATEMENTS
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77. ALM tomorrow

78. ALM: tomorrow
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Media and statements
tomorrow
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79. Media and statements
tomorrow
ALM: tomorrow
• Statement Management:
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80. ALM: tomorrow
Media and statements
tomorrow
• Statement Management:
– Will rescue statements from the Medium
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81. ALM: tomorrow
Media and statements
tomorrow
• Statement Management:
– Will rescue statements from the Medium
– You will own your statements, not the support on
which they lie
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82. ALM: tomorrow
Media and statements
tomorrow
• Statement Management:
– Will rescue statements from the Medium
– You will own your statements, not the support on
which they lie
– You can even use your old players
(well… using papyrus will not be that easy….)
Polarion Software®
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83. ALM: tomorrow
Media and statements
tomorrow
• Statement Management:
– Will rescue statements from the Medium
– You will own your statements, not the support on
which they lie
– You can even use your old players
(well… using papyrus will not be that easy….)
AND THESE WILL BE THE THREE KEYS OF SUCCESS
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84. ALM: tomorrow
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Vision
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85. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
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86. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
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87. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
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88. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
– Adaptive (change) - to embrace innovation
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89. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
– Adaptive (change) - to embrace innovation
• ALM should be:
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90. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
– Adaptive (change) - to embrace innovation
• ALM should be:
– Connecting – instant collaboration on statements
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91. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
– Adaptive (change) - to embrace innovation
• ALM should be:
– Connecting – instant collaboration on statements
– Easy – embed process knowledge
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92. ALM: tomorrow
Vision
• Technology should be:
– Connecting (flat world) - embrace multiple disciplines
– Easy (bored by technology) - cover the evolution gap
– Adaptive (change) - to embrace innovation
• ALM should be:
– Connecting – instant collaboration on statements
– Easy – embed process knowledge
– Adaptive – manage any statement on any media
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93. ALM: tomorrow
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What can we expect?
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94. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
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95. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
– The place to share experience (connecting)
• Instant collaboration on statements, anywhere
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96. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
– The place to share experience (connecting)
• Instant collaboration on statements, anywhere
– The place where ALM drives you (easy)
• Embed process knowledge, any process
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97. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
– The place to share experience (connecting)
• Instant collaboration on statements, anywhere
– The place where ALM drives you (easy)
• Embed process knowledge, any process
– A multidisciplinary place (no silos)
• Common denominator of knowledge
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98. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
– The place to share experience (connecting)
• Instant collaboration on statements, anywhere
– The place where ALM drives you (easy)
• Embed process knowledge, any process
– A multidisciplinary place (no silos)
• Common denominator of knowledge
– A familiar place (easy)
• We’ve been ever dealing with it
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99. ALM: tomorrow
What can we expect?
• ALM will be:
– The place to share experience (connecting)
• Instant collaboration on statements, anywhere
– The place where ALM drives you (easy)
• Embed process knowledge, any process
– A multidisciplinary place (no silos)
• Common denominator of knowledge
– A familiar place (easy)
• We’ve been ever dealing with it
– A place to innovate (adaptive)
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100. ALM: tomorrow
Consequences
• The innovation in ALM will have benefits like:
– Save time to learn tools and processes
– Less knowledge silos
– Less comfort zones
– Increased brains collaboration, anytime, everywhere
– Automated forensic reports
– Better ways to do things (better processes)
– Huge impact on PLM
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101. ALM: tomorrow
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102. ALM: tomorrow
ALM definition
ALM is an easy, distributed, multichannel and dynamic
collaboration environment where different disciplines
meet in order to create and manage innovation in
application and product development.
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103. ALM: tomorrow
ALM definition
ALM is an easy, distributed, multichannel and dynamic
collaboration environment where different disciplines
meet in order to create and manage innovation in
application and product development.
ALM provides the embedded process knowledge and
the statements management capabilities needed by
all the stakeholders that collaborate in the production
and maintenance of applications and products.
Polarion Software®
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104. ALM: tomorrow
ALM definition
ALM is an easy, distributed, multichannel and dynamic
collaboration environment where different disciplines
meet in order to create and manage innovation in
application and product development.
ALM provides the embedded process knowledge and
the statements management capabilities needed by
all the stakeholders that collaborate in the production
and maintenance of applications and products.
The goal of ALM is to steward the talent of people
and leverage their collaboration by automating clerk
jobs like traceability assurance or forensic reporting.
Stefano Rizzo
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105. Thank you
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