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.This Application Lifecycle Management book provides insight to improve business and IT alignment via IT portfolio management systems, software quality metrics, testing and verification tools, software change and configuration, requirements definition and management tools, and agile processes. Application Lifecycle Management also help ensure regulatory compliance and security, address licensing issues (including SaaS and open source), and seek ALM and software asset reuse in a world that encompasses cloud, Web 2.0, SOA, composite apps, virtualization, and complex sourcing.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about ALM: Software development processes, Requirements analysis, Functional specification, Software architecture, Software design, Computer programming, Software testing, Software deployment, Software maintenance, Agile software development, Cleanroom Software Engineering, Iterative and incremental development, Rapid application development, IBM Rational Unified Process, Spiral model, Waterfall model, Lean software development, V-Model (software development), Test-driven development, Software configuration management, Software documentation, Software quality assurance, Software project management, User experience design, Compiler, Debugger, Performance analysis, Graphical user interface builder, Integrated development environment, Requirements Management, Feature (software design), Model-driven engineering, Project Management, Change management (engineering), Configuration Management, Software build, Software Testing, Release Management, Issue management, Workflow, CodeBeamer (software), HP Quality Center, IBM Rational Team Concert, MKS Integrity, Parasoft Concerto, Pulse (ALM), SAP Solution Manager, StarTeam, Visual Studio Team System, Workspace.com, JIRA, FogBugz..Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.

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