Application Lifestyle Management | Glossary

 

Definition

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) covers the complete life-cycle of the software development. From the conception of the idea, to the development, to testing, deployment, support and ultimately, retirement of systems. It’s an umbrella terms that consists of multiple disciplines like project managements, requirements, development testing, customer support, IT service delivery and finally: quality assurance.

 

Further Reading

  • “Professional Application Lifecycle Management with visual studio 2013(WROX)” (book), by Martin Hinshelwood.
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