Tag: Lean

Application Lifestyle Management | Glossary

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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.
  • For more on Application Lifestyle Management, read here and  here.

Value Chain | Glossary

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Definition

The Value Chain is the overall parameter( i.e all the included groups), in which Agility needs to be embraced, in order to bring about transformation. Both the Development and Non-Development parts have to embrace Agile and adjust to each other, for it to be sully successful.

Further Reading

  • “Lean and Agile Value Chain Management” (book), by Ehap H.Sabri
  • For more on Lean Value Chain, read here and  here.