Top Business Benefits of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

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Agenda

ALM and the Business

Application Lifecycle and ALM

ALM RevisitedConclusion

Is ALM the same as SDLC?

What is a “Software Development Lifecycle?”But an application lives before an after the development efforts…And what about the term “cycle”?

Require-ments

Design

Deploy

Projects

Operate

Retire

(A Whiteboard View)

And the Cycle Continues

The Modern Application Lifecycle

References:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_lifecycle_management- http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1ASCXON&ct=120606&st=sb- http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf- http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/08/12/ALM-A-Bastardized-Term.aspx

And What is Application Lifecycle Management?

The application life cycle management (ALM) tool market

is focused on the planning and governance activities of

the software development life cycle (SDLC). Traditionally,

this has been the combination of software change and

configuration management (SCCM), requirements management and quality management. [Gartner]

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]…an application’s lifecycle

includes the entire time during

which an organization is spending

money on this asset, from the

initial idea to the end of the

application’s life.

[Chappell & Associates]

…to mange an entire

development project on a

unified basis, from requirements formation

all the way to sending

that thing out the door…

[Jeff Feinman, SD Times]

Agenda

10. Provides an Enterprise View

• What:– Provides a consistent and meaningful view of

development project work and status

• Why:– Provide decision makers with:

• A current view of development project investments• A consistent view between disparate teams and projects• Information supporting future investment decisions

• How:– Standard processes and terminology– Automatic collection of metrics– Consolidated metrics repository

9. Enhances Team Satisfaction

• What:– Improves satisfaction of development team

with their role in the organization.

• Why:– Improved morale reduces turnover and associated costs– Happy employees are more productive– Motivated employees are more likely to make their own

investments in an organization

• How:– Make teams part of the business and visa versa– Empower development teams to make a difference– Invest in tools and processes that acknowledge team value

8. Reduces Risk

• What:– Provides the information needed to identify,

understand, track and mitigate development risks

• Why:– Minimize unexpected ‘surprises’– Reduce costly mistakes– Improves release consistency and quality

• How:– Monitor project status from all angles– Identify trends– Proactively manage risks– Adopt iterative development practices

7. Improves Resource Utilization

• What:– Allows more efficient workflow for team members

(Less time ‘thrashing’ and more time delivering)– Supports better usage of development systems

(e.g., development and test environments)

• Why:– Increases business value delivered without increasing costs

• How:– Adopt a continuous improvement mindset– Visualize your workflow and monitor work in progress– Use modern best practices and tools to improve efficiency– Use virtualization to improve dev/test system utilization

6. Reduces Delivery Cycle Time

• What:– Decrease the time it takes for the team to deliver

an application release

• Why:– Increase the flow of business value– Improve the potential for stakeholder feedback

• How:– Use agile/lean practices to provide a continuous flow of value– Reduce churn from misunderstood requirements– Use tools to automate mundane delivery processes

5. Minimizes Downtime

• What:– Reduce the Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) for

feedback reported from a production environment

• Why:– Down time is costly!– Dissatisfied users

• How:– Close the gap between development and operations– Capture meaningful diagnostic data in production– Use tools to streamline communications

4. Increases Responsiveness

• What:– Improve the ability for the team to respond to

requests– Streamline communications at all levels of the

application lifecycle

• Why:– Drive delivery of business value based on current needs– Reduce MTTR for defects

• How:– Maintain a consistent backlog with meaningful priorities– Use processes and tools to improve communications with

stakeholders and operations– Ensure teams have committed stakeholder involvement

3. Improves Efficiency

• What:– Reduce the time, effort and cost associated with

processes that do not add value

• Why:– Reducing waste has the side effect of improving efficiency– Managing the lifecycle enables waste reduction

• How:– Model current workflow practices – Visualize work in progress and determine limits– Invest in ongoing process improvement– Adopt modern best practices and tools

2. Reduces Development Costs

• What:– Spend less money to achieve equivalent

or better results

• Why:– Improve profitability– Free up resources to address additional business needs

• How:– Adopt ALM tools and practices to

• …improve efficiency, quality, responsiveness and resource utilization and

• …reduce cycle time and risk.

1. Maximizes Stakeholder Satisfaction

• What:– Understand and anticipate business needs– Deliver what is needed on time and within budget

• Why:– Satisfied stakeholders indicate that application development

is successfully supporting the business

• How:– Consistent and frequent feedback from stakeholder(s)– Correct course as needed to ensure application meets needs– Embrace application quality– Foster open and transparent communications with the

business

Agenda

References:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_lifecycle_management- http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1ASCXON&ct=120606&st=sb- http://www.microsoft.com/global/applicationplatform/en/us/RenderingAssets/Whitepapers/What%20is%20Application%20Lifecycle%20Management.pdf- http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/08/12/ALM-A-Bastardized-Term.aspx

ALM is Enabled by…

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]…an application’s lifecycle

includes the entire time during

which an organization is spending

money on this asset, from the

initial idea to the end of the

application’s life.

[Chappell & Associates]

…to mange an entire

development project on a

unified basis, from requirements formation

all the way to sending

that thing out the door…

[Jeff Feinman, SD Times]

The application life cycle management (ALM) tool market

is focused on the planning and governance activities of

the software development life cycle (SDLC). Traditionally,

this has been the combination of software change and

configuration management (SCCM), requirements management and quality management. [Gartner]

ProcessesAnd Tool

Microsoft’s ALM Solution

http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1ASCXON&ct=120606&st=sb

Business Value and ALM Practices and Tools

Maximizes Stakeholder Satisfaction

Reduces Development Costs

Improves Efficiency

Increases Responsiveness

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Delivery Cycle Time

Improves Resource Utilization

Reduces Risk

Enhances Team Satisfaction

Provides an Enterprise View

Business Value and ALM Practices and Tools

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

• Common vocabulary• Consolidated &

Consistent Information• Backlog Management• Storyboarding• Team Mindset• Requirements feedback• Iterative Development• Agile Planning• Automated Builds

• Capacity Management• Integrated Team• Quality Mindset• Requirements driven• Transparency• Stakeholder Feedback• Daily meetings• Current information• Quality Assurance• Rich communications

• Test Environment Management

• Performance Testing• Automated Deployment• Automated Testing• Continuous Delivery• Continuous Feedback• Continuous

Improvement• Dev/Ops Coordination

Team Foundation Server• Backlog Management• Capacity Management• Kanban Board• Agile Taskboard• Integrated Reporting• Work Item Tracking• Team Foundation Build• Alerts• Dashboards

PowerPoint Storyboarding

Visual Studio • Integrated ALM• Architecture tools• My Work• Suspend/Resume• Unit Testing• Fakes• Coded UI Testing• Load Testing• Code Metrics• Code Clone Analysis• IntelliTrace

Microsoft Test Manager• Requirements Suites• Manual Testing• Exploratory Testing• Rich Defect Tracking• Lab Management• Test Impact Analysis

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Practices and Tools

ALM Provides an Enterprise View

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Enhances Team Satisfaction

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Reduces Risk

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Improves Resource Utilization

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Reduces Delivery Cycle Time

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Team Foundation Server• Backlog Management• Capacity Management• Kanban Board• Agile Taskboard• Integrated Reporting• Work Item Tracking• Team Foundation Build• Alerts• Dashboard

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Minimizes Downtime

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Increases Responsiveness

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Improves Efficiency

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Reduces Development Costs

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

ALM Maximizes Stakeholder Satisfaction

Improves Efficiency

Minimizes Downtime

Reduces Risk

Feedback Client

System Center

Agenda

Summary

• ALM includes the tools and practices required to proactively manage an application’s lifecycle

• ALM can help at the business level in many ways, including:– Maximizes Stakeholder Satisfaction– Reduces Development Costs– Improves Efficiency– Increases Responsiveness– Minimizes Downtime– Reduces Delivery Cycle Time– Improves Resource Utilization– Reduces Risk– Enhances Team Satisfaction– Provides and Enterprise View

• Microsoft provides best-in-breed tools to help your business enjoy the benefits of ALM

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