What is ALM?
ALM stands for Application Life Cycle Management. It is an industry-recognized process with a series of activities or steps used to develop a new enterprise application or modify the existing software.
Core aspects
With the core aspects, ALM can be divided into three distinct areas, namely:
- Governance
- Development
- Operations
Let me illustrate the three core aspects with a simple example, that is, the iPhone's launch by Apple.
Governance encompasses all of the decision-making and project management across the entire firm. In our example, Apple runs the iPhone's business from the conceptual idea to the production roll-out of its multiple versions.
Development is defined as the process of creating the actual application. Practically, the development process reappears several times in an application's lifetime in the majority of enterprise applications. It involves both for upgrades and for wholly new versions. In our context, Apple releases multiple versions of the new iPhone, such as 4...
