Does ALM change product project management? Perhaps the biggest challenge that ALM faces is simply that it is not yet well understood by all of the people that it is aimed to help. Until both business and IT groups understand what ALM offers and the tangible benefits that it can bring, then there is a danger that ALM will continue to generate either a blank look or images of expensive software suites. Perhaps it's time you you focus your ALM efforts on the business first and the software second.
In order to keep your body functioning as it should, you need to ensure that it is maintained properly. Effectively, we all implement ALM on ourselves by managing for our own lifecycle. Maybe this isn’t such a crazy analogy after all…let’s explore.
Few know the evolution of Application Lifecycle Management and how the Structured Revolution of the 1970s and '80s was a major turning point in software development. This article presents a retrospective on ALM and Structured Development Life Cycles--those that shaped it, the influencing principles and the related methodologies and tools the movement spawned.
Acquisition of Scrum project management tools and training provider helps position CollabNet to expand presence in application lifecycle management market.
Agile vendors have done a good job providing project managers and product owners with planning and tracking tools. But the primary creators of project deliverables are software developers, and they have consistently been an afterthought. To scale across the enterprise, Agile work processes must embrace the individual contributors doing the actual work.
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Rally Software has extended its Agile ALM platform to meet the needs of global organizations with customization options, full traceability with build and source code, and corporate dashboards to create a single source of record for progress and quality.
In conjunction with the Agile 2009 Conference in Chicago this week, our August Cool Tools roundup highlights the latest releases and updates from providers of Agile-focused solutions and services.
With an integrated application lifecycle management solution, Rally Software addresses the challenges of transitioning to enterprise agile software development, with an emphasis on engaging communities of users and stakeholders.
The Agile2011 Conference drew more than 1,600 attendees to Salt Lake City, where dozens of companies showcased new technology solutions and training offerings. Here is a recap from the busy exhibition floor.
The “chicken and pig” lore of Scrum is no longer part of the updated Scrum Guide. This is a welcome change, and should be helpful as practitioners go about implementing Scrum on projects — and explaining it to stakeholders throughout the organization.
Project managers usually tend to focus on the methodology for executing the technical part of the project. However, a good understanding of a practical SOA landscape and its associated challenges can help a technical PM make the SOA adoption on technology projects run even smoother.
Are you implementing a package in a distributed application development environment? You need a plan for the full implementation cycle, from planning and requirements analysis through deployment. Here's a sample from a Warehousing/Shipping environment.
Vendors have been marketing the concept of Application Lifecycle Management as a way to coordinate software development activities, and the result has been mixed. The understanding level of ALM is low and the vendor offerings have been slow to hit the market. Why? Read on.
Microsoft hopes a beta release feature pack that integrates Project Server and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server will bridge project managers, software developers and different methodologies by simplifying data exchange.
Our May 2009 Cool Tools roundup highlights some of the latest Agile-focused technology solutions and services for project management professionals and organizations.
Should your development teams stay with a product from birth to retirement, or should there be “expert” teams for the different needs of each stage of the lifecycle? Here we look at the advantages of both--and the real world factors that you also need to consider.
A concerted effort to manage and document the realization of business benefits is an indispensible key to the success of any program. It requires a well-defined business case and a structured approach to measuring and tracking the planned benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
This document gives you a view of a standard project lifecycle from a high level. This may be useful in the initial planning of a project. It compares such forecasting elements as resource usage, probability for success and allocation of key planning activities across the stages.
In conjunction with the Agile 2010 Conference in Orlando this week, our latest Cool Tools roundup highlights new releases and updates of Agile-focused solutions and services.
The first step in scaling agile is to move from partial methods to a full-fledged, disciplined delivery process. The second step is to understand eight scaling factors and determine which are applicable to the range of complexities your project teams face. Here, agile thought leader Scott Ambler presents his scaling model.
This thorough and detailed assessment is a series of five checklists designed to guide you through the entire project lifecycle from start to finish: planning, analysis, design, construction and implementation.
Numerous studies over the years have shown that achieving business/IT alignment can lead to a unifying direction for a company, better leveraging of IT, improved communications, more efficient allocation of resources and increased competitive advantage. Yet, other studies reveal that few companies actually achieve alignment between their business and their most strategic weapon, technology. What they need is an integrated product management process that provides both vertical and horizontal alignment for developing products, systems or services.
A wide variety of technology solutions and services are available to help organizations implement, customize and improve their project portfolio management processes. Here is our August roundup of recent updates and announcements from CA, Daptiv, Innotas, Oracle Primavera, Planview, PowerSteering, Rally and others.
The Documentation Summary is aimed at providing a comprehensive collection of documentation materials relevant to the project. This document briefly describes each document in the collection and helps you quickly find the information you want to read.
At the release level, we approach the meaning of “done” more strategically by aligning User Stories with Epics and Vision Statements — all of which should be shared across the Scrum Team and all stakeholders so that they can see the building and not just the bricks. Here are some examples of what that looks like.
The basic premise for the New York state project management methodology is that there are two lifecycles in managing a software project: the Project Management Lifecycle and the System Development Lifecycle. This article briefly examines both cycles, worthy processes to follow for any organization seeking a quality PM solution.
Here’s our May 2010 roundup of the latest technology solutions and services for project management practitioners and teams, including collaborative access to the cloud and a variety of Agile offerings for portfolio management, application lifecycle management and dispersed teams.
The best approach on any given project depends upon many factors, including the novelty of the work, the duration and size of the project, and access to users and quality project information. Here is a primer on what to consider when choosing between a waterfall and cyclic lifecycle.
Here’s our February 2011 roundup of the latest technology solutions for project leaders, teams and organizations, including social-based requirements management … security-focused PPM … enterprise-level Agile integration … software lifecycle management … and more.
Ever stop to ponder all the different PM frameworks that have been developed over the years and which one you should be using in your organization? Is there really one best framework out there? The options are dizzying, so here we take a look at four of them in depth. What can they do for you? Remember, one size does not fit all...
Your multinational client has asked you for help implementing a process improvement project for its worldwide customer order processing operation. You whip out this Microsoft Project plan and get to work.
This Microsoft Project plan will walk you through a full CRM implementation, from selecting the package to setting it up to post-implementation follow-up.
A new guide addresses unique aspects of project management within the pharmaceutical industry, including regulatory context, integrated validation and risk management.
By adopting PPM solutions, organizations will be positioned to manage successful cloud initiatives, increase business agility and innovation, and provide visibility and control over their cloud services portfolio, a global survey concludes.
Are you geographically distributed and transitioning to agile? It's time to create your own agile lifecycle. Start with the principles of agile and decide how to create an environment that works for you, your team and your context.
How much will your project cost? Management will want to know before they commit to it. Use this spreadsheet to estimate your costs, broken down by project phase and classified according to the cost categories that will be most meaningful to the decision makers.
The following form provides a mechanism to document and track any issue during its life cycle. After an issue is created, a team should determine whether the issue has any bearing on the project and what should be the course action to address the issue. All issues must be periodically reviewed to determine if they still have any significance for the project.
Since implementing MKS’s solution for application lifecycle management, Tundra Semiconductor has realized improved development consistency through automated process and real-time, geographically dispersed team communication and collaboration, plus greater accuracy and reproducibility of design configurations.
From Gartner PPM Summit 2006 Presented by Matt Roland, Managing Partner, Gartner Federal Consulting
Connecting the dots: Research shows that most IT projects are delivered late, are substantially over budget or do not meet the business requirements.
Shortsightedness can shortchange your organization on the benefits of project portfolio management. A top PPM analyst shares best practices on how to embrace the big picture and how evolving PPM tools can help.
Does your organization provide the WBS as a key deliverable in your systems lifecycle? The work breakdown structure doesn't have to be as scary as the reaper--and mind mapping software makes them even more useful.
Requirements Management Plan Toolkit
This toolkit includes a template and white papers to help with your requirements management planning. Download it now.
