What do you think about when you hear the term Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)? During a seminar tour in 2005 in Sweden, presenting on Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, we asked people what ALM was and whether they cared about it. To our surprise, many people equated ALM with operations and maintenance. This is still often the case when we visit companies, although more people today are aware of the term.
Was that your answer as well? Does ALM include more than just operations? Yes, it does. ALM is the thread that ties the ...