It is common to equate ALM with the SDLC. This is because ALM is constructed around the SDLC's following core phases in an enterprise application development process:
- Requirement phase
- Design phase
- Implementation phase
- Testing phase
- Production phase
By design, the ALM framework is not developed from scratch; it is built around the SDLC framework. At the same time, ALM is considered more than the SDLC model. However, ALM being more advanced than the SDLC, its simple approach is still considered limiting.
With reference to the previous pictorial representation, the three core aspects are initiated with development as the first ...