Day 1 - HP ALM Introduction

              ALM-Application Lifecycle Management (known as Quality Center  v11)

Introduction

         ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) is a software developed by the company Hewlett Packard(HP).  Initially Quality Center was owned by Mercury Interactive Corporation later acquired by HP.  HP ALM software is used for Quality Assurance purpose and earlier version is named as Quality Center v10.  ALM enables application users to manage the application throughout its lifecycle.

Application (Project) Lifecycle

         Requirements---> Development---> Testing---> Defect Management---> Deployment
        (from business)    (IT developer)   (QA Tester)      ( IT and Tester)                  (IT)

Quality Assurance

         Quality Assurance is the set of procedures to determine whether application meets the user's expectation (Requirements).

ALM Editions

• HP ALM Edition(includes all the functionality with Project Planning and Tacking(PPT))
• QC Starter Edition (Basic) 
• QC Enterprise Edition (for small scale projects)  
• ALM Performance Center Edition (for large scale performance testing and resource                       allocation projects)

Functionality of ALM

• Crucial Visibility of the Application
• Predictability
• Repeatability
• Adaptable Delivery

 Phases Of ALM

• Management         
• Requirements
• Test plan
• Test lab
• Defects