ALM: Application Lifecycle Management

Manage the entire lifespan of your applications with a set of proven processes supported by tools that integrate team members and activities.
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Intro to ALM with
Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 offers a rich set of ALM tools that integrates key artifacts and provides full traceability and collaboration throughout the development process.

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What is
ALM?

Discover the three aspects of ALM—governance, development, and operations—and how each is vital throughout the entire lifecycle of an application.

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ALM Summit 2011:
On Demand Videos

If you are an ALM manager, lead, or practitioner who is passionate about mastering your craft, you should watch these sessions from the latest summit.

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ALM Catalyst
Workshops

To help you learn more about Microsoft’s ALM solutions, we are offering an online series of free and interactive live workshops.

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ALM and
Business Strategy

How well a firm executes its business strategies is tied to how good it is at creating new applications. See how ALM solves for this business need.

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ALM as a
Business Process

Business processes are more dependent on software than ever, making the proper development of in-house applications—using ALM techniques—all the more critical.

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ALM
Tool Evolution

The old model of software development involved using separate tools. Today, those tools have been combined in powerful ways to optimize the end-to-end development process.

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Adopt a Common
ALM Foundation

Diverse tools are an inescapable fact of life in most development organizations today. Learn why it makes sense to adopt a common ALM foundation in a heterogenous world.

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Find a Local
ALM Partner

Are you ready for more productive and predictable development? Find a local ALM Partner to help you implement the ALM solution that meets your needs.

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ALM Summit 2010:
On Demand Videos

Discover how Visual Studio 2010's rich profiling tools and real-world scenario modeling can ensure that your application is ready to perform.

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