Beginning Application Lifecycle Management is a guide to an area of rapidly growing interest within the development community: managing the entire cycle of building software. ALM is an area that spans everything from requirements specifications to retirement of an IT-system or application. Because its techniques allow you to deal with the process of developing applications across many areas of responsibility and across many different disciplines, the benefits and effects of ALM techniques used on your project can be wide-ranging and pronounced. • What application lifecycle management is and why it matters. • The steps necessary for implementing an ALM process. • Tips and techniques you can use to gain control of your development efforts. • How to implement an agile framework into your ALM process • How to achieve traceability and visibility in your projects • How to automate your ALM process