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ThoughtWorks Studios Introduces Adaptive ALM(TM) for Agile Application Lifecycle Management
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Integration of industry leading tools delivers flexibility,
automation and best-practices to better manage change while increasing
the visibility of software development programs
Agile application lifecycle management (ALM) and software development tools,
today announced Adaptive ALM(TM), a new solution to help organizations
streamline and automate the entire Agile software development lifecycle.
Using Adaptive ALM, development organizations realize new levels of
visibility and flexibility to better manage a wide range of software
development methodologies and incorporate engineering best practices that
drive productivity and quality.
"Many traditional 'ALM' tools focus on project management and require
end-users to adhere to the dynamics of the tool, rather than the tool
adapting to an organization's processes and practices," said Cyndi Mitchell,
managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios. "Adaptive ALM allows teams to use
their chosen development methods, while supporting engineering best practices
that are vital to the successful development of sophisticated and
mission-critical software projects."
ThoughtWorks Studios, the products division of the industry leading Agile
consultancy ThoughtWorks(R), developed Adaptive ALM through the integration
of its three flagship products, Mingle(R) (project management), Twist(R)
(test automation) and Cruise(R) (release management). The result is a fully
automated solution that supports all aspects of a software development and
delivery lifecycle, from requirements definition and portfolio management to
test automation, quality assurance and release management.
ThoughtWorks Studios development tools are currently used by hundreds of
customers in more than 20 countries. Using Mingle as the management hub for
globally distributed and cross functional teams, Adaptive ALM delivers the
following benefits for Agile-based development:
- Stakeholder Visibility - provides both management and development teams
with real-time visibility across the development lifecycle to more
accurately manage and adapt to changing environments.
- Requirements Management - supports greater efficiency and timely
capture, management, prioritization and tracking of business
objectives. Helps teams at every point in the development lifecycle
build to exact customer specifications.
- Traceability and Accountability - allows teams to track business value
throughout the development lifecycle through detailed project history
at the story level, shared virtual project wall, auditable deployments
and traceable story transitions.
- Quality Management - manages quality driven software development from
requirements gathering to development and release. Enables business
requirements to serve as test specifications and provide automation of
test suites and routine test deployments.
- Test Automation and Deployment Management - provides team control and
visibility into test and release processes, with fully automated test
suites that evolve with the application. This cross-functional
automation improves collaboration and quality-driven deployments,
ensuring the delivery of high-quality software with intended business
value.
ALM with Agility
Based on more than 16 years of experience building and delivering some of
the world's most successful and sophisticated Agile implementations, all
ThoughtWorks Studios software is designed to adapt to customer dynamics and
characteristics. This flexible, "work as you like" approach to building out a
complete ALM program promotes the use of both new and existing processes and
best practices across the enterprise. The solution provides developers and
business team members with a holistic set of tools that work in harmony to
deliver real-time collaboration and visibility. It helps remove operational
silos and, through cross-functional automation, effectively meet strategic
business objectives regardless of changing parameters.
"Our experience shows us that 'Agile-in-a-box' products, and focusing
primarily on project management practices alone, does not guarantee Agile
success," says Mitchell. "Adaptive ALM helps manage change and improves
certainty of business outcome through collaboration and engineering best
practices, like continuous integration, automated testing and refactoring, to
help our customers minimize defects, eliminate waste, improve responsiveness
and, ultimately, release better software faster."
About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM and software
development tools. Its products are used by organizations as a foundation for
sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and
engineering best practices are required. The company's Adaptive ALM solution
provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development
lifecycle, from requirements definition and project management to test
automation, quality assurance and release management. The three products that
make up Adaptive ALM, Mingle (project management) Twist (test automation) and
Cruise (release management), are available as an integrated solution or as
stand-alone products. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks, the
pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks
Studios customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill,
Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore,
with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For
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