HP Application Lifecycle Management 11.00

HP Application Lifecycle Management 11.00

Installation

Installing an ALM client no longer requires administrator privileges on the machine.

Optimized Project Repository

An optimized repository system for storing Project files ensures better performance for common actions, and extends the capacity of the file system.

Side-by-Side ALM Clients

You can now run multiple versions of HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) side-by-side on a workstation.

Project Planning and Tracking (PPT) Releases

Using the Project Planning and Tracking (PPT) feature, you can track application readiness by defining milestones for activities of an application release in the Releases module. The overall health and deployment readiness of a release in displayed in the form of a scorecard.

Business Process Model Integration

You can now import business process models created in external model authoring tools, into the new Business Models module. A framework of requirements representing each model and activity is created automatically. You can also create test coverage and assess the quality of your business process models. For a movie on integrating business process models into the application lifecycle,

Traceability Matrix 

The Traceability Matrix view in the Requirements module allows you to determine the extent of relationships between different requirements, and between requirements and tests. 

Test Configurations

Using the Test Configurations tab in the Test Plan module, you can now design tests that run according to different use-cases, each with different sets of data. For a movie on using Text Configurations, 

New Manual Runner—HP Sprinter

You can now run manual tests in ALM from the Test Lab module using the new HP Sprinter. Sprinter provides enhanced functionality and a variety of tools to assist in the manual testing process. 

Project Reports

A new Project Report reporting tool is available in the Analysis View module. Project reports offer enhanced performance, rich style and layout options using MS Word templates, single configuration for multiple output formats (doc, docx, html, pdf), as well as centralized template management.

User Updates

Usability enhancements including a new module navigation sidebar, the ability to add subfolders to Favorites, as well as a Task Manager have been introduced. Enhancements have also been made to the Libraries, Requirements, Test Lab and Dashboard modules.

Session Reconnect

When your ALM session is inactive for a period of time, the session expires. Previously this required you to log out and log in again, which included reloading project customization. Now when your session expires, you are prompted to reconnect. If the project administrator has not made any significant changes to the project customization, the customization does not reload, enabling you to reconnect quickly and continue working where you left off.

Administration Updates

Administration enhancements have been introduced to project extensions, cross project customization, saving of customization changes and deactivation of users. A new internal monitoring tool - QC Sense - allows you to analyze ALM usage and performance data. Several new site configuration parameters and workflow event procedures have also been added.

Changes in Feature Availability

The following features are no longer supported: Creating WinRunner tests, visible fields (Add Defect dialog box), printing defects directly from the Defects grid, library broken links verification, fixed columns in Defects grid, automatically adding required fields to grid, resetting of existing user group permissions according to another group's permissions, and adding users from a project created in an earlier version without upgrading the project.

Business Process Testing

New features and enhancements include improved performance when running QuickTest automated components, an enhanced user interface, application area improvements, test configurations that access static and dynamic data, the ability to define coverage by test criteria and enhanced HP Sprinter functionality for Business Process Testing. For movies on using Business Process Testing, 

API and Database Updates

REST-based API has been added to provide a platform-independent way to access ALM data with HTTP applications and with a browser. New items have been added to the API and database references.

ALM Help

Content has been reorganized to enable quicker access, with feature descriptions divided into concept topics, task topics and reference topics. The HP ALM Help now includes Performance Center documentation. New guides have been added to the Best Practices series.

Supported Environments

For the supported and recommended system configurations for your ALM server and client machine, refer to the HP Software Web Site.

Integrations Matrix

ALM offers integration and synchronization solutions with HP and third-party tools. To integrate ALM with other tools, you may need to install an add-in. Refer to theIntegrations Matrix to verify that you are using a supported version of the tool.