<s>
Micro	B-Application
Focus	I-Application
Application	I-Application
Lifecycle	I-Application
Management	I-Application
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
tools	O
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Micro	O
Focus	O
(	O
previously	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
and	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
Enterprise	O
)	O
for	O
application	O
development	O
and	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
requirements	O
management	O
,	O
test	O
planning	O
and	O
functional	B-Application
testing	I-Application
,	O
performance	O
testing	O
(	O
when	O
used	O
with	O
Performance	O
Center	O
)	O
,	O
developer	O
management	O
(	O
through	O
integration	O
with	O
developer	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
Collabnet	O
,	O
TeamForge	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
defect	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALM	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
Information	B-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
departments	O
with	O
a	O
centralized	O
application	O
management	O
platform	O
for	O
managing	O
and	O
automating	O
within	O
and	O
across	O
application	O
teams	O
and	O
throughout	O
the	O
complete	O
process	O
of	O
developing	O
an	O
application	O
,	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	B-Application
Focus	I-Application
Quality	I-Application
Center	I-Application
is	O
a	O
quality	O
management	O
platform	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
project	O
or	O
across	O
multiple	O
IT	B-General_Concept
projects	I-General_Concept
to	O
manage	O
application	O
quality	O
across	O
the	O
entire	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALM	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on-site	O
or	O
delivered	O
through	O
the	O
cloud	O
in	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
model	O
.	O
</s>
