Application Lifecycle Management Templates

Coordinate the Application Lifecycle

Maintaining relevant, accurate, and timely project information — while gently urging project members to follow standard processes — is essential to successful globally distributed development. CollabNet ALM project templates help you do just that.

CollabNet's unique solution for managing software development projects through the application lifecycle combines the power of CollabNet Enterprise Edition (CEE) with downloadable ALM project templates.

The powerful new ALM features and usability enhancements that come with the new CollabNet Enterprise Edition version 5.0 are available for both new projects and projects upgrading from an earlier version.

Download and Customize

To start a new project, users can choose a project template as the starting point for their new workspace. Using a project template significantly reduces setup time by providing a standard baseline that can be adapted for specific needs.

CollabNet ALM in conjunction with Project Content Editing (CEE's in-place HTML editor) makes it easy to structure projects into pages, establish standard lifecycle stages, and create and publish project content to project members.

Out-of-the-Box Content

ALM project templates contain the following content out of the box:

• Predefined project pages that organize project information into intuitive topical areas, based on years of CollabNet global project experience.
• Ready-to-use artifact types that simplify managing and customizing common work items like requirements, bugs, and tasks.
• Step-by-step customization instructions, embedded page overviews, and a frequently asked questions page with essential customization tips.

Key Benefits of ALM Templates

• Improve traceability and visibility by associating source code with requirements, issues, documents, discussions, and other artifacts.
• Use event notifications to implement custom workflows.
• Import out-of-the-box CollabNet ALM templates to standardize the project lifecycle. Choose from three standard ALM templates: the waterfall-oriented CollabNet Baseline Process, an Agile Process template, and a Unified Process template. These customizable templates contain all the essential components required to manage a software development project, including:
  
  
  • Lifecycle stage definitions
  • Lifecycle entry/exit criteria including document/specification templates
  • Predefined artifacts including requirements, actions, and defects
  • Project pages for structuring and organizing project content
  • A tools view that provides access to native and relevant CollabNet and external tools
• Create custom templates in line with the specific needs of the enterprise or project and export these to drive standards as needed.