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FOR: Application
Development
& Delivery professionals The Forrester Wave™: Application LifeCycle Management, Q4 2012 by Tom Grant, ph.D., October 23, 2012

Key TaKeaWays
Leaders Build product strategy around aLM Use Cases
Forrester Wave evaluation Leaders IBM, Rally Software, PTC, CollabNet, Microsoft, and Serena Software offer strong solutions for ALM problems that no single point solution could address. Their product strategies focus on such challenges as delivery and the disruptions of Agile adoption, not just throwing new capabilities at the customer. strong performers and Contenders Find a specific audience
Atlassian and Rocket Aldon don’t focus as much on specific use cases that span many ALM activities. Instead, they build tools to address smaller but widespread problems, such as release management and developer collaboration. Meanwhile,
HP is expanding its ALM offering beyond Quality Center. aLM is Going Through a period of Redefinition and innovation
Hot ALM issues such as DevOps, embedded software, and requirements definition show how the concept of ALM has expanded and changed. During this transition, the seemingly crowded ALM market will benefit from the innovation that comes from a wealth of competing and complementary product offerings.

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FOR ApplIcATIOn DEVElOpmEnT & DElIVERy pROFEssIOnAls

OcTOBER 23, 2012

The Forrester Wave™: application Life-Cycle
Management, Q4 2012
IBm, Rally software, pTc, collabnet, microsoft, And serena software lead The pack, With Hp, Atlassian, And Rocket Aldon Following by Tom Grant, ph.D. with Kyle mcnabb and Alissa Anderson

Why Read This RepoRT
In Forrester’s 116-criteria evaluation of application life-cycle management (ALM) vendors, we identified the nine most significant software providers in the category — Atlassian, CollabNet, HP, IBM,