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  Download eCopy In the 21st century, merger between Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is perhaps the most successful of all engineering practices. Invention of complex systems like the Large Hardon Collider, are the symbols of successful integration between hardware and software systems. In short, convergence of PLM and ALM is essential […]

  Download eCopy Introduction With the advent of time, the degree of application complexity has increased considerably. This dictates that each phase of Development is to be managed with minimal or no margin of error. There are tools originating from multiple vendors that help accomplish this. However, the biggest challenge posed is the accuracy of information […]

    Download eCopy What is Application Lifecycle Management? Application lifecycle management – ALM is the process of managing software applications from their initial planning through retirement i.e. from business idea generation to when the application no longer has any business value, and is removed from service. An application’s lifecycle includes the entire time span during […]

  Download eCopy Introduction Defect tracking is one of the key aspects of a software development process. Without getting into the question of whether a defect is major or minor, it is absolutely necessary to log, manage, and fix each and every defect in order to develop a stable and effective application. In the software industry, […]

  Download eCopy Introduction Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations applies to records in electronic form that are created, modified, maintained, archived, retrieved, or transmitted under any records requirements set forth in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. The final regulation published on March 20 1997 provided criteria for acceptance […]

  Download eCopy Introduction Kovair ALM is a Software Development Lifecycle Process Management system. Every organization follows processes which are appropriate for a project, and incorporate the culture of the group and other variables. Kovair ALM helps organizations implement processes whether it is a simple State-based one or something that is much more advanced (viz. RUP, […]

  Download eCopy Introduction SCM tool is one of the most widely used and indispensable tools in a software development organization of any size. However, for a complete Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), SCM is just one of many such tools critical for success. Kovair Global Lifecycle offers a number of such critical built-in ALM applications including […]

  Download eCopy Introduction After several CIO Summits, mergers and acquisitions and company restructures a development group ends up with tools from various vendors as well as internal tools. How do you manage a software development project across a number of functionally, geographically, and technologically distributed groups, each with their favorite set of tools, but a […]

  Download eCopy Introduction This article discusses Process tools for Software Development and IT Management and what are the major functionalities, one should look for in such tools. There are not many tools which can be categorized as pure-play software development process management tools. Most of the process tools are included as part of the development […]

  Download eCopy Introduction Kovair, a technology leader in the domain of Integrated Applications Lifecycle Management – ALM offers several solutions such as Requirements Management, Test Management, Issues and Change Management. Kovair is known for its following four technology value propositions, no matter what specific application or solution you want to build with it. 100% web […]

  Download eCopy Introduction Eclipse is known as an industry’s leading Open Source platform for Java based software development. Eclipse as an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is mostly used by the developers. Today, with the growing involvements of multiple stakeholders in almost all phases of software development lifecycle, attaining collaborative development environment has become a mandate […]

  Download eCopy Defining Requirements How do you add a Requirement to Kovair? In Kovair, you can define and add Requirement in the following ways: Using Rich Text Editor: The formatting includes font, color, table, bullets, numbering, and embedded images. Multiple Undo-Redo, adding symbols and embedded links to other Requirements are possible in Kovair. Additional Rich […]