White Papers and Technical Documents

  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 […]

    Download eCopy Introduction Application development organizations spend millions of dollars a year on a multitude of siloed point function tools encompassing requirement management, design/architecture management, coding, configuration management, build, testing, defect tracking, release management, and more. These tools live in isolation which makes users rely mostly on traditional and broken manual procedures while synchronizing […]

  Download eCopy Different Approaches for Integrated ALM To address the challenges of Integrated ALM and to achieve at least some of the goals, different tool vendors have taken different strategies, which can be broadly categorized in the three alternative approaches. Approach #1: Point-to-point Integrated Multi-Vendor Tools Traditionally the individual vendors have tried to achieve modicum […]

  Download eCopy Executive Summary According to the PMBOK definition “A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique product or service with a defined start and end point and specific objectives that, when attained, signify completion”. By the year 1990 onwards almost every industry started the practice of project management to overcome the […]