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Hype or Help? An ALM Reality Check
In order to reach the holy grail of full lifecycle visibility -. the ability to integrate, coordinate and manage all the different phases of the software delivery process -- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) was born.

Use Cases and Implementing Application Lifecycle Management Systems
The UML technique of Use Cases provides a powerful tool to elicit and document stakeholder requirements. While usually used in a traditional development context, use cases can be deployed with good effect when implementing an enterprise scale Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system.