Softalm Model & Workflow as an Agile Alm Software, Scaled for Enterprise

Essential to SoftALM® model is the traditional ALM Model:

Plan Develop/Build Release

An end-to-end Agile ALM tool however must bring in Product Requirement Definition, Quality & Customer Support, along with project plan, software development and releasein iterative cycles. This integration becomes the basis of SoftALM® model, the phases of which are explained below:

Define Product: The SoftALM® Model begins with defining the product through building the Product Backlog through Features and Epics. SoftALM® leverages both User Stories and Requirements/Sub-requirement capabilities as part of Feature Hierarchy. SoftALM® combines business and architectural backlogs, along with the customer feedback to develop Product Roadmap.

SoftALM Model: End-To-End Agile ALM Tool For Scaling Agile For Enterprise | JamBuster

Plan program: While product vision is arrived at, Program Manager (PM) works with Product Owner (PO) and Release Lead (RL) to plan how to implement the Product Roadmap through a Program or a series of Projects or Releases. Thus a program is further divided into logical serial or parallel releases with feature implementation to burn down the program backlog. A release comprises of Iterations/Sprints that are time-boxed tasks/events for incrementally achieving the objectives defined in the Sprint Goal.

Develop Software: After the higher level plans are in place, Execution begins. The entire Software Development Team works to achieve the Sprint Goals within the time-box agreed upon. This is very collaborative phase as it involves working on Sprint Goals/Objectives and planning those Sprints.

Verify Quality: While product vision is perfect, implementation introduced flaws. Hence the application is tested through acceptance criteria against user story or requirements by the quality analysts to ensure that the Release Implementation lives up to product vision, within the quality standards set up by the organization.

Support Customer: A very important...