Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Market Share Analysis: Market Shares, Analysis, and Index, Worldwide, 2006 to Current, Quarterly

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the process of coordinating software development lifecycle stages, that include requirements management, development, testing, software architecture, change management, project management, and release management, and reporting. It lets software companies to develop software according to their compliance and requirement.

New systems of cloud, server, and virtual computing systems have opened up avenues for the application lifecycle management market. They require a software framework for the entire application as well as being mobile-friendly. ALM makes it easier for developers to reuse code while developing programs. Demand for software quality and productivity is the major driver of the market. This lets them comply with the complex industry’s standards and regulations. SaaS (software-as-a-service) poses the biggest threat to the market.
ALM has an in-built compiler, code libraries, and provides compatibility with other programs. 

Applications are built from functions which require inputs from a user. This process helps companies to evaluate their strategies to improve the software process from beginning to end. This can increase the accountability and efficiency of an organization. Real-time collaboration, access to centralized repository, and better projecting and reporting of objective data are key factors of dominating the application lifecycle management market.

IBM and Microsoft (MS) are few application vendors by opening its application programming interface (API) to open-source players. Integration of MS products in the ALM cycle and regular software updates via its Microsoft Developer Network give it a greater advantage over its rivals. 

Continuous delivery on account of mobile and cloud computing has led to the development of agility in the application lifecycle management market. AJILE is a methodology that has been adopted by various software companies far surpassing the waterfall software development cycle model. Structuring change and quality management in the software lifecycle will provide opportunities for enterprise cloud development and AJILE delivery. 

This upcoming trend is closely related to DevOps i.e. collaboration of developers and operations teams working together. DevOps work together to launch initial phases of software programs and any bugs are reported back to the QA (Quality Assurance) team. 
Key players of the application lifecycle management market are Parasoft, CollabNet, VersionOne, Jama, and Borland.

Companies Profiled

Market Leaders

    Atlassian Software Systems
    CA Technologies
    Hewlett Packard 
    IBM
    Micro Focus
    Microsoft 
Serena Software

Market Participants

    Borland
    CollabNet
    Hansoft 
Jama
    Parasoft
    Polarion Software 
Progress Software/Telerik
    Rally Software Development Corp
    VersionOne