how to choose an alm tool

How to choose an ALM ToolItems to consider

Decision points for choosing an ALM

Sometimes ist hard, finding the right tool.

A lot of OPINION exists

People do not like changes

People want to keep existing structures

A new tool challenges everyone

Costs are hard to defend

Here is a decision sheet

„Out of the box“

„Out of the box“ decision flow1. List all tools available / suitable

2. Find rationale decision points

3. Check your needs

Check needs of stakeholder

4. Find KO criteria (if any)

5. Get the quotes

6. Check if there is an existing integration of yourtoolchain

7. Check what tool chain integration will cost

If you have existing Tools like Mathlab or EA you will need to integrate them into your ALM solution.Check existing Connectors

8. If you introduce a Norm (i.E. ISO 15504,26262 DO178,254, Medical), check if there are integration templates

Are Work products predefined

Are Processes predefined

Is the workflow predfined

Do you have, or does the template offer a reasonableprojectplan for the introduction (Refer to ISO 16326)

9. Calculate the external costs

10. Calculate the internal costs

11. Calculate benefits

What we have prepared1. We have created an Excel tool that makes it easy for you to get the data

2. Go to http://www.deutscher-mittelstand.com/fileadmin/ALM.xlsx

3. On the page you find

4. A list of Tools that can can be considered an ALM tool

If you want to remove or add a tool, just do so

What we have prepared 21. On the left side, you find a list of criteria

1. Full ALM Tool

2. Business Support

3. Is not open source

4. Installable on Own Server

5. Support multiple methodologies

6. Requirement traceability

7. Support V Modell development

8. Supports Automotive

development

9. On/Off line specification

authoring

10. Wiki support

11. Performance speed sufficient

12. Advanced workflows

13. Project planning

14. Impact Analysis

15. Portfolio planning

16. Risk management

17. Agile Development

18. Epic support

19. Task management

20. Defect management

21. SCM integrations

22. Test Management

23. Test planning

24. Test case Management

25. Advanced reporting

26. Knowledge Repository

27. LDAP support

28. Round-Trip Tickets

29. Round-Trip Defects

30. Round-Trip Requirements

31. Round Trip Tasks

32. Multi-site support

33. Multilingual support

34. Local Language support

35. Native tablet support

36. Handling / GUI (Excellent?)

37. Local Language GUI

38. Server Adminstration by local

IT

39. Local administration &

configuration possible

40. Annual Support

41. Local Support

42. 1st Year Support

43. Access Rights per Role

44. Element-based access rights

45. Field Based access Rights

46. Status Based access Rights

47. Dashboards

48. Process Modelling

49. Baselining / Recovery

50. Variants Management

51. Bi-Directional DOORS Rational

9.x Link

52. Bi-Directional Enterprise

Architect Link

53. Bi-Directional IBM Rhapsody

Link

54. 100% full feature Web-Frontend

55. Templatemanagement

56. Multi-User Editing

57. Exchange with suppliers

58. Open API to integrate to tools

59. Vector Toolchain

60. Import/Export Autosar XML

61. Matlab/Simulink integration

62. Other Criteria 1





67. Document Export ( Word, PDF,

Excel)

68. "License can be bought (it is not

a rented license)"

Check your needs by Department

▪ Check what needs you have

▪ Check what your colleagues in other departments have as needs

▪ Check if one of that items is a „Knock Out Criteria“(This will lead to a

ALM VergleichWelche Funktionen werden in einem ALM-System benötigt?

Welches ALM-Tool erfüllt Ihre Anforderungen? List of tools

Decision

criteria (63) Stakeholder

Needs

KO Criteria

Calculation of need

coverage

Entscheidungs-Matrix für das Werkzeug

„Cost Calculation“

Get the real costs, including he internal costs

Yellow marked

can be changed

by you

Calculate the costs includin internal costs

Fill in internal costs for

the introduction

„Benefit calculation“

Check what changes you expect

Your Management will like that!

Questions

Please ask us in case you have a question on how to proceed

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