Decision Matrix: Selecting an Application Lifecycle Management Vendor (Competitor Focus)

This report provides a summary of the capabilities of the leading Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) vendors based on a quantitative assessment of their market impact and end user sentiment, as well as an objective assessment of the technology features they offer. Datamonitor also provides vendor selection guidance for enterprises looking to deploy ALM solutions.



Report Highlights
IBM leads the market by an impressive margin with its comprehensive ALM portfolio, a positive user sentiment and a deep market impact. Borland and Microsoft both offer very strong ALM solutions, garnering a positive customer sentiment and recognition as market leaders alongside IBM. HP and CA emerge as the challengers but need to boost ALM portfolio breadth as they currently compete as specialists in the operational ALM domain. Aldon, Compuware and Serena have impressive offerings, and are expected to join the challenger league soon with sustained R&D investments. MKS and Polarion emerge as very credible alternatives in the ALM market, and are expected to gain wider recognition as they augment their installed bases.


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DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
MARKET DEVELOPMENTS 2
The ALM market is consolidating in more than one direction 2
ALM Decision Matrix 4
Market Leaders: IBM, Borland and Microsoft 5
The Challengers: HP and CA 5
The aspirants: Aldon, Compuware, MKS, Polarion and Serena 5
Market Dynamics: Leaders, Challengers and Aspirants 6
Technology Definitions 7
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) 7
Requirements Management (RM) 7
Change and Configuration Management (CCM) 7
Model-driven Development (MDD) 7
Build, Deploy and Release Management (BRM) 7
Test Management (TM) 8
Application Performance Management (APM) 8
MARKET LEADERS 9
Market Leaders: Technology 9
Market Leaders: User Sentiment 11
Market Leaders: Impact 13
VENDOR ANALYSIS 15
Aldon: ALM Radars 15
Recommendation: Explore 15
Borland: ALM Radars 17
Recommendation: Shortlist 17
CA: ALM Radars 19
Recommendation: Consider 19
Compuware: ALM Radars 21
Recommendation: Explore 21
HP: ALM Radars 23
Recommendation: Consider 23
IBM: ALM Radars 25
Recommendation: Shortlist 25
Microsoft: ALM Radars 27
Recommendation: Shortlist 27
Serena: ALM Radars 29
Recommendation: Explore 30
MKS: ALM Radars 31
Polarion: ALM Radars 32
Web service capabilities will increasingly figure as an important factor in market success 33
The ALM market is poised to heat up with the entry of newer players 33
APPENDIX 34
Summary scores 34
Datamonitor Ratings 34
Extended Methodology 35
Technology 35
User Sentiment 35
Market Impact 36
Methodology 38
Ask the analyst 38
Datamonitor consulting 38
Disclaimer 38

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Table 1: ALM Decision Matrix* 5
Table 2: ALM Decision Matrix - vendor scores summary 34


Figure 1: ALM decision matrix* 4
Figure 2: Market Leaders analysis: Technology 9
Figure 3: Market Leaders analysis: user sentiment 11
Figure 4: Market Leaders analysis: market impact 13
Figure 5: The Aldon ALM Radars 15
Figure 6: The Borland ALM Radars 17
Figure 7: CA ALM Radars 19
Figure 8: Compuware ALM Radars 21
Figure 9: HP ALM Radars 23
Figure 10: IBM ALM Radars 25
Figure 11: Microsoft ALM Radars 27
Figure 12: Serena ALM Radars 29
Figure 13: MKS ALM Radars 31
Figure 14: Polarion ALM Radars 32

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