ALM: User Guide

Enhancements created from requirements are shown on the development board, which reflects the lifecycle of requirement implementation. The development board is the analogue of the Story board from lightweight processes. The state of the development Backlog is presented visually here.

ALM includes its own development tracker, but you can use an integration scheme with an external development tracker. To do this, you must first configure integration with the required tracker. As a result, the following joint workflow can be implemented:

1. Enhancements are created in the way described above.
2. The integration mechanism automatically creates an Issue or other entities in the target tracker, copying the necessary information there: name, description, attached files, and so on. The Enhancement and the entity created in the external system are linked to each other, so you can easily move from one system to the other.
3. Estimation, planning, and execution are carried out in the external system.
4. The integration mechanism transfers changes from the external system into ALM, for example status, logged hours, comments, and so on.
5. As a result, the Enhancement in ALM moves automatically along its lifecycle, as if its execution were taking place inside ALM.