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What’s New in ALM – Enhancing your team’s efforts

to deliver amazing AppsSeptember 27, 2017

Oren Ziv

Sr. Product Manager

Micro Focus

Today’s Speakers:

Collin Chau

Global Senior Product Mgr

Micro Focus

Esther Balestrieri

Product Marketing Mgr

Micro Focus

What’s New in ALM –

Enhancing your team’s efforts

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What’s New in ALM/QC ?Enhancing your team’s efforts to deliver amazing Apps

Oren Ziv - Sr. Product Manager, QC/ALM

Esther Balestrieri - Sr. Product Marketing Manager, ADM

Collin Chau – Sr. Product Marketing Manager, ADM

September 27, 2017

Agenda

Welcome to Micro Focus!

ALM/QC and ALM Octane –Hybrid application development

ALM/QC 12.55 – What’s new and Demo

ALM Octane 12.55 – What’s new

Conclusion

ALM / QualityCenter

Managing hybrid application development

Start with CORE IT

Waterfall Development

Independent QA

Manual and Automated tests

Traditional requirements

Customized heavy workflow

Long Release cycles

Transform to AGILE

Water-Scrum-Fall methodology

QA is closer to Dev

Shifting to test automation

Requirements linked to Agile

Re-Iterative app development,

Shorter release cycles

Evolve to FLUID IT

Completely Agile

Dev & QA are one team

Continuous test automation

100% Agile Requirements

Lean workflows

Faster, Daily Releases

ALM / QualityCenter

ALM / QC 12.55What’s new?

Test Board

View and run all your tests from a single location!

• Test Instance flat view –e.g.: filter “My Tests”

• Dynamic information on the folder’s level

• Execution from one place

• Work balancing

• Aggregation of all Test Instances

• Smart Filtering & Grouping

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Filter / Group

Folder’s level aggregation

Run

Accelerate Team Collaboration with MS Skype for Business

• See availability of stakeholders

• 1:1 chat

• Group chat

• Context URLs

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Quickly engage with stakeholders.

Collaborate though the ALM process!

Activation:SKYPE_INTEGRATION_ENABLED = Y

Export LARGE project files (QCP)

Current limitations:

- Export QCP files <=4GB overall (DB + Repository)

- Import on same version only

New: Export QCP files > 4 GB

- Projects transition between servers (Same version)

- Project backup

- Project parking (archiving)

- DB type exchange (MS SQL <-> Oracle)

Enables future development: upgrade through QCP

ALM/QC & ALM Octane License Sharing

ALM license sharing with ALM Octane Enterprise

- Also available on ALM 12.21p05 and 12.53+hotfix

Coming early 2018: QC Enterprise license sharing with ALM Octane Pro

AGM license sharing with ALM Octane Pro

ALM Octane

Login (ALM QC client type)

Login

ALM QC (.NET)

Login (Octane

client type)

Login (ALM QC client type)

Own ALM? Get ALM Octane for free!

https://octane-help.saas.hpe.com/en/12.55.6/Online/Content/AdminGuide/how_manage_licenses.htm#hp-minitoc-item-5

ALM on AWS

DB: Amazon

RDS

Repository:Amazon

EFS

User

User

Mail service: Amazon SES

Load Balancer:Amazon

ELB

ALM server nodes:

Amazon EC2s

AWS is now certified* with the following features

- EC2

- EFS

- RDS (Oracle)

- SES (SMTP)

- Elastic Load Balancing (Classic)

* Full details and scope: http://alm-help.saas.hpe.com/specs/alm-qc-system-requirements.htm

Enhanced Technology Support

Windows Server 2016

MS SQL Server 2016

Microsoft IIS 10

Localization: English + 9 Languages

Windows 10 Creators update (build 1703) – requires a hotfix provided by Microsoft (64 bit).

Customer Focused Requests: Security and compliance

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•Secure email configuration (SMTP over SSL)

• History kept for Attachment activities (Audit)

Customer Focused Requests: Usability Features

• Full user name as a tooltip

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• Called test name shown in report

Customer Focused Requests: Workflow Enhancement

• Get all selected items - AllTreesSelection for main tree and sub tree (e.g. selected TestSets+ TestInstances)

http://alm-help.saas.hpe.com/en/12.55/online_help/Content/Admin/wf_objects_AllTreesSelection_obj.htm

ALM e-SignatureQuickStart Project

A FREE QuickStart project for Defects governance.

Meet regulatory compliance with electronic signature capabilities for ALM/QC*.

Significant reduction in time and costs associated with managing a paper-based process

Entire solution and other modules are provided by Micro Focus Software Services

Download solution from Marketplace

For more details and full solution contact PS: ESignatureSupportTeam@hpe.com

https://software.microfocus.com/software/alm-consulting-serviceshttps://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA6-3534ENW.pdf

* This project provides partial coverage for compliance requirements.Meet the full compliance with the entire ALM e-Signature solution.

ALM isn’t coming alone…

What’s New?

ALM’s complementary tools

• Manual Test execution for physical / non pure-SW environments – “things”• Connected appliances, Embedded, HW• Automotive and Aerospace• Isolated labs and Pharma• Vendor’s site test

• Run Manual Tests offline• Testing without connectivity

• Run Manual Tests online

• Report Defects online / offline

• It’s Mobile

• It’s Simple!• An intuitive and simple user interface• A one click installation with no admin requirements

(no ALM client installation)

Quality of Things (QoT)

QoT 1.3

DOWNLOAD QoTWindows + Android:https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/alm-quality-of-things-qot

• ALM Versions:• ALM 12.21 patch 2• ALM 12.5x• ALM on SaaS

• Client Operating system:• Windows 7• Windows 8.1• Windows 10• Android 5.0• Android 5.1• Android 6.0

• Supported Screen Resolutions• 1366x768• 1280x768• 1024x768

Test Step Details and

results

Online / Offline

Quickly select a step’s status by a

finger swipe

QoT – Test Run

Report a new Defect

What’s NEW on QoT 1.3

Capture images by device camera (Android)

Display Images in Memo fields

Supporting Windows 10 and Android 6.0

Parallel download / upload

Link a Run to an existing defect

Default configuration and default values per user (Defects and Runs)

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Capture a photo using

device’s camera

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Display images inline with text

Enhanced configuration

ALM Synchronizer 12.55

• Jira 7.3.x and 7.4.x

• TFS and VSTS 2017*

• Change PostgreSQL DB password

• Ignore HTML Format (ALM REST Adaptor)

• SSO (ALM 14 SaaS)

* See KB here.

• Already in 12.53SP2:

• RTC 6

• Jira 7.3.3

SDK

New Location for System Requirements:http://alm-help.saas.hpe.com/specs/alm-synchronizer-system-requirements.htm

Cross project

Quickly get search results and link into

ALM

Item Preview

Filter by• Multiple fields• Dates

Download https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/alm-global-search

Simple deployment and installation!ALM Global Search

Global Search 12.55 - Enhancements

• Filter results visually by multiple fields

• Hierarchical fields -Suggested values in a tree structure

• Did you mean?

Download from: https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/alm-global-search

ALM 12.55 – More Value, No Upgrade*!

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Test BoardCollaboration with Skype for

Business

Octane License Sharing

Export LARGE project files

(QCP)

AWS Support*HPE Rebrand +

Look & FeelQoT 1.3

Synchronizer Enhancements

* From versions 12.5x

ALM Octane 12.55 (CP4)What’s new?

ALM Octane. Rapid delivery of quality apps at scale

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ALIGN PROCESSES ANDMODERN TOOLS AT ENTERPRISE SCALE

FASTER, FREQUENT, AGILE APPLICATION

DELIVERY

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND

TESTING FOR QUALITY

Integrated ALM toolchain offering a single source of truth for traceability and visibility across the SDLC for enterprise governance and compliance.

Managing quality and test management of complex application portfoliosat enterprise scale, within a hybrid application development environment.

Unified lifecycle suite for quality and test managementWith insights and analytics for a single source of truth through ALM Octane as a data hub

Plan requirements and backlogs to setup projects for success across the Hybrid Application Development environment.

Integration into build pipeline for continuous quality with Agile and DevOps driven application development.

Visibility-Traceability with end-to-end reporting capabilities, to embrace choice in development pipeline with quality metrics.

Plan for Agile EnterpriseMethodology agnostic support

from team to program and Enterprise portfolio.

Build Quality into CodeTrace and integrate code

changes continuously into App Development Toolchain.

Test Continuously for QualityAccelerate Automated Testing Continuously for Quality in app

builds at enterprise scale.

Track Ent. Ready ProjectsComplete Quality Traceability from Requirements to Release

driven by quality metrics.

Modern test management of manual test and continuous automated test of application builds at enterprise scale.

PLAN Build Test Track

Why Team Agile does not mean Enterprise Agile

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ALM Octane ProEnterprise Ready - work at Scale with Business Processes for Governance-Compliance(Go beyond work item tracking to embrace choice in app development pipeline with visibility and traceability in lifecycle management)

Available on SaaS, On-Premise and Docker

ALM Octane EnterpriseEnterprise Agile – streamline Projects/Programs into a Large Solution seamlessly(Offer shared spaces customizations for Waterfall/Agile projects with cross workspace reporting and portfolio dashboards)

Plan for Agile EnterpriseMethodology agnostic support

from team to program and Enterprise portfolio.

Build Quality into CodeTrace and integrate code

changes continuously into App Development Toolchain.

Test Continuously for QualityAccelerate Automated Testing Continuously for Quality in app

builds at enterprise scale.

Track Ent. Ready ProjectsComplete Quality Traceability from Requirements to Release

driven by quality metrics.

PLAN Build Test Track

Plan Build Test TrackPlan requirements and

backlogs to setup projects for success across the Hybrid App

Development environment.

Integration into build pipeline for continuous quality with Agile and

DevOps driven app dev.

Visibility-Traceability with end-to-end reporting capabilities,

to embrace choice in dev pipeline with quality metrics.

Ent. ReadyEnterprise ready platform built

for enterprise scale and business processes for

governance and compliance.

Modern test management of manual test and continuous

automated test of application builds at enterprise scale.

EXTRA! With ALM Octane Content Pack releases

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Release Planning Backlog management Requirements Team Capacity Planning Task & Story Boards Collaboration- ChatOps

Build Pipeline – Jenkins, Bamboo and TeamCity

Custom Pipelines

IDE Plugin

Build Analytics-Predictive

Embedded Git

Quality Module

Defects Module

Acceptance Tests

Automated Test Quality via CI pipeline

Gherkin – BDD support

Dashboard Module

Traceability across lifecycle entities

Tags and Filters

‘My work’ – Personalized Homepage

Enterprise Permissions and Roles

Visual Workflow engine

REST API & SDKs

Versioning

ALM Synchronizer

NEW!- Requirements Module

to Author/Manage in clear word syntax

- AGM parity with Agile Planning Enhancements (Team Velocity graphs, Split Stories/Features in Backlog)

NEW!- CI integrations via a

redesigned Pipeline to support Build Analytics.

- DevOps integrations and ecosystem support with Eclipse and IntelliJ IDE plugin and ChatOps Slack Collaboration.

NEW!- Modern Test Mngt to

configure UFT function using GIT as SCM, to link into CI pipeline to Octane Quality module (features)

- Ready for Automation by managing Manual to Test Automation from IDE

NEW!- ALM Octane Synch

upgrade (requirements. defects to stories/features

- Continued Test API productization OOTB

- Language localization- Improved MY Work

filters and to follow entities

NEW!- Single source of truth.

Link Quality Module and push ALM test results via ALM Test Results Collection Tool of quality metrics.

Join our R&D Design Partnership Programs!

• Be part of our plans and design

• Get early access to products and features

• Get a direct access to R&D on new features / products!

alm.dpp@microfocus.com

ALM/QC The journey continues!

• Support for hybrid development environments

• Continued innovation• You already own ALM Octane• Stay tuned for more on ALM

Miro Focus ALM Resources What's New in ALM 12.55

Details on license sharing between ALM/QC and ALM Octane

AppDelivery Marketplace - Get the latest content and product add-ons including:

- QoT

- Global Search (for instructions visit How to Globally Search ALM Data)

ALM Software downloads

Software Entitlements Portal

Join our ALM/QC and ALM Octane Community and All About the Apps blog

Octane Webinar Micro Focus ALM Octane Enterprise

Try ALM Octane: https://software.microfocus.com/signup/try/alm-octane

Try ALM: https://software.microfocus.com/signup/try/alm-software

Try QC: https://software.microfocus.com/signup/try/quality-center

Q&A

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Thank you.

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esther.balestrieri@microfocus.com oren.ziv@microfocus.comcollin.chau@microfocus.com

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