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

Publication Date	October 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	37
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT07906

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Summary

Introduction

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.

Scope

Provides an overview of the most important trends affecting the ALM market.
Delivers an overall comparison of ALM vendors in terms of technology strength, user perception and market impact.
Presents a detailed view of each vendor's ALM solutions, together with advice on the suitability of these offerings to end users.
The report covers the following vendors: Aldon, Borland, CA, Compuware, HP, IBM, Microsoft, MKS, Polarion, and Serena.

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.

Reasons to Purchase

Gain detailed knowledge of ALM vendors' strengths with regards to technology, user sentiment and market impact.
ALM vendors can benchmark their own performance in various key criteria against their competitors.
Enterprise IT managers will gain valuable insight to improve their ALM purchasing decisions.

Content

Datamonitor View
Catalyst
Summary
Market Developments
- The ALM market is consolidating in more than one direction
- ALM Decision Matrix
- Market Leaders: IBM, Borland and Microsoft
- The Challengers: HP and CA
- The aspirants: Aldon, Compuware, MKS, Polarion and Serena
- Market Dynamics: Leaders, Challengers and Aspirants
- Technology Definitions
- Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Requirements Management (RM)
- Change and Configuration Management (CCM)
- Model-driven Development (MDD)
- Build, Deploy and Release Management (BRM)
- Test Management (TM)
- Application Performance Management (APM)
Market Leaders
- Market Leaders: Technology
- Market Leaders: User Sentiment
- Market Leaders: Impact
Vendor Analysis
- Aldon: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Explore
- Borland: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Shortlist
- CA: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Consider
- Compuware: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Explore
- HP: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Consider
- IBM: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Shortlist
- Microsoft: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Shortlist
- Serena: ALM Radars
- Recommendation: Explore
- MKS: ALM Radars
- Polarion: ALM Radars
- Web service capabilities will increasingly figure as an important factor in market success
- The ALM market is poised to heat up with the entry of newer players
Appendix
- Summary scores
- Datamonitor Ratings
- Extended Methodology
- Technology
- User Sentiment
- Market Impact
- Methodology
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
List of Tables
- Table 1: ALM Decision Matrix*
- Table 2: ALM Decision Matrix - vendor scores summary
List of Figures
- Figure 1: ALM decision matrix*
- Figure 2: Market Leaders analysis: Technology
- Figure 3: Market Leaders analysis: user sentiment
- Figure 4: Market Leaders analysis: market impact
- Figure 5: The Aldon ALM Radars
- Figure 6: The Borland ALM Radars
- Figure 7: CA ALM Radars
- Figure 8: Compuware ALM Radars
- Figure 9: HP ALM Radars
- Figure 10: IBM ALM Radars
- Figure 11: Microsoft ALM Radars
- Figure 12: Serena ALM Radars
- Figure 13: MKS ALM Radars
- Figure 14: Polarion ALM Radars