Borland Solutions for the Application Lifecycle
Borland delivers application development organizations best-of-breed solutions that address the complete application lifecycle. In doing so, Borland is helping organizations achieve Software Delivery Optimization, aligning the people, processes, and technology required to maximize the business value of software—transforming software development from an art form into a managed business process.
Borland solutions are aimed at each phase of the application delivery lifecycle – define, design, develop, and test – with an integrated platform aligning core functionality for the specific roles within the application lifecycle – analyst, architect, developer, and tester. This comprehensive offering, addressing the broadest set of application delivery capabilities, uniquely positions Borland to help align software development organizations with the goals of the enterprise.
Role-based, Process-centric ALM Solutions
Complex systems, changing business objectives, and distributed teams – all point to the need for a solution that minimizes risk by transforming software development into a managed business process. Borland Core™ SDP is a process- and roles-centric platform for application lifecycle management, enabling IT organizations to transform their software development into a managed business process. Role-optimized solutions tightly integrated into a common platform deliver control and visibility at each step of the application lifecycle while ensuring constant alignment with overall business objectives through connected software delivery processes.
Borland Core SDP extends ALM functionality for analysts, architects, developers, and testers into an integrated, role-based platform, achieving:
- Increased control: Enables software to be developed on time, on budget, and within scope with integrated flexible, automated, and customized workflows.
- Increased visibility: Streamlined cross-role information flow for collaboration with real-time project reports and visibility into artifacts upstream and downstream from roles.
- Increased efficiency: Automates routine tasks and creates custom processes to maximize individual and team productivity.
- Increased predictability: Reduces risk with a development process that delivers repeatable success. Embedded diagnostics, workflow integration, and visibility across roles help address errors early.
Phase-centric ALM Solutions
In more tightly aligning software delivery efforts with the goals of the overall enterprise, IT organizations must focus on managing the perennial constraints of delivering quality software within schedule, scope, and budget amidst constant change. No matter what type of application delivery is required, Borland has a solution designed for each phase of the application lifecycle. Whether deployed individually or as a multi-product suite, Borland’s ALM solutions optimize software organizations at each key phase of the application lifecycle – define, design, develop, and test.
- Define: Identify business requirements for critical software projects; align software deliverables with business goals; improve the predictability of your software delivery process.
- Design: Provide clear guidance for developers; maintain architectural standards and requirements while enforcing corporate application design patterns.
- Develop: Leverage best-in-class development capabilities to ensure applications are designed and built to standards and specifications.
- Test: Provide developers and QA professionals with application readiness tests for resolving issues early and to achieve release criteria for quality, performance, and reliability.
Role-based and phase-centric ALM solutions from Borland combine with consulting, education, and process optimization practices to address the needs of the software development organization. It is this combination of people, process, and technology that is helping to transform software delivery into a managed business process.