Wave Report

The Forrester Wave™: Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012

IBM, Rally Software, PTC, CollabNet, Microsoft, And Serena Software Lead The Pack, With HP, Atlassian, And Rocket Aldon Following

October 23rd, 2012
Tom Grant, Ph.D., null
Tom Grant, Ph.D.
With contributor:
Kyle McNabb

Summary

In Forrester's 116-criteria evaluation of application life-cycle management (ALM) vendors, we identified the nine most significant software providers in the category — Atlassian, CollabNet, HP, IBM, Microsoft, PTC, Rally Software, Rocket Aldon, and Serena Software — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report details our findings about how well each vendor fulfills our criteria and where they stand in relation to each other to help application development and delivery professionals select the right partner for their software-fueled business innovation efforts.

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