Kovair ALM Studio

Product Brochure

The Most Cost-effective Way to Manage

Software Products, Projects, Programs, and Portfolio
Single ALM Tool Repository for Multiple Solutions

HIGHLIGHTS
þ Complete ALM & PPM solutions in a single offering: Requirements, Test, Defects, Risk, Release, Project & Portfolio
Management
þ 100% Web-based for global access without any client software
þ Support for different methodologies like Waterfall, Scrum and Kanban
þ Configurable workflow processes and policy engines for routing, reviews and approvals
þ Automated notifications at every actionable stage eliminating manual handoffs
þ Systematic project priority management for eliminating inefficiencies, automated workflows, ensures consistency in
product quality and cost reduction.
þ Multiple reporting options: Dashboards, Word, Excel and Crystal Reports, End-to-end traceability and real-time reporting
across project and portfolio items for total control on the release quality and timeline
þ Best-of-Breed ALM Tools integrations using Kovair Omnibus, a SOA- based Enterprise Service Bus, with third party tools.
 THE KOVAIR ALM STUDIO
The most cost effective way to implement your ALM-SDLC initiatives

Integration with Integration with

Modeling Automated Testing
Rational Software Modeler HP Quality Center
Rational Software Architect HP QuickTest Professional
Visual Studio Team System Architect Requirements Rational Functional Tester
Enterprise Architect Management Selenium

Test
Defect / Issue
Management
Management

Project
Kovair Kovair
Management
Omnibus Integration Omnibus Integration
Release Risk
Management Management

Document
Integration with Management Integration with
Configuration Management
IDEs
Git
Eclipse
Rational ClearCase, RTC
Rational Application Developer
Subversion
Visual Studio Team System Developer Achieve 30 - 35% gain on Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Product Cost and Quality

Requirements Management Integrated Test Management

Ÿ Requirements' capturing from MS Word & Excel, Text, Email, and
Web pages or Elicitation tools
Ÿ Rich text description and built-in modeling capability
Ÿ Versioning (version diagram, version comparison, branching &
merger of versions), cloning and reuse
Ÿ Automated and collaborative review/approval process
Ÿ Traceability between requirements & other entities: Hierarchical
Traceability Views, Traceability Matrix View, Traceability Network
Diagram
Ÿ Proactive & Reactive Impact Analysis
Ÿ Flexible views and filters: Multi-grouped hierarchy view and
document view
Ÿ Baselines and excel like batch update facility
Ÿ Document generation in various formats, including MS Word
Ÿ Generation of custom templates based PRD/MRD/SRS documents
Ÿ Graphical dashboards and Textual metrics for reporting
Ÿ Integration with other tools using Omnibus Integration Bus
Technology
Ÿ Performs both manual and automated testing from a single
interface
Ÿ Allows traceability of Test Cases with Requirements, Issues,
Defects and other artifacts
Ÿ Automate test scheduling and running Test Cases in batches
Ÿ Maintain multiple versions of test artifacts such as Test Plan, Test
Case, Test Scenario
Ÿ Automate defect capturing from failed Test Cases into Kovair or
other repository
Ÿ Get complete support for test automation through integrations with
tools like QTP & Selenium.
Ÿ Seamless bi-directional integration with HP QC, QTP, RQM, RFT,
MTM, Selenium, and Test Link
Ÿ Reflects results of automated scripts executed in tools like QTP &
Selenium
Ÿ Provides near real-time reports and dashboards reflecting status of
test cases
Ÿ Gain end-to-end traceability of test artifacts with other artifacts of
ALM

Solution Overview

Kovair ALM Studio is a comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) product that can provide all the development
functions from Requirements to Release with complete capabilities. This includes process workflow, project management,
reports/dashboards and 3rd party tools integrations.
The tool ensures that all developers are working from the same playbook, no matter where they are located, and that there are
no costly last minute surprises whether the project was developed in the office next door, or by a facility 10,000 miles and 10
time zones away. The result is a top-quality application that matches what the user asked for and complies with all internal and
external requirements.
For organizations, the tool provides a mechanism to incorporate defined processes and standards, helping them to build great
products or deliver great services – becoming CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) compliant.
Defect Management
Ÿ Real-time defect monitoring and increased predictability on quality
Ÿ Multiple options to capture issues
Ÿ Multiple reporting formats-release note, trends and graphical charts
Ÿ Issues prioritization (Triage) and escalation based on defect ageing
Ÿ Duplicate issues determination & linking
Ÿ Automatic creation of defects from failed test cases
Ÿ Many-to-many, single and bi-directional Traceability
Relations with proactive and reactive Impact
Analysis
Ÿ Designing, implementation & automation of
Change Management in relation to the
automated issue management process
Ÿ Bidirectional integration with JIRA,
Bugzilla, TFS, RTC, ClearQuest and other
tools
Risk Management
Ÿ Project level visibility of risk importance, type
and status
Ÿ View Options- Normal & Group, Tool tip, and
Traceability and flexible filters
Ÿ Dashboard & Reporting capabilities
Ÿ System pre-defined & custom forms to view risk details
Ÿ Risk details include risk description and, versions, version, process
& relation diagrams, mitigation plan based on preventive &
corrective actions, risk tracking, multi-edit operations and linked
issues-relation grid, etc.
Release Management
Ÿ Gives capability of managing different types of releases
Ÿ Provides the capacity of configuring and controlling the entire
release workflow
Ÿ Enables users to monitor the progress of the release on a real-time
basis
Ÿ Creates high quality Release Notes in a single click
Project and Portfolio Management
Kovair PPM with its built-in Application Lifecycle Management - ALM
capabilities builds an integrated PPM-ALM solution for organizations that
want to manage their enterprise portfolio, including program, projects, and
products from a single and centralized place. Kovair PPM and ALM
combined together provide an integrated work environment for managing
Project, Program, Portfolio, Requirements, Test Cases, Defects, Tasks,
Timesheets, Risks, Releases, Help Desk and IT operations – the end-to-
end support for governing product and project lifecycle.
Using the simplified top-down approach of Kovair PPM, program
managers and senior executives can align business strategies with
projects, establish total project capacity and decide on the most suitable,
cost-effective approach to deliver projects and programs and view cross
project reports and dashboards.
Solution Overview (contd.)
Ÿ All-in-one 100% web-based solution with no client-side software,
reducing support burden & TCO
Ÿ Supports multiple development methodologies – Waterfall, Agile,
Hybrid
Ÿ Process automation through configurable task based workflow
engine cutting across different tools
Ÿ Bus or Hub versus point-to-point integrations bringing considerable
savings in development and maintenance costs
Ÿ Customizable Integration Rules & Data Mapping independent of
Adapters — No rule hardcoded in the Adapter
KOVAIR ALM BENEFITS
Kovair ALM tools benefit both large and small companies:
Improve Project and Portfolio Performance
The integrated system of Kovair ALM-PPM enables managers to
establish standard evaluation and selection criteria for projects. It helps
you develop and optimize planning scenarios, communicate
investment decisions to cross-functional team heads and
monitor overall performance at product, project,
program, and portfolio level.
Support for Waterfall, Scrum and Kanban
Kovair ALM Studio helps organizations to
manage their application lifecycle using various
development methodologies under the same
platform. Based on the nature of the project,
organizations are forced to manage different
projects using different methodologies. In Kovair
ALM Studio, organizations can manage their
projects using waterfall, scrum and Kanban.
Drive Automated Workflow based Processes
Kovair's built-in graphical workflow designer and powerful
workflow engine provides the unique capability to define and
execute processes spanning across Kovair and multiple other tools.
An event occurring on a remote tool can trigger an activity in Kovair using
Kovair's policy engine. This in turn can modify the state of other tool's data
and trigger an intended action. The task based workflow engine
automatically generates tasks for teams based on user roles and required
activities in question.
Capture the Voice of the Customer - Product Management
Excellent customer input capturing system- A company can set up such a
system for both new product ideas and improvements to existing
products. This is made possible through Kovair's multiple capabilities of
capturing inputs, put through a well- defined Requirements Review
Process with the Kovair Omniprocess workflow.
Products Requirement Document- Product Management personnel can
review customer inputs and inputs received from other sources such as
Helpdesk, and create a Product Requirements Document in Word that
can be auto-generated in the Kovair ALM Studio.
Evaluate and Prioritize Requirements for Releases
Sound & logical decisions-Kovair's Requirements Ranking and What-if
Analysis capabilities for Release Management provide Product,
Marketing and Engineering Management groups with a very easy and
methodical way of analyzing release contents and making decisions that
are logic and payback-based rather than gut-based, which imparts
objectivity to decisions, fosters group harmony and improves the
outcome buy-in.
Ÿ Leverages existing tools investment for customers — no need to
rip and replace tools
Ÿ Synchronization of data and relations between lifecycle artifacts in
different tools
Ÿ Conflict Detection and Mediation
Ÿ Connects tools behind firewalls through SOA — needed for
globally distributed teams
Ÿ End-to-end project coverage, real-time status view, increased
transparency and release predictability
Increase Productivity
Speedy project completion -Formalized and automated ALM, and
Requirements reusability speed up project completion by 20 to 30%,
juxtaposed against ad hoc or manual requirements management.
Better Quality - No more “redos”
Capturing and sharing of the same version of the truth by globally located
developers vastly limit the design errors that go through the
implementation cycle, resulting in:
Reduced testing time -There is almost no need for reworking of the
application after system testing
Reduced labor cost -Total project labor cost is saved by 10-20%
Real-time Metrics and Cross Tool Data Analytics
Kovair ALM assists managers take critical business decisions using real-
time reports and custom dashboards. Kovair allows creating as many as
nine different types of graphical and non-graphical reports. Kovair's
reporting engine collects data from different tools and represent them in
graphical and non-graphical format. Clicking the dashboards or reports
would automatically retrieve all the latest updates and present the data
set pertaining to the template defined.
Manage Regulatory Compliance Automatically
With 100% backwards and forwards traceability, regulatory compliance is
automatically ensured by Kovair ALM Studio.

Better team collaboration and communication

A shared, single, web-based, and global collaborative platform prevents
errors as:
Ÿ Distributed teams work with the same specifications
Ÿ Anyone with the appropriate permission can make changes with
automatic notifications sent out to other team members

The Kovair Omnibus Integration tool offers an open and seamless integration with 3rd party application development and IT tools from popular vendors
like HP, IBM, Microsoft, JIRA Atlassian, CA, BMC as well as Open sources to provide customers a wide range of solutions. It includes all essential ALM
services, such as collaboration, traceability, process automation, security, real-time reporting and analytics built on a single repository.

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