Dynamic Integration of ALM Tools for Agile Software Development
This addresses tool integration challenges for software developers, but it is incremental as it builds on existing concepts with a new implementation.
The paper tackles the problem of integrating tools and data across different domains in agile software development to improve efficiency and customization, resulting in a prototypical open platform with platform apps and a functionality store for community use.
The paper describes the need for and goals of tool-integration within software development processes. In particular we focus on agile software development but are not limited to. The integration of tools and data between the different domains of the process is essential for an efficient, effective and customized software development. We describe what the next steps in the pursuit of integration are and how major goals can be achieved. Beyond theoretical and architectural considerations we describe the prototypical implementation of an open platform approach. The paper introduces platform apps and a functionality store as general concepts to make apps and their functionalities available to the community. We describe the implementation of the approach and how it can be practically utilized. The description is based on one major use case and further steps are motivated by various other examples.