Controlling your outsourced application development with ALM : Put process in – take chaos out

Purpose – This paper examines application lifecycle management (ALM) and how it can benefit the outsourcing of application development. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint paper. Findings – ALM products address the critical development needs of developers, IT managers, and CIOs by allowing all to function in a cohesive distributed environment with outsourced components. Originality/value – The paper will be of interest to managers involved in the outsourcing of application development.