Seapine Software: Flexible ALM to Manage the Complex Product Development Phases

Code is alive; old applications are living and sucking up valuable computing resources and helpdesk time. Eventually, to keep pace with the business changes, legacy applications need to be updated—when they refuse to deliver the expected level of service. Revamping software applications over a period of several years is a complex task, and this is where ALM comes in to support and manage the application lifecycle, from cradle to grave. With a mission to help companies improve software quality, Seapine Software—a Mason, OH-based software and services company—provides process-centric Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions that include traceability, workflow automation, and project visibility. “Teams can now work with requirement documents, issues, and test runs from one modern, powerful web client,” comments Riccetti.

Seapine develops TestTrack, a suite of software products comprising testing tools, configurations, test-case, and requirement management to manage the full software development lifecycle with improved QA visibility. This centralized suite tracks almost everything that is involved in the software development process from feature requests and requirements to designing revisions and changes in code. It also keeps track of the complete testing data—the platform on which the test is performed, configuration, and the language tested.

Apart from this, TestTrack offers the ability to create, manage, and report on all work items and project artifacts within a unified TestTrack web client, thereby providing end-to-end traceability. With a clear knowledge that defects are addressed and linking the requirements, test plans, source code, and helpdesk in an integrated environment, the software development team can better manage the entire project lifecycle. Since every test case is running in one silo, users can make finding and updating data easier and more intuitive, ultimately gaining more visibility and better control over their process.TestTrack also features a no-compromise workflow engine that includes states, events, transitions, assignment rules, and escalation rules for clearly defining the development path in project artifacts at every stage.