Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) refers to integrating, coordinating, and managing all phases of the software delivery process, from development through deployment. ALM provides predefined processes and tools for definition, design, development, testing, deployment, and management. OpKey integration with the ALM tool QC can increase speed and quality by improving automation and enabling better visibility and collaboration. This is done by mapping business flows in OpKey to test plans in QC, creating business flow suites to execute the mapped flows, and providing end-to-end coverage reports of executions to facilitate planning and tracking defects.

1. Application Lifecycle Management
Abbreviated as ALM, Application Lifecycle Management refers to the capability to integrate,
coordinate and manage the different phases of the software delivery process. From development
to deployment, ALM is a set of pre-defined process and tools that include definition, design,
development, testing, deployment and management. Throughout the ALM process, each of these
steps are closely monitored and controlled.
Some ALM Tools are QC, JIRA
We are going to take QC for the integration as an example.
OpKey Integration with ALM Tool QC
OpKey integration with ALM Tool QC will increase your speed and quality of delivery through
improved automation and enabling of better organizational visibility and collaboration.
Why Needed:
In QC we have test labs in which test plans are created. These test plans are like a manual which
specifies the steps to be followed to test any product. So to execute these test plans either a
person is needed to execute them manually or we have to attach a script with that test plan to
execute it. Ex. QTP. In OpKey Test plans are integrated with Business flows for getting end to
end coverage report.
That’s why we need OpKey to integrate with ALM Tool QC so that we can
Provide end to end coverage report of execution
Increase visibility and collaboration
Planning and tracking defects which appear during manual execution and automated
execution become feasible and easier.
How does it Works:
Provide configuration settings for QC
Map business flows created in OpKey with the test plans which are created in QC
Create Business Flow Suits by adding BFs after filtering BFs on the basis of fetched
properties of QC to prepare it for execution
Note: firstly we will install TDConnect on the system to connect with QC.

2. Step1- Provide configuration settings for QC
In OpKey we have External Tool Management in Admin Menu from where we will
provide the settings for connecting OpKey with QC after clicking on settings icon.
Here , we specifies the details which are required to be connected with QC
Connection URL: Here the URL will be provided for connecting with QC at the host address
specified in this URL
Domain: Specify the domain in which our project exists in QC
Project Name: Specify name of the project to be connected
User Name and Password for connecting with the specified project
Connection Timeout: maximum amount of time for which OpKey will try to connect with
QC.

3. Now, Test connection and save the settings.
Select the category of test management for QC Extension with OpKey.
Then Save the settings.
Step3 – Map business flows created in OpKey with the test plans which are created
in QC
 Click on the Map business flow button for mapping that BF with test plans of QC
 Provide the QC folder path whose test plan is required to map and press ok

4.  The QC tree will be appeared then select the test plan and press ok for mapping.

5.  It will fetch QC properties of that test plan in Opkey, which can be seen in a dock panel
in that BF
Step4 – Create Business Flow Suits by adding BFs after filtering BFs on the basis of fetched
properties of QC to prepare it for execution
 Select ALM type for filtering BFs
 Select any property in the dropdown list on the basis of which BFs are to be filtered
 Select any property value and press enter
 All the corresponding flows will be selected
 Click on add button so that selected BFs can be added in the BFS in one click
 Now we can save and execute our BFS to get the result for particular test plan

6. After executing the Business Flow Suite which is created corresponding to a test plan will
provide an end to end coverage report. Using this report we can plan and track the defects
of test plans easily. And also it increases the visibility and collaboration.