ALM/QC Version History

The ALM name came from Quality Center version 10."Quality Center v10 Premier Edition" to "Application Lifecycle Management v11" and "Quality Center v10 Enterprise Edition" to "Application Lifecycle Management v11 Quality Center Edition". below we see different versions .

1. TestDirector 1.52 - 1995
2. TestDirector 4.0 - 1997
3. TestDirector 6.01 - 1999
4. TestDirector 7.0i - 2000
5. TestDirector 7.2 - 2001
6. TestDirector 7.5 - 2002
7. TestDirector 7.6 - 2002
8. TestDirector 8.0 - 2003
9. Quality Center 8.0 - 2004
10. Quality Center 8.2 - 2004
11. Quality Center 9.0 - 2006
12. Quality Center 9.2 - 2007
13. Quality Center 10.0 - 2009

HP ALM/QC Edition Features by Comparison

Feature	HP ALM Essentials	HP QC Enterprise Edition	HP ALM	HP ALM Performance Center Edition
Release Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project Planning and Tracking	No	No	Yes	No
Risk Based Quality Management	No	Yes	Yes	No
Test Authoring and Execution	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Test Resources	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Test Configurations	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
HP Sprinter Integration	No	Yes	Yes	No
HP QTP/UFT Integration	No	Yes	Yes	No
Version Handling	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Baselines	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cross Project Customization	No	No	Yes	No

Why use Quality Center..?

ALM helps make project management, from requirements to deployment 

easier. It increases predictability and creates a framework to manage projects from a central repository.  With ALM you will be able to, rather easily:

1. Setup and track Releases and subsequent release-cycles
2. Create, organize and maintain Requirements & trace them to Tests
3. Create Tests and Test Steps
4. Organize tests into logical subsets
5. Schedule tests and execute them, linking to Releases
6. Collect results and analyze the data
7. Create, monitor and analyze defects
8. Track the progress of a project & Requirement Coverage
9. Collect & create customized reports for metrics
10. Integrate ALM with HP testing tools other third party tools for a complete automation experience