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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.de/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="33392" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.de/ibb/en/xml-course/opentext-alm110" lastchanged="2025-07-29T12:18:23+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.de/ibb/en/xml-courses"><title>ALM Octane Fundamentals</title><productcode>ALM110</productcode><vendorcode>MF</vendorcode><vendorname>OpenText</vendorname><fullproductcode>MF-ALM110</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;On completion of this course, participants should be able to:
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&lt;li&gt;Summarize what ALM Octane is and where it fits in your project lifecycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Differentiate ALM Octane from traditional ALM (ALM.NET)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the various features and functionalities available with ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how ALM Octane helps in Agile methodology by supporting velocity without compromising quality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how ALM Octane is integrated with many tools, helping to implement DevOps, and providing comprehensive endto-end control of the lifecycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform administration tasks at a basic level on the ALM Octane platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:
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&lt;li&gt;Basic knowledge of the Agile process&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand basic testing concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><contents>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Module 1: Course Overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 2: Introduction to ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 3: Project Management Flow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 4: Backlog Management and Release Quality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 5: Planning a Release&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 6: Managing the Team Backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 7: Testing Flows in ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 8: Managing Defects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 9: Agile Development Flow in ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 10: My Work Page&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 11: DevOps Main Flow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 12: Working with Pipelines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 13: ALM Octane Dashboards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Module 14: ALM Octane Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;h5&gt;Module 1: Course Overview&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the daily classroom schedule and structure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review the overall course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 2: Introduction to ALM Octane&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the ALM Octane lifecycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Log in to ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the different modules in ValueEdge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 3: Project Management Flow&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create a space, workspace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build a backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set up releases, teams, and user&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan a release Track progress&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze and monitor release quality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View Workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 4: Backlog Management and Release Quality&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define ALM Octane backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the backlog cycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain backlog entities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build product backlogs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create the backlog tree&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add user stories and quality stories to the backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rank the backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rank the backlog items subsets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 5: Planning a Release&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify release planning prerequisites&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build a release backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assign backlog items to individual team members&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Move stories to another release&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Balance release and sprint workloads&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Module 6: Managing the Team Backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Break stories into tasks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assign stories using team member buckets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Track team progress&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work on your stories&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 7: Testing Flows in ALM Octane&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe and Create an Application Module&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Summarize the manual testing flow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe manual and Gherkin tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create tests: Manual, Gherkin, Test Suite&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run manual tests, Gherkin tests, and test suites&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan test runs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Report defects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Save and compare versions of test scripts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add and run automated tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 8: Managing Defects&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Report defects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fix defects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor defects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze product quality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 9: Agile Development Flow in ALM Octane&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Plan and create a workflow in the Agile model&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create backlogs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan releases and sprints&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create tasks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Track overall release progress&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add tests to backlog items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze test results&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with release&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 10: My Work Page&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify and view assigned items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View test runs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Advance the phase of an item&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Attach files to items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View item history&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 11: DevOps Main Flow&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ALM Octane Integrations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set up integration with a CI server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Obtain API access&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install the ALM Octane CI plugin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add a CI server to ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 12: Working with Pipelines&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe pipelines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how ALM Octane builds pipelines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Display pipelines in ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and configure pipelines in the Jenkins UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Edit the pipeline and configure pipeline steps in Jenkins&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run the pipeline from ALM Octane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View pipeline results&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 13: ALM Octane Dashboards&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe and use ALM Dashboards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Dashboards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and configure widgets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze overall quality in the Dashboard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 14: ALM Octane Administration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create workspaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create releases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add users&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create user-defined fields&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create forms&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create workflow phases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create business rules&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>On completion of this course, participants should be able to:



- Summarize what ALM Octane is and where it fits in your project lifecycle
- Differentiate ALM Octane from traditional ALM (ALM.NET)
- Describe the various features and functionalities available with ALM Octane
- Describe how ALM Octane helps in Agile methodology by supporting velocity without compromising quality
- Describe how ALM Octane is integrated with many tools, helping to implement DevOps, and providing comprehensive endto-end control of the lifecycle
- Perform administration tasks at a basic level on the ALM Octane platform</objective_plain><essentials_plain>To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:



- Basic knowledge of the Agile process
- Knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management
- Understand basic testing concepts</essentials_plain><contents_plain>- Module 1: Course Overview
- Module 2: Introduction to ALM Octane
- Module 3: Project Management Flow
- Module 4: Backlog Management and Release Quality
- Module 5: Planning a Release
- Module 6: Managing the Team Backlog
- Module 7: Testing Flows in ALM Octane
- Module 8: Managing Defects
- Module 9: Agile Development Flow in ALM Octane
- Module 10: My Work Page
- Module 11: DevOps Main Flow
- Module 12: Working with Pipelines
- Module 13: ALM Octane Dashboards
- Module 14: ALM Octane Administration</contents_plain><outline_plain>Module 1: Course Overview


- Explain the daily classroom schedule and structure
- Review the overall course objectives
Module 2: Introduction to ALM Octane


- Describe ALM Octane
- Explain the ALM Octane lifecycle
- Log in to ALM Octane
- Explain the different modules in ValueEdge
Module 3: Project Management Flow


- Create a space, workspace
- Build a backlog
- Set up releases, teams, and user
- Plan a release Track progress
- Analyze and monitor release quality
- View Workflow
Module 4: Backlog Management and Release Quality


- Define ALM Octane backlog
- Explain the backlog cycle
- Explain backlog entities
- Build product backlogs
- Create the backlog tree
- Add user stories and quality stories to the backlog
- Rank the backlog
- Rank the backlog items subsets
Module 5: Planning a Release


- Identify release planning prerequisites
- Build a release backlog
- Assign backlog items to individual team members
- Move stories to another release
- Balance release and sprint workloads

- Module 6: Managing the Team Backlog

- Break stories into tasks
- Assign stories using team member buckets
- Track team progress
- Work on your stories
Module 7: Testing Flows in ALM Octane


- Describe and Create an Application Module
- Summarize the manual testing flow
- Describe manual and Gherkin tests
- Create tests: Manual, Gherkin, Test Suite
- Run manual tests, Gherkin tests, and test suites
- Plan test runs
- Report defects
- Save and compare versions of test scripts
- Add and run automated tests
Module 8: Managing Defects


- Report defects
- Fix defects
- Monitor defects
- Analyze product quality
Module 9: Agile Development Flow in ALM Octane


- Plan and create a workflow in the Agile model
- Create backlogs
- Plan releases and sprints
- Create tasks
- Track overall release progress
- Add tests to backlog items
- Run tests
- Analyze test results
- Work with release
Module 10: My Work Page


- Identify and view assigned items
- View tests
- View test runs
- Advance the phase of an item
- Attach files to items
- View item history
Module 11: DevOps Main Flow


- ALM Octane Integrations
- Set up integration with a CI server
- Obtain API access
- Install the ALM Octane CI plugin
- Add a CI server to ALM Octane
Module 12: Working with Pipelines


- Describe pipelines
- Explain how ALM Octane builds pipelines
- Display pipelines in ALM Octane
- Create and configure pipelines in the Jenkins UI
- Edit the pipeline and configure pipeline steps in Jenkins
- Run the pipeline from ALM Octane
- View pipeline results
Module 13: ALM Octane Dashboards


- Describe and use ALM Dashboards
- Use Dashboards
- Create and configure widgets
- Analyze overall quality in the Dashboard
Module 14: ALM Octane Administration


- Create workspaces
- Create releases
- Create teams
- Add users
- Create user-defined fields
- Create forms
- Create workflow phases
- Create business rules</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2400.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>