Nofsinger Consulting has decided to recommend that Sifers-Grayson invests in an Application Lifecycle Management tool. Based upon past experience with such recommendations, the Nofsinger team knows that it must be prepared for debate amongst the client’s managers and executives as to the relative merits of such tools.
To help your team prepare for the expected debate, you have been asked to write a 3 to 5 paragraph response to the question “Why does Sifers-Grayson need an Application Lifecycle Management tool?”
You should focus on the benefits of security-focused configuration management and implementation of access control / controlled disclosure of information about software requirements, designs, source code, executables, etc.
Provide in-text citations and references for 3 or more authoritative sources. Put the reference list at the end of your posting.