What is OpenText Application Quality Management?

Application Quality Management (AQM) is the current OpenText branding of the product most customers know as HPE ALM (previously Quality Center). It is the regulated QA product for programs with formal validation requirements and electronic signatures, immutable execution records, requirement traceability, and audit-ready evidence export.

Is AQM the same as Quality Center and HPE ALM?

Quality Center, HPE ALM and Micro Focus ALM are earlier names for the same product line, now sold as AQM. Existing customers move to AQM without losing test and defect history, under current OpenText licensing and support terms.

Should I move off AQM onto Core Software Delivery Platform?

Depends on regulatory scope. For unregulated portfolios, Core SDP could be the right consolidation target. For regulated portfolios, Merito typically recommends staying on AQM until Core SDP's regulated-workflow coverage matches AQM's depth. Hybrid programs often run AQM for regulated work and Core SDP for non-regulated work, with integration between the two.

Does AQM support 21 CFR Part 11?

Yes. AQM supports 21 CFR Part 11 electronic signature requirements, immutable execution records, and evidence export for FDA review. The audit-acceptance posture is known to regulators across pharma, medical devices, and life sciences.

How does AQM integrate with Jira and Azure Boards?

AQM has bi-directional defect and requirement sync with Jira and Azure Boards. Hybrid regulated-and-agile programs commonly run team-level work in Jira and use AQM as the regulated evidence layer above it. Merito configures the integration as part of the rollout.

AQM is a subscription with user-tier packaging and volume bands. Price moves with user count by tier, deployment shape (on-prem, BYOC or SaaS) and add-ons such as Business Process Testing and Performance integration. Whether you are starting a regulated program or renewing Quality Center or ALM licenses, Merito can put AQM on one quote with other OpenText DevOps products.

What Application Quality Management services does Merito provide?

The regulated workflow comes first, meaning defect lifecycle, electronic signature rules and evidence export, and Merito then configures AQM to enforce it. Quality Center migrations keep test, defect and execution history intact, and Jira integration lets agile teams keep their tracker. After go-live, Managed Services keeps the workflow current as regulations change.

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OpenText Application Quality Management

Application Quality Management is the regulated QA product carrying the Quality Center and ALM lineage into modern packaging.

Merito keeps the proven audit posture of Application Quality Management intact, migrating Quality Center test, defect and execution history and configuring the regulated workflow your auditors expect.

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How it rolls out

Hosting

Hybrid (North America, EMEA, APJ)

Implementation complexity

High

Typical time to value

A small regulated team can run a focused test plan within a week. With Merito-led workflow design, the first regulated project reaches production in three to five months, and audit-ready coverage takes six to nine months depending on regulatory scope.

Prerequisites

Defined regulated scope (21 CFR Part 11, SOX, DORA, or equivalent)
Named validation or compliance owner
Existing test assets and defect history for migration if upgrading from Quality Center
Workflow requirements documented (defect lifecycle, signature rules, evidence export)

What Merito usually handles

AQM runs on-prem, in customer-managed cloud (BYOC) or as SaaS, and the deployment shape follows the customer's regulated hosting rules. The work covers environment setup, workflow design, migration from Quality Center, electronic signature configuration, evidence export and audit preparation. Validation sign-off stays with the customer's compliance function, and day-to-day administration can move to Merito Managed Services or Staff Augmentation when needed.

How it is bought

Model

Subscription

What to expect

AQM is sold as a subscription in user tiers and volume bands, priced on users per tier, deployment shape and add-ons such as Performance integration and Business Process Testing. The Business Process Testing edition fits large regulated programs with long-running regression scope.

Editions and modules

AQM standard
Test management, requirement traceability, defect workflows, and execution evidence.
Best for: Regulated QA programs with formal validation requirements.
AQM with Business Process Testing
Standard plus Business Process Testing for reusable regression libraries.
Best for: Large regulated programs with long-running regression scope.

Common expansion areas

Additional user seats as adoption spreads across regulated projects
Business Process Testing for regression reuse

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Where OpenText Application Quality Management earns its seat

Audit-ready by design

Thirty years of regulated-industry deployment history

Defect and requirement discipline at enterprise scale

OpenText Application Quality Management capabilities, grouped by outcome

Test management and traceability

Regulated execution evidence

Defect and workflow management

How OpenText Application Quality Management connects to the rest of your landscape

OpenText DevOps catalog (native)

Identity and work trackers (certified)

Evidence export (custom)

How it rolls out

How it is bought

How Merito helps you win with OpenText Application Quality Management

AQM set up around the regulated workflow your auditors expect.

AQM keeps its seat because the audit posture is proven. Do not give that up lightly.

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