OpenText • Application lifecycle management
Core Software Delivery Platform is OpenText's strategy-to-execution SaaS platform, formerly sold as ValueEdge and strategic portfolio, project and portfolio management, value-stream management, test management, automation, performance, application observability, and release dashboards in one product. Merito runs the consolidation.
Merito sells OpenText Core Software Delivery Platform (formerly ValueEdge) and delivers consolidation rollouts onto one SaaS spine covering strategic and project portfolio management, value-stream management, test management, automation, performance, application observability, and release dashboards.
What it is
OpenText Core Software Delivery Platform is OpenText's cloud-native strategy-to-execution platform, sold under the ValueEdge name until OpenText rebranded it. The product bundles strategic portfolio management, project and portfolio management, value-stream management, test management, automation orchestration, performance result aggregation, application observability, and release dashboards into a single SaaS experience.
Core SDP is the consolidation target for fragmented OpenText footprints and ALM, Quality Center, and ALM Octane on the QA side; on-prem PPM footprints on the portfolio side; standalone value-stream and observability tools on the delivery-governance side. The thesis is that strategy, portfolio, value stream, and execution governance live on one platform instead of three or four.
Consolidating onto Core SDP is not a rip-and-replace. Merito plans the migration in waves, prioritizing the projects whose move produces the most governance savings first, and keeps the legacy tools in place as read-only references until the new structure is proven. The standalone OpenText PPM product remains the right call for customers with deep on-prem IT financial management requirements; Core SDP's portfolio surface is the cloud-native option for programs whose portfolio scope is integrated with the delivery layer.
Ideal use cases
What it is best at
Strategic portfolio, PPM, value-stream management, test management, automation orchestration, performance, observability, and release dashboards live in the same platform. Customers do not buy a separate tool for each layer.
Multi-tenant workspaces, project hierarchies, and role-based access are designed for programs with hundreds or thousands of users spanning PMO, QA, automation, performance, and release governance.
Functional Testing, Performance Engineering, Software Delivery Management, and DevOps Aviator report into the same Core SDP surface instead of splintered dashboards.
Core capabilities
Strategic portfolio, project and portfolio management, and value-stream layers in the same SaaS tenant as the QA layer.
Strategic portfolio management
OKRs, investment planning, scenario modeling, and capacity views connecting strategy to execution.
Project and portfolio management
Demand intake, stage-gate approvals, project execution, and financial tracking integrated with the delivery layer.
Value-stream management
Flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, work-in-progress) and Flow Framework patterns across delivery programs.
Application observability
Service-level signals tied to release outcomes for delivery-impact analysis.
Test case authoring, traceability, and execution tracking for enterprise QA.
Test authoring and hierarchy
Project-scoped test structures, reusable steps, and coverage against requirements.
Requirement and defect traceability
Two-way links between requirements, tests, runs, and defects for audit evidence.
Execution dashboards
Pass, fail, and blocked counts rolled up by release, sprint, project, or business unit.
Tests authored in any tool report into Core SDP for a single source of truth.
OpenText Functional Testing integration
Native runs from Functional Testing, Functional Testing for Developers, and Functional Testing Lab.
Third-party automation
Results from Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and JUnit consumed through standard APIs.
CI/CD triggers
Runs triggered and reported from Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
Release readiness, cycle time, and value-stream metrics across delivery programs.
Release readiness dashboards
Test pass rates, defect trends, and performance signals consolidated per release candidate.
Cycle-time and throughput metrics
Value-stream reporting across QA, release, and delivery teams.
Aviator-generated narratives
With DevOps Aviator, Core SDP produces AI-drafted release narratives reviewed by humans.
Where it fits in the stack
Deployment and implementation
Licensing and packaging
Core SDP Standard
Test management, automation orchestration, and release dashboards for a QA program.
Best for: Customers consolidating onto one QA spine.
Core SDP with Performance
Standard plus Core Performance Engineering results consolidated in the same tenant.
Best for: Programs consolidating functional and performance QA.
Core SDP with Aviator
Standard plus DevOps Aviator AI layer for test generation, defect clustering, and release narratives.
Best for: Programs adopting AI inside governance ceremonies.
Merito services
Merito sells licenses and the delivery work around them. Pick the service that matches where you are in the lifecycle.
Wave-based migration from ALM, Quality Center, and ALM Octane onto one Core SDP tenant.
Explore service02On-prem ALM / Quality Center to Core SDP SaaS, including data cleanup and cutover.
Explore service03Core SDP wired into CI/CD pipelines for release gating and governance.
Explore service04Named engineer, priority SLAs, and release-time coverage for Core SDP in production.
Explore service05Long-term run support for Core SDP after the consolidation cutover.
Explore service06Role-based training for QA leads, test authors, automation engineers, and release managers.
Explore service07Merito-placed Core SDP administrators and test leads for long-running programs.
Explore serviceCore SDP licensing
Merito sells OpenText Core Software Delivery Platform and delivers the wave-based migration from ALM, Quality Center, and ALM Octane onto one SaaS spine.
Merito point of view
Merito has seen customers buy Core SDP as a SaaS replacement for ALM and expect the migration to be a vendor self-service exercise. It is not. The decision about which projects move first, what gets archived, and how defect history is preserved drives the actual success of the transition. That work sits outside the product.
Merito recommends wave-based migration where we move the projects whose consolidation produces the most governance savings first, keep the legacy ALM or Quality Center tenants read-only as fallback references, and only sunset them after the new structure has carried a full release cycle without drift.
Adding DevOps Aviator early is the point. Merito wires Aviator in as soon as possible so the program shows AI-assisted lift (test generation, defect clustering, release narratives) from the first ceremony, not after a multi-quarter wait. Cleaning the data layer happens alongside Aviator adoption rather than gating it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Consultation request
Share which legacy ALM, Quality Center, ALM Octane, or on-prem PPM footprints you run today. A Merito Core SDP specialist follows up within one business day.
Wave-based migration
Merito prioritizes projects whose consolidation produces the most governance savings first, so early waves pay for the program.
Legacy stays read-only
Legacy ALM and Quality Center tenants stay read-only until the first full release cycle on Core SDP is complete.
Next step
A Merito Core SDP engagement kicks off with an inventory of your existing ALM, Quality Center, and ALM Octane footprints and a wave plan that prioritizes governance savings.