</noinclude> MKS Integrity is a software product from MKS Inc. that provides application lifecycle management (ALM) capabilities spanning requirements management, software change and configuration management, test management and release management disciplines. Distinguishing features MKS Integrity has capabilities for each of the ALM disciplines on top of a single platform rather than a series of distinct tools integrated into each other. Also supported are Software product lines are reuse at the object level. Standards supported Integrity supports Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi), Service Oriented Architecture(SOA), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Requirements Interchange Format (RIF). Shortcomings An important part of ALM is software modeling or Model-driven engineering. As of 2009, Integrity has no capabilities in this area. Competitors Other tools in this general space include Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, Borland Management Studio, Serena Software, and IBM with RUP and IBM Jazz. Release History * MKS Integrity Solution 4.0 - July 2001 * MKS Integrity Solution 4.1 - December 2001 * MKS Integrity Solution 4.2 - September 2002 * MKS Integrity Solution 4.3 - May 2003 * MKS Integrity Solution 4.6 - June 2004 * MKS Integrity Suite 2005 - February 2005 * MKS Integrity 2006 - April 2006 * MKS Integrity 2007 - July 2007 * MKS Integrity 2009 - July 2009
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