Delivering a continuous flow of value requires state-of-the-art tools. Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 is the comprehensive ALM offering for organizations developing and operating highly scalable software applications and services. Embracing and enabling emerging IT solution trends such as the Consumerization of IT and Mobile workforce enablement require striking a fine balance between operational excellence and delivering innovative value through rich applications and connected device experiences. Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 is the all-encompassing team development offering of choice to empower organizations in meeting such demands. Architecture discovery and validation tools enable teams to maintain a high degree of architectural integrity and efficiently manage technical debt. Quality of Service testing tools helps proactively validate the scalability of software applications and services in meeting the target scaling requirements. Incident management and production debugging seamlessly integrate development and operations teams in releasing, monitoring and maintaining applications in production.