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Top ALM Tools and Solutions Providers

A good application lifecycle management (ALM) package has software that is able to carefully manage and monitor all aspects of software development.  ALM...

3 replies - 2464 views - 10/21/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Danube's Michael James on Scrum Adoption

Scrum is beginning to emerge as an increasingly popular choice for organizations seeking to improve software quality, decrease time-to-market, and stay...

0 replies - 4551 views - 10/08/09 by lyndsey in Videos

Pair Programming - Dispelling the Conspiracy

Richard Stobart has written an excellent article over at ITWales.com that provides some very interesting perspectives on the practice of pair programming. ...

2 replies - 2969 views - 09/30/09 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Exclusive Interview: VP Sue McKinney on IBM's Agile Transformation

If there were ever any doubts about agile's ability to scale within large organizations, Sue McKinney might have some encouraging words of advice. The VP of...

0 replies - 4986 views - 09/24/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Exclusive Interview: IBM's Chief Agile Methodologist, Scott Ambler

In this interview, recorded at the recent Agile 2009 conference in Chicago, Scott Ambler, Chief Methodologist for Agile at IBM Rational, shares his findings...

0 replies - 7319 views - 09/18/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

The Software Sales Pitch - Choosing Wisely

It's a common tale:  Some business need arises for capability your IT department doesn't currently offer but there are multiple commercial alternatives...

5 replies - 2538 views - 02/10/09 by nerdguru in Articles

Improvement as a Developer

I was doing some thinking about areas where I’m lacking as a developer. There are many, but I’ll list a few here.Testing ImprovementsI think I’ve come a...

3 replies - 5201 views - 11/22/08 by Derek Young in Articles

Not Everyone Has the Same Definition of "Done"

Years ago I had an employee, let's call him Vanya (not the real name). He was struggling a bit so I was watching his work closely. Every week we discussed...

1 replies - 4321 views - 09/09/08 by steve.rowe in News

Secretaries Make the Best ScrumMasters

Okay... so my writing is slowing down again.

0 replies - 4605 views - 09/07/08 by mcottmeyer in News

Lean Software Development

While working in London for TrafficBroker I had the opportunity to try out Fred George's Lean process. To date, it's absolutely my favorite way to deliver...

0 replies - 5652 views - 08/26/08 by Jay Fields in News

The Never-Ending Debate of Specialist v. Generalist

Another DZone newsletter crosses my Inbox, and again I feel compelled to comment. Not so much in the uber-aggressive style of my previous attempt, since I find...

6 replies - 3342 views - 08/14/08 by Ted Neward in Articles

Jira MultiSite: Clustered Issue Tracking for Your Distributed Enterprise

With over 8000 customers, JIRA from Atlassian has quickly become the leading issue tracking and project management application of choice. But IT organizations...

0 replies - 2988 views - 08/10/08 by Matthew Schmidt in Videos

Tasktop for Eclipse - Get More out of Mylyn

The Tasktop Plug-ins for Eclipse extend the capabilities of Eclipse Mylyn to other aspects of the developer's workweek. In this article we take a brief look at...

0 replies - 17461 views - 08/05/08 by robert.elves@ta... in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 3): Sometimes it’s like trying to appreciate the “squareness” of a peg with round thinking.

When I initially started at the mine around 3 months ago I never anticipated that this industry would have as many acronyms as the IT industry. I was wrong. My...

2 replies - 2386 views - 07/29/08 by AnneBotha in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 2): I want to know what you mean. What you meant. What you will mean. Everytime.

I am a really strong believer in validating assumptions and clearly communicating your decisions with your team before you choose to take a path in front of...

6 replies - 2607 views - 07/21/08 by AnneBotha in Articles