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Requirements Management in the Age of Agile
Good software requirements are critical for delivering high quality software. Managing the changing requirements of a new system through the application lifecycle is one of the most critical aspects of software development today. Developing a system that is guaranteed to meet the needs of the customer when it’s time to release requires using the right tools and processes. In this paper we discuss some of the key challenges of requirements management and how organizations are addressing these challenges to increase their likelihood of success.
Agile Project Selection from a Portfolio of Projects
This article describes an "Agile Scorecard" that can be used as a first pass filter for selecting Agile projects. The intention of the Agile Scorecard is to provide a simple manner in which projects can be reasonably selected by a project team that is unfamiliar with Agile methods.
Impediments to Enterprise Agile
A continuation of the ideas introduced in “Enterprise Strategy for Introducing Agile,” Mar turns to the challenges organizations most commonly face when introducing agile or Scrum at the enterprise.
The State of Git in the Enterprise: InformationWeek Survey Report
In January 2013, UBM Tech conducted the industry’s first survey on enterprise adoption for Git. This InformationWeek whitepaper summarizes key findings, and provides a decision guide for IT decision makers. Git topics addressed:
• Scope & type of Git projects
• Top concerns and promises
• Cloud versus on-premises use
• Workflows and code reviews
Businessweek Research Services: Achieving Competitive Differentiation Through Agility
Read the preview doc and sign up to receive the full report! http://visit.collab.net/agilewp-agiledifferentiation.html
Building Value with Continuous Integration
Implementing continuous integration involves choosing the right tools and technology. It also involves examining the software delivery pipeline for waste, introducing automation, building feedback mechanisms into processes, and fostering cohesive teams that collaborate across functions. This paper is written to provide guidance for teams new to continuous integration or wanting to explore ways to improve their implementations. The topics explored in this paper include Value Stream Maps, Antipatterns, and Tools and Technology for Continuous Integration.
Meeting the Challenge of Enterprise Cloud Development: 7 Best Practices for Hybrid Cloud
A major transformation is underway. What historically operated behind firewalls is migrating to public and private Clouds. Across these interwoven Clouds, business solutions must interoperate, share data and deliver value to customers, suppliers and other business partners as the developing Boundary-free Enterprise™ emerges and evolves. Read this whitepaper to learn how to manage these multiple hybrid Clouds through ongoing, continuous delivery of new functionality and the integration of other Cloud solutions.
What Gets Measured, Gets Done How the Right Measures Drive Better Engineering
Read this whitepaper to learn about the 5 best practices for engineering performance management, and understand the do’s and don’ts of metrics management, analytics and reporting in software development environments.



