WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - Simple changes in software investments and practices can have the dual effect of reduced energy consumption and improved team productivity. IBM Rational Software provides an opportunity to make day-by-day shifts toward this goal.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Environmental Compliance | Environmental Standards | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will outline the major organizational, cultural, and project considerations that are critical to a successful Agile adoption.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - In order to drive software success it is essential to follow 5 non-negotiable mandates. Watch this Webcast to learn more.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Premiered: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Software | Software Architectures | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn Agile practices that have worked well, failure modes of Agile practices that have failed to live up to the hype, and how to choose the right Agile development for your organization.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Application Development | Application Performance Management | Collaboration | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Testing

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Download a free trial of IBM Rational Requirements Composer V1.0.0.1, a requirements definition tool for organizations seeking easy to use elicitation and definition tools that enhance their ability to create the right requirements for their projects and drive improved quality, speed, and alignment across the IT lifecycle.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 11, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | IT Infrastructure | Software | Software as a Service | Software Development Methodologies | Software Installation

PRESENTATION - This interactive teleconference will answer your questions about combining social software (instant messaging, team wikis, blogs, and professional networks) with software delivery tools.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 11, 2009


Topics:  Advanced Planning and Scheduling Software | Lotus Notes | Social Networking | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, we’ll discuss specific secrets of delivering more valuable software to customers despite having fewer resources. We’ll include secrets related to process, development, infrastructure, and information. It can be done, and we’ll tell you how.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Infrastructure

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This one minute survey consists of ten questions to assess your software quality environment. When complete, you will receive custom recommendations that you can view and print out to help plan your QA strategy; complete with next steps, and thought leadership guidance and papers.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Thought Leaders

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a set of agile meeting and facilitation checklists that offer an easy framework to help guide software development teams through the various agile cycles. Read on to learn about the Agile Development Rhythms and start using the checklists presented herein to help get through the various agile cycles.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Application Development | Application Performance Management | Document Management | Project Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Collaboration | Product Development | Product Management | Project Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper considers the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management. A business analyst's struggles with defining requirements using common office software and tools are related. Finally, a requirements definition solution is introduced and discussed.
Posted: May 26, 2009 | Published: May 26, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Functional Requirements | Software Architectures | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management

EZINE - In this issue of SearchSoftwareQuality.com's Software Testing eZine, we'll discuss a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a new testing environment as well as an Agile software development (ASD) methodology.
Posted: May 6, 2009 | Published: May 6, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Authentication | Authorization | Capacity Planning | Collaborative Product Development | IT Spending | Load Balancing | SOA | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Testing | Testing

WHITE PAPER - CodePro AnalytiX provides you with the metrics you need to incorporate self-improvement and optimization into the software process. Thus, CodePro AnalytiX is a full set of tools to support your organization in its quest for sustainable high levels of software quality, security and productivity
Posted: May 4, 2009 | Published: May 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Code Management | Integrated Development Environments | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Testing