WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Productivity | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - While there are many "how to" options to extending agile beyond a few teams, this white paper focuses on critical recommendations for organizations moving to full-scale agile development. Avoiding these pitfalls can mean the difference between...
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - IBM Rational® software has helped thousands of companies worldwide improve their agility with software best practices, tools and services. This evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Collaboration | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects.
Posted: April 29, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Functional Testing | Quality Control | Quality Control Staff | Return On Investment | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

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 - In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.
Posted: October 15, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Productivity | Project Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Engineering Institute | Software Quality Assurance | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | IT Best Practices | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

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

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 - 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

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

WHITE PAPER - As the application lifecycle evolves, components that drive efficiency and quality become more crucial. Organizations building centers of excellence (CoE) around performance testing find that the CoE centralizes resources and utilizes the full capabilities of today's robust automation products. Read on to learn more about the benefits of CoE.
Posted: February 27, 2009 | Published: February 27, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Software | Software Architectures | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains a structured way to manage requirements and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system.
Posted: December 29, 2008 | Published: December 23, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Diagnostic and Test Software | Functional Requirements | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

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 teaches useful methods for passing certification test questions.
Posted: January 6, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Reengineering | Microsoft Certificate Programs | Network Management | Software Development Methodologies