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 - The Jazz application lifecycle management (ALM) platform is project, team and process centric. It redefines not just the way developers relate to one another, but also the way enterprises relate to their software development teams.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: February 11, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Collaborative Product Development | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This paper helps software manufacturers wanting to embed BI functionality into their solution whether it is best to "build" or "buy".
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Embedded Systems Software | Reporting Software | Software Development Methodologies | Software Maintenance

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


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

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

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

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

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 - The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value from as IT budgets fall..
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Process Management | CIOs | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Manufacturing | Project Management | ROI | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
Posted: April 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management Software | Functional Requirements | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management