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Leading Cultural Change When Implementing Process Improvements[presentation] When we are part of an improvement initiative such as CMMI®, Six Sigma, or Agile practices, we often focus on the technical aspects and pay little attention to the people and cultural issues. |
Jennifer Bonine, Express Scripts
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Lean Software Contracts[presentation] Agile development is great, but it cannot possibly be for you because your software development is done under a contract-outsourced or under an internal service agreement. Right? Wrong! |
Mary Poppendieck, Poppendieck LLC
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Describing Software Requirements with User Stories[presentation] All projects start with needs or requirements. How those requirements are documented and expressed has a tremendous affect on the rest of the project. |
Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software
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Agile Software Development: The Home of 31 Flavors[presentation] You've heard of eXtreme Programming (XP) and perhaps Scrum. How about Crystal Clear, Adaptive Software Development, Dynamic Systems Development Method, Rational Unified Process for Agile Development, and Feature Driven Development? |
Jeff McKenna, Agile Action
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Software Factories: Hype or Hope for Real Advancement?[presentation] The new concept of Software Factories, as proposed by Microsoft, promises to elevate software development to the next level. |
Gunther Lenz, Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
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Model Driven Architecture (MDA) - What's in it for Developers and Testers?[presentation] According to the Object Management Group (OMG), the benefits of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) are significant to businesses and developers alike: reduced overall product life costs, faster development, better application quality, rapid depl |
Timothy Korson, QualSys Solutions
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Managing and Sizing Functional Requirements[presentation] The ability to clearly define user requirements is critical to the overall success of many software projects. |
David Herron, The David Consulting Group
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Key Project Planning and Testing Issues for Internationalization[presentation] When preparing for internationalization of software, officially called W3C Internationalization (I18N), preparation and careful planning are the keys to high productivity during and after the initial development project. |
Alym Rayani, The Symbio Group
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Fit with Ward Cunningham and Rick Mugridge[article]
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At the Agile 2005 conference in Denver, Ward Cunningham and Rick Mugridge talk about Fit, an acceptance testing tool that took the conference by storm. |
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Building a Winning Team: Hiring, Developing, and Nurturing Your People[presentation] With the changing landscape of software development, it is vital to select and develop people who will help your team excel. |
Kevin Bodie, Pitney Bowes Inc
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Politics and Polemics in a Corporate Measurement System[presentation] Long, long ago in a company far, far away, Bill Curtis designed one of the largest software measurement systems ever deployed. |
Bill Curtis, Borland Software Corporation
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Agile and Adaptive Project Management - The Declaration of Interdependence[presentation] Whereas the Agile Software Development Manifesto is a short and sweet list of principles for developers, the Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Project Management is more of a mouthful. |
Alistair Cockburn, Humans and Technology, Inc.
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How Much Work Can You Do—Developing and Managing Your Project Portfolio[article] Knowing how much work your group can accomplish—and how much it takes to complete that work—is critical to your success as a manager. Johanna Rothman explains how to ascertain your team's potential and how to use that information to define and manage your project portfolio so it doesn't manage you. |
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No More Middleman[magazine] Every manager has a story to tell. Find out how one management professional tackles a fictional dilemma. The story may be made up, but the solutions are tried and true. In this installment, Esther Derby tells you how to stop playing "Manager in the Middle" and get your team members talking. |
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Elemental Models[magazine] Connect with an expert to learn how to work smarter and discover new ways to uncover more defects. In this issue, Michael Bolton continues his discussion of James Bach's Heuristic Test Strategy Model by introducing the Product Elements perspective on test coverage. |
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