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- In praise of 'slow IT'
- In praise of 'slow IT'Slow IT? We already have that.It's called Microsoft Windows/Office. Not only does Windows totally eliminate the point of dual/quad core processors, it insists on you installing more memory to run it. It might be pretty, but its tooo slow.The problem is probably to do with a...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, praise
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- Guest post: If you’re a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. TechRepublic's Justin James lists the skills you’ll want to work on now to maximize your future job prospects. For more...
- Tags: Job, Developer, Web, Agile, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- 'Business-IT alignment' is dead... whatever it was
- 'Business-IT alignment' is dead... whatever it wasPerception is Reality - Agile can Help the Enterprise!In my experience, the old adage, ?perception is reality? is the main driver of a lack of ?IT / Business alignment?. And most ?business? have a perception that IT does not deliver on time or...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, Agile
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- Dissecting an Agile project from Hell
- Dissecting an Agile project from HellSOWs and ScopeJust read it - very nice. I have often found a desire by some consultants to keep the scope very broadly defined in the SOW. The project is Agile so scope is variable and this is perfect, right? ...
- Tags: Team management, Agile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- Agile: Anatomy of a failed project
- Agile development could not overcome fundamental misunderstandings that ultimately led to catastrophic project failure. Here's why. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Project Failure, Anatomy, Michael Krigsman, Project, Customer, Failure, Agile, Mitch Lacey, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- MSDN Webcast: Introducing Application Lifecycle Management With Agile and Visual Studio Team System 2008 (Level 200)
- Development teams that desire to work more effectively with business stakeholders reduce development errors, and lower application development costs are quickly adopting the principles of Application Lifecycle Management ALM. Though there are innumerable ways to deploy an ALM strategy, Agile development practices help achieve the most benefits for the majority...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Webcast, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile
- Webcasts 2008-10-14
- Why Agile development matters [podcast]
- Lengthy IT projects are more prone to fail than shorter ones. Agile development can help reduce these failures. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Developer, Information Technology, Business User, Agile, Lengthy IT Project, Agile Development, OutSystems, End-user Engagement, Podcasts, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Agile is cool!
- Agile is cool!Why most IT projects fail...and how agile can helpthis excellent blog post gives the reasons WHY agile principles can help: http://kw-agiledevelopment.blogspot.com/2007/08/why-most-it-projects-fail-and-how-agile.html
- Tags: Blogging, Agile
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Agile is cool!
- Holy cow, look at the principles underlying agile software development. Be still, my beating heart, because this stuff is great: Customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software Working software is delivered frequently weeks rather than months Working...
- Tags: Software, Agile, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Agile evils, the software crisis, and other interesting stories
- Agile evils, the software crisis, and other interesting storiesThanks.Great video.
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software crisis, Agile, software
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- SAP SRM, another brick from the wall
- SAP SRM, another brick from the wallSaaS is for Agile OrganizationsI think SaaS winds up being the moral equivalent of Agile Programming. There are certainly a lot of similarities that your post has made me think about:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/saas-limits-over-engineering-too-by-forcing-agile-development/Cheers,BW
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Construction, SAP SRM, Agile, software-as-a-service, wall, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications business
- Telelogic acquisition takes IBM closer to the applications businessIBM and Agile? hahahaI read a white paper on the IBM site about Agile where they recommend against using the virtual file system. In the same breath they talk about the difficulties of using developer branches, limiting the use of Multi-site technology,...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, IBM Corp., Telelogic acquisition, Telelogic, applications business, Agile, acquisition
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Oracle buying Agile â€" Is it Time to Rethink PLM?
- Here’s the skinny on Oracle’s acquisition of Agile: PLM is a three-letter acronym that has never lived up to its reputation as hot number either across the enterprise or in the eyes of the investment community. That hasn’t stopped companies like Siemens from recently paying a pretty euro to buy...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Microsoft postpones 'Viridian' virtualization features
- Microsoft postpones 'Viridian' virtualization featuresDOAntAgileAgile programming supports the move Microsoft just made. For old timers who haven't been exposed to this notion, software development no longer involves prototypes which may or may not be utilized in an actual product but rather involves functional code that may not be fully featured....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data centers, Utility computing, Storage management, Agile Programming, Running Process, Microsoft Corp., virtualization, Viridian, Agile, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- Develop more secure software without sacrificing rapidity: Integrate the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) with Agile methods
- To date, there is very little guidance for development teams wanting to augment Agile methods, such as Scrum and Extreme Programming, with security discipline. After meeting with Agile proponents, the authors of The Security Development Lifecycle: A Process for Developing Demonstrably More Secure Software conclude that most of the...
- Tags: Software, Method, Microsoft Press, Agile, Security
- Book chapters 2006-09-13
Additional Resources
- Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform
- In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
- M2Spring 1.2 (Windows)
- Building Spring Enterprise applications is now easier and faster than ever. With M2Spring, experience the perfect combination of best of breed Model Driven technologies, MagicDraw UML and BLU AGE Agile Model Transformation, and dramatically enhance your productivity by easily modeling and automatically generating 100% of your Spring SOA applications, with...
- Tags: Teamwork, Microsoft Windows, BLU AGE Software, M2Spring 1.2, Building Spring Enterprise Application, Team Management, UML, Research & Development, Management, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT
- Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...
- Tags: Lean IT, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- 2010 Infiniti QX56
- Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...
- Tags: Infiniti QX56
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- SAP's Schwarz & Sikka: The Road to More Agile Business Performance
- SAP GRC Business ObjectsSAP is actively integrating Business objects into SAP GRC. Reporting gets much easier with Business ObjectsOneAccess-UserManager for SAPSAP Certified-Powered by Netweaverhttp://www.softsquare.biz/oneaccess/
- Tags: Reporting, SAP AG, GRC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
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