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Developer-driven Quality: Putting Developers in the Drivers' Seat[presentation] Although many software development teams rely on their QA/Test departments to uncover critical product defects near the end of development, we all recognize the inefficiency of this approach. |
Colby Litnak, MasterControl, Inc.
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ALM in the Cloud: Bringing Code to the Cloud and Back Again[presentation] The deployment destination for today’s applications is going through its biggest transition since the rise of the application server. |
Mik Kersten, Tasktop Technologies
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How to Rework Poorly Defined Requirements[presentation] Poorly defined requirements are even more dangerous than no requirements because they offer the illusion that all is well during development. |
Steve Caseley, CBTNuggets
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When the Pressure Is On: A Risk-based Approach to Project Management[presentation] Teams everywhere have experienced tight deadlines for software development projects. In such time-constrained situations, how can you systematically determine where to focus the team’s efforts? |
Rean Young, Kroger Company
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Selecting the Right Mobile Testing Solution: Practical Considerations and Proven Practices[presentation] Because the mobile market is extremely dynamic, maintaining consistent application quality is always difficult. |
Eran Yaniv, Perfecto Mobile
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Leaping into the Cloud: Risks and Mitigation Strategies[presentation] The cloud has rapidly gone from “that thing I should know something about” to the “centerpiece of our five-year corporate IT strategy.” However, cloud computing is still in its infancy. |
Ken Johnston, Microsoft Corporation
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Ten Tips to Get Requirements Right and Make Stakeholders Happy[presentation] Have you ever delivered an application with functionality that was not what the stakeholders really wanted-or needed? Have you ever discovered that you were listening to the wrong people? |
Carol Askew, Intermountain Healthcare
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Seven Habits of Highly Successful Project Managers[presentation] It is easy to find a million ways that software development and project managers can let down their teams and their projects. |
Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs
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Mobile Apps: Breaking Down the Barriers[presentation] Mobile application development introduces additional complexity when compared to building traditional applications. |
Todd DeCapua, Shunra
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Cloud Computing 101: Concepts, Benefits, Challenges, and Costs[presentation] Cloud computing is a paradigm that makes the notion of utility computing a reality. |
Arlene Minkiewicz, PRICE Systems
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Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference West 2012: EARS: The Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax[presentation] One key to specifying effective functional requirements is minimizing misinterpretation and ambiguity. |
John Terzakis, Intel Corporation
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Context-driven Leadership: How to Ride a Bull through a China Shop[presentation] Software development projects are just different. They’re often high-risk ventures with extremely complex interrelationships, filled with uncertainties, dependent on scarce knowledge workers, and much more. |
Kent McDonald, Knowledge Bridge Partners
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The Paths to Innovation[presentation] There are many paths to innovation. At one extreme, many large companies create research labs, staff them with world-class Ph.D.s, and set them working for years to solve complex technical problems. |
Patrick Copeland, Google, Inc.
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Sustainable Software Quality-at Warp Speed[presentation] Businesses demand high levels of product quality, development productivity, planning reliability, employee satisfaction, and customer loyalty. |
Richard Hensley, McKesson Health Solutions
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Influence v. Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done[presentation] How often have you been in a situation where you could see the solution and yet did not have the authority to make a change? You tried persuasion; you tried selling your ideas; you might have even tried friendly manipulation to get your way. |
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.
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