Book Review: Continuous Delivery If you didn't already know that the key to reliably deploy quality software is to take a cross-functional, full-lifecycle approach, Jez Humble and David Farley's book "Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation" will help you to understand. |
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The Potential Pitfall of Ratings Responses to ratings-based surveys are particularly prone to misinterpretation if the surveys don’t allow space for open-ended comments. These comments offer insight into what respondents are really thinking, which may not be obvious from their ratings. |
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Agile Practices Need to Evolve Dramatically in US Defense This past Tuesday, December 14th, I attended the U.S. Department of Defense Agile Development Conference in Washington DC put on by the Association For Enterprise Information. During the conference the expanding commitment to agile by the DOD community was clear. |
Bill Portelli
December 17, 2010 |
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Ten Frontiers for Software Testing In May 2010, the first Writing About Testing conference brought some of the top minds in the field together to discuss the current state of public discourse on software testing and areas where testing is evolving within the realm of software development. In this column, Chris McMahon, who designed and launched the conference, continues his mission to advance the discussion by sharing ten of the most interesting frontiers for software testing. |
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Implementing Software Configuration Management Corporate Standards For last few years or so, I have seen significant improvement in the field of configuration management. Globally many organizations realize its importance and take maximum advantage by adopting best practices and standards to accelerate their business performance. ‘Configuration Management’ plays an important role in any lifecycle of a project and directly impacts the company’s business. |
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Agile SCM: Basics for Small Teams As much as software developers are stereotyped as solitary coders, software development is a collaborative activity. Communication among team members is essential in ensuring continuously working software. And working software is what makes communication with stakeholders easier. You can show the state of your application rather than explain progress in terms of more abstract concepts. Your SCM system (and processes) are an essential part of how you communicate both in and about code between developers and to stakeholders. |
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A Psychology Framework That Will Help You Implement CM Practices How does personality impact the implementation of industry Standards and Frameworks? It would seem that following the guidance in the IEEE 828 CM Planning standard is simply a matter of writing CM Plans and documenting your existing CM practices. The fact is that some people implement Standards and Frameworks successfully and others fail miserably. This article presents a popular and highly regarded psychology framework that will help you better understand how to implement Configuration Management. |
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Using Voluntary Consensus Standards Statement of the problem |
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How Vendors Can Move the CM and ALM Industries Forward Joe Farah writes from a vendor's perspective where he explains what to do help the configuration management (CM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) industry move forward. Make sure the CM and ALM components and features that you're working on are well defined. |
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Standards and Frameworks for CM: A Different Perspective Needs a summary |
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