Hi everyone, 

as we align the CM Journal more closely with TechWell, we have an evolving calendar. Here is a list of topics that we may or may not run in exactly this order.  Please send me your articles and share your best practices!

Call for articles for CM Journal www.cmcrossroads.com Please share your best practices. Send your submissions to bob.aiello@ieee.org 

Topics: Build engineering, Source Code Management Strategies, CM for Agile, Small Teams and Process, Applying Standards and Framesworks and much much more!

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief  
CM Crossroads

Join me for the ALM Expo Wednesday November 9th & Thursday November 10th streaming live from Orlando Florida
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/alm-expo

I will be teaching CM Best Practices and signing copies of my book on CM Best Practices : Practical Methods that Work in the Real World!
November 6th through the 11th! 
http://www.sqe.com/bettersoftwareeast

Contact me for more information or visit the links above!

Seeking articles on Cloud Driven Development - due October 17th

Share your best practices on what works and what doesn't!

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief, CM Crossroads  
bob.aiello@ieee.org  

Hi everyone!

Please submit your articles for the  CM Journal on CM and ALM for Small Teams

Due date Sep 14th - as usual, I can give you a few more days if I know the article is coming!

Send your articles to bob.aiello@ieee.org 

Hey everyone,  

please send me your articles on Process and More Process for our upcoming September issue. Your draft is due to me by August 22nd.

The next issue is CM and ALM for Small Teams - due September 19th 2011

As always, I can give you a few more days if I know the article is coming! 

Hi All,

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Hi everyone,

please share your thoughts on Process and More Process - Due August 17th 2011. I can give you a few more days if I know that the article is coming!

Send your articles to bob.aiello@ieee.org 

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief

When I started in Release Management, it was a completely alien concept. My manager, teammates, even my technical lead all wanted the same thing: get things done faster. The release was seen as the constant “pain point”, where a combination of disorganization, lack of tracking, or inconsistent environments meant time loss and errors. My role fell somewhere into making that go away.

The term “streamlining” or “optimizing” were thrown around often, used as a catch-all phrase to justify removing any unwanted procedure or best practice. You may have experienced this mentality yourself. As long as it speeds up development, it reasons, it means we could finish more tasks, which meant we would get more projects, making our company more money, repeat. The problem was, more often than not, issues would come up, mistakes would be made, and then we would fall behind schedule. And the further behind we fell, the more corners that would be cut, more overtime would be required, and the product, would miss the release date, or have to have to cut its scope.

Hi everyone,

Please join us on Thur July 14th @ 1pm ET for a Webinar on Utilizing Release Automation to Support IT Governance and Compliance http://bit.ly/o22hvD

Implementing Application Release Automation to support IT Governance and Compliance can be very challenging and, in some instances, even impossible without robust tools and processes. There is a lot more to helping your IT organization establish ITSM and ITIL than just setting up a change management database. This Webinar will discuss release and deployment best practices that can help your IT organization handle the demands of rapid application deployment.

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief