Money Market Rates - How To Compare High-Yield Money Market Accounts

Mich Maputi — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:07:01 +0100

Many people will consider choosing different accounts when investing their money. Judgement should not always be based upon money market rates because this can mislead the applicant. This is because some accounts require high initial investments and this compensates for the fact that the person gets higher interest rates. The first step that the concerned individual should take is to make sure about the money the person can manage. After this the person should decide about the balance re...

Call for CM Journal Articles 2012!

Bob Aiello — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:27:23 +0100

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! Contact me to share your best practices!

Feb - Tools and Process
Mar - Supporting Cloud, Mobile Development and Database - Due Feb 22nd
Apr - CM for Small Teams
May - Process and Quality
June - CM - Top Down or Bottom Up
July...

Call for CM Journal Articles

Bob Aiello — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:35:31 +0100

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

ALM Expo - Better Software Conference - Week of November 6th!

Bob Aiello — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:25:21 +0100

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!

See you there!

Call for Articles! - Cloud Driven Development - due October 17th

Bob Aiello — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:28:37 +0100

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

Last Call for Articles! - CM & ALM for Small Teams - Due Sep 14th

Bob Aiello — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:01:56 +0100

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

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief
CM Journal

Last Call for Articles! - Process and More Process! - Due August 22nd 2011

Bob Aiello — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:20:37 +0100

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!

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

Issue with compilation

Saurabh — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:21:45 +0100

Hi All,

I am getting following error while compiling source code after merging and clearcase labeling.

It was compiled successfully in development view but getting error in merge view.

Also all changes have been verified couple of times.

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Call for Article - Due Aug 17th - Process and More Process!

Bob Aiello — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:16:48 +0100

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

Release Management: Turning the Elephant into a Cheetah

Alex T — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:44:13 +0100

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 “...

Thur July 14th @ 1pm ET - Webinar Release Automation, IT Governance & Compliance

Bob Aiello — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:19:00 +0100

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 W...

Last Call! Due July 18th - Release Management and Deployment

Bob Aiello — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:07:20 +0100

Due July 18th (I can give you a few more days if I know that it is coming..)

Writing articles for CM Crossroads will help you advance your career and share your best practices with other CM enthusiasts!

Please let me know if you would like to participate!

Here is the Editorial Calendar
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/home/company/editorial-calendar

Next month is Process and more Process… due August 18th Bob Aiello Editor in Chief...

Keep Up The Defense

Mark Bretl — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:37:39 +0100

How many times have I heard from a developer "It worked on my machine" after they immediately leave for the day and their check-in broke the daily build?

Now short of locking down the entire branch (which would increase the build stability ;) ), there needs to be other defenses setup for the build engineer to keep the build train on the tracks. Nobody wants to come in the morning and see a flood of red due to the automated tests failing. One of the best defenses that I have found is to...

Picking the right engine

Mark Bretl — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:56:28 +0100

There are soooooooo many build automation tools out there in the world, it's kind of hard to step back far enough to view them all. The trouble is that once you step back enough, you can't see what the best features of each system is. If you don't pick the right engine, it could hurt productivity in polarizing ways, meaning both good and bad. Along my way I have used a few different tools, extending from the very small (command-line script with a cronjob) to very large (Bamboo, Team Foundatio...

CM Journal Call for Articles! - Due July 15th

Bob Aiello — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:05:04 +0100

Hi everyone,

Please contribute your Release Management and Deployment Essentials Article - Due July 13th!

http://www.cmcrossroads.com/home/company/editorial-calendar

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief

Better Software Conference - June 6th 2011

Bob Aiello — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:41:30 +0100

I am excited to be teaching Configuration Management Best Practices at the Better Software Conference in Las Vegas. See you there! http://bit.ly/lSkxar

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief

Dr Adam Kolawa

Bob Aiello — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:56:03 +0100

Hi everyone,

I just learned of the passing of software quality and developer productivity visionary - Dr. Adam Kolawa http://bit.ly/kLtxRD . Dr. Kolawa contributed much to our community and I will posting some of articles in the coming weeks. http://bit.ly/kLtxRD

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief, CM Crossroads

Recommended Source Management Tools

Murle Campbell — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:51:01 +0100

So to start off, we are looking at a possible replacement to our current solutions from Serena (Changeman DS to be specific) that will continue to manage as a source repository for several in house apps, as a WsFtp tool for source transfers and approval process flows, as a make and frozen release manager and as an auditable reporting tool for change and editing trails.

We have the IBM Rational Tools but not BuildForge or a frozen release management tool if they have one.

Serena TT/RM Dimensions vs MS TFS

blkfeather1348 — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:00:38 +0100

Hello all,

I am looking to see if there is any independent studies on the comparison of Serena RMTeam Track vs MS TFS?

We are in the process of reviewing all 3 apps to meet our Requirements Management.

We would really appreciate input from operating/hands on experience, we have read and understand the capabilities of all sources, however a bit hesitant.

Thanks ahead of time!

Call for articles! ALM and ITIL - due May 25th

Bob Aiello — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:12:45 +0100

hey everyone,

please share your best practices for ALM and ITIL for the CM Journal.

Articles are due May 25th and should be approx 1200.
(Also, I am still accepting articles for ALM in an Agile World - contact me for more info)

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief
bob.aiello@ieee.org

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Money Market Rates - How To Compare High-Yield Money Market Accounts

Call for CM Journal Articles 2012!

Call for CM Journal Articles

ALM Expo - Better Software Conference - Week of November 6th!

Call for Articles! - Cloud Driven Development - due October 17th

Last Call for Articles! - CM & ALM for Small Teams - Due Sep 14th

Last Call for Articles! - Process and More Process! - Due August 22nd 2011

Issue with compilation

Call for Article - Due Aug 17th - Process and More Process!

Release Management: Turning the Elephant into a Cheetah

Thur July 14th @ 1pm ET - Webinar Release Automation, IT Governance & Compliance

Last Call! Due July 18th - Release Management and Deployment

Keep Up The Defense

Picking the right engine

CM Journal Call for Articles! - Due July 15th

Better Software Conference - June 6th 2011

Dr Adam Kolawa

Recommended Source Management Tools

Serena TT/RM Dimensions vs MS TFS

Call for articles! ALM and ITIL - due May 25th