 | Today's software development realities are forcing change. Large distributed teams need to collaborate and innovate across time zones and geographies. Agile development methods hold promise for process improvements and cost savings–but aren't they for small, collocated teams? How can I scale agile across large distributed teams? If distributed agile is possible, is it secure? How do I extend agile to test and deployment in the cloud? Join Bill Portelli President and CEO of CollabNet in a regular exploration of what it means to develop with agile in the cloud. |
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 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 (AFEI) - http://www.afei.org/events/1A01/Pages/default.aspx. During the conference the expanding commitment to agile by the DOD community was clear. Agile practices, from contract policies to cloud based development, have:
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 As compared to other development methods, agile is clear, straightforward, and rewarding for all of those who are involved in the process. Most of you know this already – that’s why you’re here! Clearly, a successful transition to agile requires a strong organizational commitment and a number of management and development changes. With that in mind, the white-hot movement to this trend over the past year continues to amaze me. In striking parallel, the industry has seen this same sort of resonance around the trend to the “cloud” - secure anywhere access by distributed teams to a centralized set of services and compute resources that span the complete lifecycle of the development and deployment process.
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