The Role of Feedback in an Agile Application Lifecyle

About This Webcast:

Recent CM Crossroads research shows that while over 85% of organizations are moving towards deploying agile methods and tools for their development teams, less than 12% have two or more projects underway using agile methods. This suggests that many organizations simply do not know where to start.

Feedback is an essential component of an agile software development environment. One of the most direct forms of feedback you can about the state of your application development process is the state of your codeline. The best way to assess the state of your codeline is by having effective build and test processes in place.

In this 60 minute Webcast presentation, noted author and CM Journal Columnist Steve Berczuk will be joined by John Carrillo, Senior Director of Strategic Solutions for Telelogic to discuss agile in the real world. During this broadcast attendees will learn about the role of build, test, and related SCM practices in a software development environment, and how effective build and SCM practices can help improve the feedback process among the development, QA teams and other stakeholders.

Steve Berczuk is a Senior Software Engineer at FAST and co-author of the book Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration. Steve is also a columnist for the Configuration Management Journal. Steve has been developing object-oriented software applications since 1989, working with both startups and more established companies. In addition to developing software, he helps teams use software configuration management (SCM) effectively in the development process. Steve is a Certified Scrummaster.

He holds an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University and an S.B. in Electrical Engineering from MIT. His Web site is http://www.berczuk.com.


John Carrillo, Senior Director of Strategic Solutions - Product Marketing, has been with Telelogic since the acquisition of Continuus Software Corporation in 2000. His primary responsibility has been the management of pre-sales for all Telelogic technologies in North America with an emphasis on Strategic and National accounts/customers.
 
John's 15 years of experience in the high-tech industry includes roles in sales, systems engineering, product development, and program management. He received undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Loyola Marymount University and completed EE graduate studies at California State University in Long Beach, CA.