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A library of writings and case studies about any, and everything regarding Agile ALM, and Scalable Agile software development. These papers are written to address the implementation of Agile Methodologies, different tool platforms, scaling methodologies, and minimizing risk/costs while expediting development time.
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While application development conjures up many thoughts, the fundamental core lies in the knowledge gained and used throughout the development process. From informal ideas and feature requests, to formal specifi cations, design documents, development plans, test cases, release notes, and user documentation, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a knowledge-centric process. Historically, however, development teams have managed these vast repositories of knowledge in virtual silos, with each functional group building their own knowledge isolated from the team as a whole. In today’s competitive soft ware development environment, the silo-based models will no longer support the ever-changing demands of large distributed organizations. |
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As the soft ware teams of the world strive to provide more complex solutions, the role of the project manager has become critical in modern application lifecycle management. A single planning mistake can spell disaster for the entire project. Just as the role of the project manager has grown, the need for project management tools to change with the projects is more important than ever.
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This paper discusses how DevTrack was designed and implemented. For those that want to compare DevTrack with other defect and project tracking tools based on the low-level architecture and implementation rather than the specific features, this paper will help you gain insight into the DevTrack approach. This paper should also help you decide if the DevTrack model of defect and project tracking is appropriate for your Issue tracking process and for your soft ware development team.
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This document is based on DevTrack/Perforce Integration Version 2.0 available in DevTrack version 4.3 and above. The new DevTrack/ Perforce integration is implemented as a Windows NT service and focuses on extending DevTrack’s workflow control to Perforce users. TechExcel released the first version of DevTrack/Perforce integration in October 2001.
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Product testing is more complicated, labor-intensive, and time-consuming than ever before. Businesses are demanding greater openness, transparency, and scalability from their soft ware investments—they looking for versatile solutions that enable them connect users and resources worldwide while leveraging their existing investments.
As a result, contemporary business applications run on many diff erent platforms and in many different environments, support integration with emerging technologies and legacy systems, and feature add-on modules that support every imaginable business process. All this versatility has multiplied the number of variables that may aff ect the performance application making the task of testing soft ware more complicated and time-consuming than over before.
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Agile development is sparking the interest of everyone: From small development teams to multinational corporations. It is one of the hottest trends in software development. The ideas of iterative development of applications, evolving requirements, better channels of communication, and projects finishing on time prove to be instantly popular with the development community. This popularity was born out of the failures of previous large projects: it is very easy to read the headlines of millions of dollars in overruns.
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In the early days of software development, designing an application was mainly a technical endeavor. The goal of the design process was to set a foundation for actually building the application. As development became more complex, processes and methodologies to manage projects scaled as well. However, modern application development has brought a need for more holistic approaches to product development. The design of an application is no longer a mundane precursor to actually building a product: it is now a critical factor in determining if a product ever gets built at all. Spending more time designing an application in the early stages of a project can lead to cost savings at the end of the project. The challenge for managers now is not in designing an application, but how to measure the success of designs. Luckily, new tools exist to help them with this effort.
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