Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why value-driven project portfolio management (PPM) is so important for delivering successful software and find best practices for ensuring that the projects you launch support the strategic objectives of your business.

Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: How are SAP customers dealing with the growing complexity of their software environments? By building a testing strategy into their project planning and operations. Find out how to take advantage of testing strategy assessment services from SAP Consulting - to lower risk, reduce cost, and boost efficiency.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how a continuous quality assurance provides organizations with a comprehensive  approach to delivering technical and business quality.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper learn why requirements driven testing (RDT) is so important, what potential areas of the software development life cycle are addressed by RDT, the benefits, and the implementation strategy that may be adopted to introduce RDT within the organization.

Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 16 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to create an accurate requirements definition for ongoing management that will save you time and money in the design phase, during development, and throughout the testing and quality assurance processes.

Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 16 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to find survey results of polled software developers, testers, and performance test engineers about their access to test environments. Learn how you can increase your test environment access to ensure higher quality test processes and significantly increase your project success rate.

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an effective way to establish a requirements definition (RD) process that reduces the need to rework requirements and speeds development time. Read more inside to learn how you can get started now.

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: SAPinsider PROFILES magazine recently talked with Davis Bennett, Vice President of the Solution Delivery Center at SAP Consulting North America, about how SAP’s Rapid Deployment Solutions are creating a whole new way of driving value for SAP customers.

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why you should always have an effective requirements definition before you begin any kind of software development. Use this paper as a guideline to learning how to create an effective outline of expectations, how to put them into action, and the benefits you’ll reap at the end of the process.

Posted: 03 May 2012 | Published: 03 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to calculate the ROI of your requirements management tools and discover if your investment is worth the outcome.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to understand why it’s important for your organization to have requirements analysis to boost user satisfaction and ROI.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this first report in a series on application lifecycle management (ALM) to explore the business case for ALM as a business-critical service.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Since the creation of the Agile Manifesto, many development teams have embraced the guidelines of agile. However, it’s likely that other internal development teams or partners that you work with haven’t completely left behind “old school” methods. Learn how to stay in control and keep development efficient even when everyone isn’t completely agile.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: The increasing demand for software application delivery requires effective orchestration of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes. Read this report— part of a series on ALM— to discover a strategy for unified governance through process orchestration and management and its role in supporting the ALM process.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Software delivery plays a vital role in helping businesses achieve their goals. This white paper offers insights on how you can optimize and speed the process through continuous quality assurance. Discover the cost benefits of this strategy and learn can it can ensure user satisfaction.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 | Published: 20 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: DevOps, new tools for improved automation and release management, are taking the software development world by storm. Read this detailed white paper for a comparison of the 11 top vendors in this new space. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each competitor and determine which one would best suit your development team's needs.

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 | Published: 09 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how ALM tools designed specifically for today's modern application development can bring order, visibility, and efficiency to the complexity introduced to application lifecycles by modern delivery methods like cloud computing, distributed development, composite applications, and more.

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 | Published: 06 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives an overview of the challenges release management presents, three tips for improving your software release strategies, and insight on how effective release management is poised to become a driver of competitive advantage.

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 | Published: 03 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: As business agility's dependence on applications increases, so too does the complexity of delivering modern applications. This paper discusses the challenges of this new era of application delivery and offers Agile, modern techniques for addressing them.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many application development teams have been distracted by shiny new technologies, methodologies, and platforms,  and have thus failed to engage design principles and talent effectively. Read this Forrester Research paper to discover seven design qualities that are key to creating better software, faster.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Modern application lifecycle management (ALM) tools should enable support for all phases of the application lifecycle and collaboration amongst all stakeholders. Read this paper to learn how to deliver high-quality, timely, cost-effective applications using modern ALM tools.

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 | Published: 21 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses several key differences between closed and open source software vendor management, providing advice for managing your deployments and investments in open source technologies.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: In August 2011, Forrester Consulting surveyed over 200 leading IT firms in North America and Europe to answer the question, “What are the implications of expanding testing in development, and what does it mean to development quality?”. Read this report to see the results.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 23 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: How can IT organizations deliver applications that are more aligned with business needs, budgets, and schedules? This paper will explore best practices—both at the enterprise and project level—to capture and manage well-defined application requirements.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | Published: 21 Nov 2011