Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how strategic IT and business leaders can use patterns of expertise provided by virtual application patterns to speed application deployments, reduce the risk of error, simplify and automate management tasks, and more.

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 | Published: 30 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this brief guide to explore why iteration planning is important to agile development, who will play a role in the process, and what you need to begin. In addition, you'll discover five essential steps to planning, an iteration planning agenda, and much more!

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: Agile development might seem like a foreign language if you're new to the game - with a new set of roles and terminology, it's not surprising that you might be a little confused. In this quick, helpful guide, learn about one of the key concepts in agile methodology - release planning. Discover what it is, who does it, and why it's important.

Posted: 28 May 2013 | Published: 28 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This brief, yet informative white paper offers a detailed description of user stories and how they function within agile development methodology. Discover the 'who', 'what', and 'why' of user stories, along with templates for creating your own.

Posted: 28 May 2013 | Published: 28 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: Agile development is more than just the tools and strategies - you need the right team and collaboration to achieve a successful project. This paper describes the make-up of an agile team and explores how developers, testers, product owners, and managers can all work together towards a common goal.

Posted: 24 May 2013 | Published: 24 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: Even if you're aware of the benefits of agile development, you may still have some questions or be confused about where to start. Fortunately, this helpful resource will take you through some of the major components of agile development: iteration planning, release planning, and user stories.

Posted: 24 May 2013 | Published: 24 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: You're probably familiar with agile methods for software development, but did you know that agile development isn't only useful at the team level? This resource explores a strategy for implementing a Scaled Agile Framework™ (SAFe) in your organization and how to extend agile and lean principles to an enterprise scale.

Posted: 23 May 2013 | Published: 23 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the four essential capabilities of service virtualization (SV), and how SV enables development teams to perform more precise, more realistic, and more requirements-driven testing. Read on to explore how service virtualization enables parallel development, testing across heterogeneous platforms, and more.

Posted: 16 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This helpful resource takes you step-by-step through the virtualization process, and provides a practitioner's methodology for a successful service virtualization implementation.

Posted: 16 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: In today's marketplace, customers and business demands are higher than ever - your development team is expected to deliver stellar software in record times, while coming in under budget and driving ROI. Download this white paper to learn how service virtualization can benefit operations, QA, and testing processes.

Posted: 14 May 2013 | Published: 05 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this expert white paper, take some time to master the fundamentals of DevOps: what it is, how it works, and why you and your IT group should take notice. Read on for more information and detailed analysis on DevOps and public cloud services, the history and future of DevOps, and more.

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 | Published: 18 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, explore the four levels of DevOps -- transparency, reuse, reporting, and review -- and discover how they can expand and improve upon your software development and production processes.

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 | Published: 15 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this 116-criteria evaluation, the experts at Forrester identify, analyze, and score the nine most significant application lifecycle management (ALM) vendors in the marketplace today. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 | Published: 23 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource outlines common performance testing challenges and describes how collaboration between performance testing teams and production monitoring teams can ensure the true continuous delivery of application performance.

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource describes how Design Management capabilities can help you reduce development timeframes, lower costs, and more. Discover common design challenges and see how Design Management can facilitate development success by reading on now.

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: As we move into 2013, Forrester Research has concluded that hot issues such as DevOps, embedded software, and requirements definition are shaking up the ALM market, changing what vendors must offer in order to be competitive. Read the latest Forrester Wave report to learn how 9 top ALM vendors fared against the firm's 116-point evaluation criteria.

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 | Published: 23 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief paper shows you how test automation can go a long way when it comes to keeping up with the intricacy of your modern applications. Automation platforms are designed to address the challenges associated with testing and help you accelerate the quality and delivery of your projects.

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 | Published: 29 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read what Ovum had to say about IBM's Rational Focal Point in this paper. here, you'll discover who Ovum determined would benefit the most from Focal Point, what applications integrate best with it, and who Focal Point to be less well-suited for.

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to explore the characteristics of a good requirement and learn ten steps to better requirements management.

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

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: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: If you're involved in the planning and development of products, software applications or systems, this report is for you. Learn the results of a recent industry survey - get insight on the latest trends, challenges and solutions and learn what development teams are doing to successfully plan and develop new products in a customer-driven economy.

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Although application lifecycle management (ALM) is by no means a one-size-fits-all strategy for an effective, efficient application delivery process, there are five imperatives that will ensure an effective implementation.Read this white paper to learn how to infuse these five imperatives into your ALM strategy.

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover the latest, most effective strategies for coordinating the complexity that arises in distributed development environments. Learn the best ways to foster efficient collaboration amongst all of a software project's stakeholders.

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this exclusive paper to learn how companies are improving software development by establishing requirements at the forefront of the project. Discover why changing your development approach will help you drive a greater ROI as well as prevent errors and issues down the road.

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 | Published: 17 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how a continuous quality assurance approach focusing on requirements, change, and test management can help provide the visibility, control and validation to efficiently deliver quality software.

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 | Published: 20 Jun 2012