Structured Design Methodology

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: While there are many "how to" options to extending agile beyond a few teams, this white paper focuses on critical recommendations for organizations moving to full-scale agile development. Avoiding these pitfalls can mean the difference between...

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 | Published: 15 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: IBM Rational® software has helped thousands of companies worldwide improve their agility with software best practices, tools and services. This evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects.

Posted: 29 Apr 2008 | Published: 29 Apr 2008

WEBCAST: Join Melinda Ballou as she answers how organizations can be successful and maintain high-performing business-critical software with fewer resources and strategies for successful quality adoption.

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 02 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Simple changes in software investments and practices can have the dual effect of reduced energy consumption and improved team productivity. IBM Rational Software provides an opportunity to make day-by-day shifts toward this goal.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: Discover how investing in software development brings back returns with reduced cost and risk, improved time-to-market, and enhanced productivity by following the simple best practices discussed in this webcast.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 | Published: 15 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.

Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper considers the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management. A business analyst's struggles with defining requirements using common office software and tools are related. Finally, a requirements definition solution is introduced and discussed.

Posted: 26 May 2009 | Published: 26 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009

RESOURCE CENTER: This e-Kit is for anyone who wants to deliver effective software, while reducing costs and risks in this challenging economic environment. Our white papers, videos, webcasts, and customer success stories provide guidance and best practices while showing you how Rational solutions help you gain both short- and long-term value.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: This article aims at answering the question, "Is parallel programming hard?" You'll take a look at the distinctions between parallel and sequential programming as well as the three main problems programmers face when it comes to parallel programming.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009

ASSESSMENT TOOL: This one minute survey consists of ten questions to assess your software quality environment. When complete, you will receive custom recommendations that you can view and print out to help plan your QA strategy; complete with next steps, and thought leadership guidance and papers.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: CodePro AnalytiX provides you with the metrics you need to incorporate self-improvement and optimization into the software process. Thus, CodePro AnalytiX is a full set of tools to support your organization in its quest for sustainable high levels of software quality, security and productivity

Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will outline the major organizational, cultural, and project considerations that are critical to a successful Agile adoption.

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: As the application lifecycle evolves, components that drive efficiency and quality become more crucial. Organizations building centers of excellence (CoE) around performance testing find that the CoE centralizes resources and utilizes the full capabilities of today's robust automation products. Read on to learn more about the benefits of CoE.

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 | Published: 27 Feb 2009

PODCAST: In this podcast, hear about Agile practices that have worked well, failure modes of Agile practices that have failed to live up to the hype, and how to choose the right Agile development for your organization.

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 14 Oct 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, learn Agile practices that have worked well, failure modes of Agile practices that have failed to live up to the hype, and how to choose the right Agile development for your organization.

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009

SOFTWARE DEMO: Access IBM Rational Build Forge demos to see how it can be used to create a software assembly line to automate and accelerate software delivery. Learn how Rational Build Forge can help development teams automate repetitive tasks, uncover development bottlenecks, determine trends for specific projects and manage compliance mandates.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: Download a free trial of IBM Rational Requirements Composer V1.0.0.1, a requirements definition tool for organizations seeking easy to use elicitation and definition tools that enhance their ability to create the right requirements for their projects and drive improved quality, speed, and alignment across the IT lifecycle.

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains a structured way to manage requirements and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system.

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 | Published: 29 Dec 2008

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Remote Encryption Management Software Development Kit (SDK) provides the tools to allow FDE or software based encrypted hard drives to be unlocked remotely out of band using vPro. This allows computers with vPro and encrypted hard drives to be managed out-of-band. Learn more about this SDK and download your free copy today.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: In this webcast, learn Agile practices that have worked well, failure modes of Agile practices that have failed to live up to the hype, and how to choose the right Agile development for your organization.

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 15 Sep 2009

ASSESSMENT TOOL: Check out these three ROI calculators for estimates on your return on investment using one or more IBM solutions.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009