Software Development Methodologies White Papers

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: 26 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the current dilemma that security auditors face with the bottleneck for Web application deployment.

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 04 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores optimization strategies and demonstrated benefits being achieved today with IBM Software solutions. Utilization of these capabilities can help you meet the increasing challenges of energy efficiency, cost containment and compliance.

Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 04 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: The benefits of Agile methods are becoming more obvious and compelling. While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly...

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises", and describes the iteration pattern and activities that a team engages in to create tested, value-delivered code in a short time box.

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 | Published: 14 Aug 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 discusses SOA deployment best practices and lessons learned. Learn how to use SOA technology to better support agile business innovation and optimization.

Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how static source code analysis can be used to find critical defects and security vulnerabilities in C/C++ and Java source code.

Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 03 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper will review the most common pitfalls that software developers face when creating multi-threaded applications. Discover how static analysis techniques can be used to eliminate concurrency defects earlier in the lifecycle.

Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 03 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how to better implement an SOA based on the REST architecture through the use of SOA appliances.

Posted: 03 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: This expert e-Guide details the current state of the requirements development process, exploring how to detect requirements errors in the critical specification and validation steps.

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 | Published: 04 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn 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: 14 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the importance of collaborative management of software development and testing processes in order to achieve an integrated view of distributed development while meeting internal and external compliance requirements.

Posted: 21 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Oct 2006

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines IBM's recommended approach to the test automation challenge, knowing that most testing is first done manually.

Posted: 20 Sep 2005 | Published: 01 May 2005