Software Project Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Automated testing will shorten your development cycles, avoid cumbersome repetitive tasks and help improve software quality but how do you get started? The best practices discussed in this white paper help ensure results and a successful foundation for improving your software quality.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper recommends best practices for efficient, lightweight peer code review that have been proven to be effective via scientific study and extensive field experience. Use the techniques discussed in this paper to ensure your code reviews improve your code and make the most of your developers' time.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Software development teams are always looking for an edge to produce features more quickly while retaining a high level of software quality. This document describes best practices for uniting both automated and manual test efforts to improve your software releases and obtain the highest quality releases in the shortest amount of time.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 | Published: 14 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Despite criticism of application development methodology over the years, some fundamental problems haven’t been addressed successfully. This paper examines a new direction supported by the IBM InfoSphere Foundation Tools. These tools provide a coordinated approach well-suited to the special needs of contemporary information-centric development.

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 | Published: 13 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how this software can aid in starting new projects and adding and transitioning team members quickly, thereby increasing your ability to respond to changes in your business as well as marketplace demands.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Working together, HP and CollabNet offer a true end-to-end ALM solution. This paper describes the integration that offers efficiency improvements leading to higher quality software delivered at increased velocity. Enterprise-wide, stakeholders can stay in their specialized environments and still take advantage of improved processes.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 | Published: 13 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper investigates the reasons why effective collaboration amongst project teams is so difficult, and identifies the top three methods by which collaboration can be improved with a requirements-driven quality solution.

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper is about the critical role that integrated requirements management can play in helping to ensure that your business goals and IT investment are continuously aligned.

Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the benefits of quality management automation, the progression of its adoption and future opportunities for expanding it.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management.

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a set of agile meeting and facilitation checklists that offer an easy framework to help guide software development teams through the various agile cycles. Read on to learn about the Agile Development Rhythms and start using the checklists presented herein to help get through the various agile cycles.

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 | Published: 24 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we'll outline the many benefits of an integrated approach to requirements and quality management, as well as offer best practices for effective requirements-driven testing.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

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: Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the challenges that impede teams as they try to collect, analyze, and evaluate ideas to define the best solution requirements. The paper also provides information on the four critical areas to defining great requirements and how IBM Rational® solutions help teams address these areas.

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces coverage analysis as an important direction in the management of software testing. Specifically, this paper covers test assessment and improvement using McCabe IQ coverage analysis in the areas of functional testing, incremental testing, and unit level testing.

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides answers to basic questions relating to the management of outsourced development and maintenance. What is the metrics approach to managing sub-contractors? What is the quality of the code expected to be that has been developed by the sub-contractor? Read on for the answers to these and other important considerations.

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 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: 23 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: Can you list all the issues your software team is working on? Can you sort them by severity, priority, features affected, and other criteria? Can you show the histories of all related actions? This article details how Elementool Bug Tracking can help.

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

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: A formal Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and change management infrastructure significantly increases the chances of project success for geographically distributed software development teams. This whitepaper explains why.

Posted: 16 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 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: ALM has made software development projects more successful over the past twelve years, but statistics show there is still room for improvement. See how Serena's ALM approach can help your organization overcome the shortcomings of traditional ALM tools.

Posted: 07 May 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007