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The Crucial Role DevOps Plays in Change and Configuration Management[article]

Agile's core principles may have been originally intended at the software development, but the concept of DevOps has shown that agile's benefits can be experienced by a much larger audience. Collaboration between these two departments benefits just as much as anyone.

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Refactoring: What You Need to Do It Right[presentation]

As certain as evolving requirements lead to code changes, code changes lead to code degradation. Therefore, code refactoring is critical to the long-term viability of all software products.

Kevin Sawicki, Perforce Software
Security Guidelines for Agile Development[presentation]

Some security experts would have you believe that it is "impossible" to implement secure development practices using agile development methodologies.

Bryan Sullivan, Microsoft
End-to-End Agile Planning: Oxymoron or Powerful Release Planning Method?[presentation]

It's a very common pattern. Agile methods don't seem to specify much in the way of preparation or strategies for project planning-so teams simply dive-in and start iterating toward a solution to their business problems.

Bob Galen, iContact
Risk Identification, Analysis, and Mitigation in Agile Environments[presentation]

Although risk identification, analysis, and mitigation are critically important parts of any software project effort, agile projects require non-traditional techniques that are much quicker and easier to use than classical risk techniques.

James McCaffrey, Volt VTE
The Battle of Scrum vs. Kanban[presentation]

Over the past ten years, Scrum has become the leading project management approach in agile development. Now, there’s a new kid on the block-Kanban.

Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development
Working with Globally Distributed Agile Teams[presentation]

Miscommunications, misunderstandings, and interpersonal conflicts often thrive in the typical distributed team.

Ken Pugh, Net Objectives
Agile vs. Agility: Doing vs. Being[presentation]

To be agile or not to be agile … that is not the question anymore; agile adoption is on the rise and there seems no turning back.

Ahmed Sidky, Santeon
Boundary, Authority, Role and Task (BART) Analysis[presentation]

If your Scrum practices-or any agile processes-aren't working as effectively as they might, this class may be just what you need!

Dan Mezick, New Technology Solutions
Making Agile Work in Highly Regulated Environments[presentation]

Highly regulated industries-avionics suppliers, medical device companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers-must meet rigorous quality standards to ensure their products are not a danger to the general public.

Colin Doyle, MKS, Inc.
Managing and Eliminating Technical Debt[presentation]

Many organizations look at technical debt as an inevitable byproduct of developing and delivering software. They struggle with managing their existing debt as well as searching for ways to make it go away.

V. Lee Henson, VersionOne
Mastering Dependencies in Your Product Backlog[presentation]

Agile teams may unintentionally assume significant risk and excessive rework by not addressing dependencies in the product backlog.

Ellen Gottesdiener, EBG Consulting
Agile Test Automation Development[presentation]

We can apply agile development practices to test automation like any other software development project.

Monica Luke, IBM Rational
Story-o-types: The Patterns Within the Stories[presentation]

Have you noticed that similar stories appear over and over again as you develop a system?

Dan Rawsthorne, Danube Technologies
Estimating Business Value[presentation]

Agility focuses on delivering business value to the customers as rapidly as possible. So, how does the team assure the business that it’s delivering the most value possible in the right priority?

Ken Pugh, Net Objectives

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