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Verification at the end of a software development cycle is a very good thing. However, if verification routinely finds important defects, then something is wrong with your process.

This podcast offers the exciting opportunity to hear a discussion among a distinguished panel from the APLN Leadership Summit. Steven Ambrose, Israel Gat, Peter George, and Bud Phillips all contribute to this lively discussion about agile implementation.

Testing doesn't have to begin after the code has been written. In this column, Jeff Patton resurrects the oldest and most overlooked development technique, which can be used to test a product before any piece of it materializes.

Brian Robertson talks about the project governance structure called Holocracy. This is an interesting process of structuring the organization while still allowing self orgnaization within the structure.

Gary Pollice, a professor of Practice, Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, discusses his use of project simulation to bring "Real World Challenges" into an academic setting.

Sanjiv Augustine talks about his book Managing Agile Projects and his work. He is on the board of the APLN and active in the local DC chapter of the APLN.

Software development requires a variety of skills, but organizations shouldn’t assume that a worker can move to a new position—be it analyst, manager, or tester—without task-specific education or assistance.