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Introduction to Agile Coaching Techniques[presentation] In Agile processes such as Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP), there is a coach whose primary function is to shepherd the process along and help keep everyone on the same page. |
Christian Sepulveda, Nominum Inc
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A Guide to Using XP for Geographically Distributed Development Teams[presentation] It has been said that eXtreme Programming (XP) and Agile development work only for development teams working closely together and collocated with their users. |
Mark Striebeck, VA Software Corporation
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Let's Do It Over Again: Configuration Mismanagement Techniques[presentation] Being told about good configuration management practices is boring and does not do this vital process justice. What if you do it badly, as many development groups do today? |
Mark Pellegrini, Georgia Tech Research Institute
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Getting to the Promised Land with CMMI® and CMM® Processess[presentation] In hopes of delivering better software, cheaper and faster, many organizations have implemented the Capability Maturity Model (CMM®) or the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI®) for Software. |
Rick Hefner, Northrop Grumman Corporation
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How Testers Can Fill the Requirements Gap[presentation] Testers frequently are frustrated by having to test a system without an adequate understanding of the expected results of the tests, often because the requirements are not well-documented. |
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Better Software Conference 2005: Software Production Line Automation with Concurrent Development[presentation] In some contexts, the software development process can be optimized when it is thought of-and run-like a highly automated manufacturing production line. |
C Thomas Tyler, The Go To Group Inc
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Project Driven vs. People Driven Technical Management[presentation] Technical managers often find that their time is taken up by tasks that have the greatest urgency and those that seem to offer the most benefit. |
Marty King, Hospira, Inc.
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Life Rafts for a Drowning Project[presentation] When time is of the essence and stress is high, it's easy to find your team drowning under the weight of impossible deadlines and spiraling requirements. |
Peter Clark, Jervis B. Webb Co
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Cut the Cards When You Play for Money: Overcoming Resistance to Risk Management[presentation] In most organizations, the project game is not going particularly well-we continue high stakes wagers on business projects, but lose more often than we win. Sometimes the losses are staggering. |
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Cultivating High-Performing Teams[presentation] A high performance, self-governing team is a prerequisite for delivering better software products more quickly. Unfortunately, developing such a team is neither simple nor linear. |
Bobbi Underbakke, Adaptive Team Collaboration, Inc.
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Secure Software is a Management Issue, Too![presentation] Development teams are entering a new era of software development. Security will play a critical role because traditional development practices are failing in the face of poor software quality and constant hacker attacks. |
Djenana Campara, Klocwork Inc
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Lipstick on a Pig - How Illusion Leads to Crisis in Real World Projects[presentation] Change, ambiguity, and risk are key issues whether you are running a software project, managing a development team, or leading an entire organization. We learn it over and over again. |
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A Manager's View -- Evolving from Traditional to Agile Development[presentation] Go inside a high risk, high reliability application environment with a combination of legacy and newer systems. |
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Develop and Deliver Secure Web-based Systems[presentation] Gartner Group estimates that three-fourths of today's successful Web attacks do not happen via network security flaws but rather by entering directly through defects in application code. |
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Agile QA - An Oxymoron?[presentation] Your software development group is adopting Agile practices. Documentation and processes now are lightweight. There are more unit tests, and all are automated. The software changes quickly with new releases every one to two weeks. |
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