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Collaborative Software Delivery: Managing Today's Complex Environment to Improve Software Quality
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for a discussion on how IBM Rational can help your company build software of improved quality more efficiently using an integrated application lifecycle management solution.
Posted: 19 Mar 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2009

IBM

Rally Software: Iteration Planning Guide
sponsored by Rally Software
WHITE PAPER: Check out this brief guide to explore why iteration planning is important to agile development, who will play a role in the process, and what you need to begin. In addition, you'll discover five essential steps to planning, an iteration planning agenda, and much more!
Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

Rally Software

A mobile application development primer
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this informative white paper to explore the unique challenges of mobile app development, including usability and choice of implementation technology, and get a primer on the tools and processes that will help you achieve the five key themes of mobile app development.
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

IBM

Measure, Manage, Improve: Unlocking the Business Value of Software Development Optimization
sponsored by Borland, Micro Focus
WHITE PAPER: Read this exclusive paper to learn how companies are improving software development by establishing requirements at the forefront of the project. Discover why changing your development approach will help you drive a greater ROI as well as prevent errors and issues down the road.
Posted: 17 Sep 2012 | Published: 17 Sep 2012

Borland, Micro Focus

Your Guide to Release Planning
sponsored by Rally Software
WHITE PAPER: Agile development might seem like a foreign language if you're new to the game - with a new set of roles and terminology, it's not surprising that you might be a little confused. In this quick, helpful guide, learn about one of the key concepts in agile methodology - release planning. Discover what it is, who does it, and why it's important.
Posted: 28 May 2013 | Published: 28 May 2013

Rally Software

The Three Stages of Preparation for Optimizing Parallel Software
sponsored by Intel Software Network
WHITE PAPER: Improving software performance on parallel software requires a structured approach that makes good use of development resources, obtaining good results quickly. This paper breaks down such an approach into three distinct stages. Read on to find out what the stages are.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

Intel Software Network

Accelerating Application Deployment with InfoSphere Foundation Tools
sponsored by IBM
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

IBM

Get Much More for Much Less with COBOL
sponsored by Micro Focus
WHITE PAPER: Read this brief paper to learn about five features that your infrastructure must have in order to be agile enough to respond to change and easily adapt to accommodate new development technologies including foresight, heritage, portability, fitness-for-purpose, and readability.
Posted: 20 Aug 2012 | Published: 20 Aug 2012

Micro Focus

Agile Development Poster
sponsored by VersionOne Inc.
WHITE PAPER: "Agile Development" is an umbrella term for several iterative and incremental software development methodologies and this document gives a single view of the entire process for agile software production.
Posted: 11 Feb 2009 | Published: 11 Feb 2009

VersionOne Inc.

Agile Transformation Strategy
sponsored by CollabNet
WHITE PAPER: The CollabNet Agile Coaches have observed patterns and key milestones in the way organizations adopt and scale Agile. "Agile Transformation Strategy," by Angela Druckman, CollabNet Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Transformational Coach, outlines a sound strategy and transformational "blueprint" to help guide organizations on the path to Agility.
Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

CollabNet