Software Best Practices Research
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Uniting Your Automated and Manual Test Efforts
Sponsored by: SmartBear SoftwareSoftware 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.
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Accelerating Application Deployment with InfoSphere Foundation Tools
Sponsored by: IBMDespite 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.
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Build your bottom line: Drive innovation with a collaborative requirements-driven quality solution.
Sponsored by: IBMThis 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.
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Agile Release Planning and Monitoring
Sponsored by: CollabNetAttend this fast-paced presentation and hear from Dan Rawsthorne, as he introduces Agile Release Planning, which is actually the development of a release strategy that must be implemented in an agile way. Dan shows you how a Release Plan is generated, and then shows how the Release Plan is monitored and managed with metrics from sprint to sprint.
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E-Book: SAP upgrade tips and best practices
Sponsored by: Panaya, Inc.SAP upgrades are a perennial challenge - especially for organizations with many instances or customizations. The struggling economy has also made it difficult to make a case for a technical SAP ERP upgrade. Read this paper to learn about six SAP upgrade tips and best practices for global environments which can help avoid costly downtime and issues.
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Fixing the SAP Upgrade Process: Nine Best Practices
Sponsored by: Panaya, Inc.This paper takes a new look at the SAP upgrade process in light of emerging best practices and new technologies. This report offers a discussion of the value of both technical and functional upgrades as well as a discussion of some of the best practices to enhance the value of your SAP upgrades while lowering overall cost.
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Rational Build Forge Demo Series
Sponsored by: IBMAccess IBM Rational Build Forge demos to see how it can be used to create a software assembly line to automate and accelerate software delivery. Learn how Rational Build Forge can help development teams automate repetitive tasks, uncover development bottlenecks, determine trends for specific projects and manage compliance mandates.
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Smarter Products - The Building Blocks for a Smarter Planet
Sponsored by: IBMIBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more.
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Rational Team Concert Trial
Sponsored by: IBMDownload a free trial version of IBM® Rational® Team Concert Standard Edition, a member of the Rational Team Concert family of products built on the Jazz Technology Platform. Jazz is a scalable, extensible team collaboration platform for seamlessly integrating tasks across the software lifecycle.
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A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Agile Tools
Sponsored by: IBMThis evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow.
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Are you Agile Enough?
Sponsored by: IBMIf you are using Open Source, doing Agile but not able to consistently meet project goals, and aren't sure what tools you need -- check out how Rational Team Concert can help. See how Rational Team Concert automates core Agile practices -- like consistent team collaboration, rapid response to change, and frequent delivery of [...]
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An Integrated Approach to Requirements and Quality Management
Sponsored by: IBMIn 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.
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A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment
Sponsored by: Hewlett Packard EnterpriseThis white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans.
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Ten Steps to Better Requirements Management
Sponsored by: IBMRequirements 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.
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Requirements Definition as the Foundation for Effective Software Delivery
Sponsored by: IBMThis 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.
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Aligning Business and IT through Connected Requirements: Unifying the Development Process
Sponsored by: IBMCheck out this white paper to learn how the connected-requirements approach serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that are designed to allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
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How Successful Manufacturing ERP Selections Are Made: The Top Things to Look for, Look at, and Look beyond When Evaluating an ERP Purchase
Sponsored by: IQMSThis paper examines the major considerations manufacturers looking to add, upgrade of replace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software should be aware of. By being cognizant of these aspects you'll ensure that you'll be able to select a solution that best fits your needs, both now and in the future.
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Five Myths of Agile Development
Sponsored by: VersionOne Inc.In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.
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Beagle Research Group: Next Generation Platforms for On-Demand Applications
Sponsored by: Salesforce.comLearn how enterprise software platforms for CRM and other applications remove much of the complexity of software development, operation and maintenance -- enabling you to extend on-demand success across your entire enterprise.
