ZDNET's key takeaways Pressure grows for software better aligned with business.Agile techniques have been stagnant for a ...

Agile methods software development (also called Agile Modelling, denoted AG for short) reduce software lifecycle time (thus speeding up development) by firstly creating a prototype version, then ...

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To speed the development of a critical Web-based financial system, Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. made Agile methods a part of its project plan. Launched at year’s end, the application suite, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Distributed software development has become a common reality with the advent of off-shore development and the need to be close to markets.

It's four years since the mainframe software company Compuware went from public ownership to private. Now its CEO Chris O'Malley believes the company is ready to reinvent the mainframe software market ...

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For decades, the US Air Force and its lead aircraft supplier, Lockheed Martin, have struggled to efficiently write the code that runs their aircraft. The result is numerous cost overruns, delays and ...

Much has been written about both Agile and DevOps methodologies. Specifically, we talk a great deal about the value of combining both approaches to strengthen a product development process. However, ...

Raytheon is delivering new software functions that are two to ten times faster as part of its contract to modernize the US Air Force’s Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System using agile ...