SmartBiz IT Research Library

DATA SHEET - This document contains the data from the The 3rd Annual ‘ State of Agile Development' survey. Its goal was to report on the status of organizations currently implementing or practicing Agile methods. Read now to learn more.
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Customer Satisfaction | Data Management | Organization Change Management | Project Management | Reporting Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Business Analysts community, what new skills are required, and what BAs can do to ease the transition.
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Collaboration | Leadership | Project Management | Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - This 2008 SearchSoftwareQuality.com Agile Trends Survey provides insight into the challenges faced by agile developers, how they utilize test cases and the tools they prefer for optimal software development.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Functional Requirements | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance

WEBCAST - View this Webcast and explore critical recommendations for leaders of organizations moving to full-scale agile development.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Premiered: October 7, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Modeling | Software Architectures | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Metrics

WEBCAST - View this Webcast and explore critical recommendations for leaders of organizations moving to full-scale agile development.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Premiered: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Modeling | Software Architectures | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Metrics

WHITE PAPER - This paper details the challenges and solutions available for companies wanting to improve their software development process, reduce costs, improve quality. It also presents examples of companies that have successfully implemented Strategic QA.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

VIDEO - In this Videocast, you will discover how automated testing can be used during software development, particularly agile software development.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Premiered: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

PODCAST - See how IBM solutions can help you manage your architecture across many different disciplines and geographies with this presentation on managing solution architectures.
Posted: September 17, 2008 | Premiered: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Enterprise Architectures | ERP | SOA | SOAP | Software Development Life-Cycles

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a thorough and detailed examination of a comprehensive requirements management solution. It summarizes the high level benefits of an effective requirements management approach and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Change Management | Collaboration | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Productivity | Software Development Life-Cycles | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Hurwitz & Associates sees a major transition in the way organizations are approaching software quality management.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Collaboration | Customer Satisfaction | Downtime | Metrics | Project Management | Quality Control | SOA | Software Development Life-Cycles | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises", and describes the iteration pattern and activities that a team engages in to create tested, value-delivered code in a short time box.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Code Management | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | IT Best Practices | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains the challenges presented by parallel debugging. Learn about a unique new product from Total View Technologies that enables the developer to examine not just the current state of the program, but the point of failure.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Debuggers | Debugging | Memory Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing | Source Code Control | Source Code Control Software | Troubleshooting

VIDEOCAST - This videocast discusses the role of performance engineering within the software application lifecycle. Learn about typical performance problems, how to detect them and how to best diagnose their root cause.
Posted: July 14, 2008 | Premiered: July 14, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper details the challenges and solutions available for organizations wishing to improve their software development process, reduce costs, improve quality and increase reliability of planning.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Change Management | Error Handling | Quality Control | ROI | Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Test Results | Testing