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whitepaper Governing the business process of software and systems development2006-09-15 09:58:11 IBM
  Many companies are investing in governance at the business level, but today's pressures demand that they also apply the principles of governance to software and systems development. When implemented properly, governance enables companies to execute highly flexible and business driven processes in the context of a structured and compliant environment. This white paper shows how governing the business process of software and systems development - also known as "business driven development" - will allow your organization to achieve this necessary balance between responsiveness and control.   
whitepaper Version Control on the Cheap. a User-Friendly, Cost-Effective Revision Control System for SAS2006-09-12 01:00:16 SAS Institute
  Revision control is an integral component of code development in many languages but is often absent from SAS programming. Cost and ease of use are often cited as two of the primary reasons why a revision control system is not used. However, the need for such a system is growing. An audit trail of changes to code is becoming increasingly important in many industries. From a programmer's perspective there are many advantages to a system that can easily differentiate between programs that are under development, have been validated, or have been released into a production environment. This paper describes the implementation of free, open source components that comprise an easy to use revision control system for SAS programs.   
whitepaper Collaborative Software Development on Demand2006-04-27 08:07:39 CollabNet
  CollabNet is the standard for on-demand collaborative software development networks. CollabNet's software and services help distributed enterprises reduce costs and speed development by bringing their people, ideas, processes, and development partners together in one Collaborative Development Environment. This paper outlines how this approach enables a level of rapid innovation and dynamic communication between project members - regardless of location - that is not possible with traditional software development tools and techniques.   
whitepaper Harnessing Change: How to Anticipate, Accommodate, and Leverage Change to Provide Competitive Advantage Through Software Development2006-04-13 03:00:06
  To excel in today's business climate, organizations must continually deliver differentiated products and services that provide high business value. Even the most successful enterprises can experience failure because they unsuccessfully manage change in software development. This paper discusses how organizations that develop software can take steps to manage change proactively in order to reach business objectives. It also describes how organizations can leverage change as a tool by applying the Borland Software Delivery Optimization strategy - a combination of process and measurement services from Borland, effective project and requirements management, and software change and configuration management technologies that help turn change into advantage.   
whitepaper Application Portfolio Management: The Benefits of Greater Insight2006-08-04 01:00:11 Compuware
  Emerging trends in information technology create the need for very high XML processing performance, which might only be achievable by applying a non-traditional processor architecture. This paper presents a novel programmable state machine technology, called B-FSM, which can become the key enabler for such an architecture. This technology is fully programmable and provides high performance in combination with low storage requirements and fast incremental updates. Based on the B-FSM technology, the high-level concept of an XML acceleration engine called ZUXA is introduced, which provides a processing model optimized for conditional execution in combination with dedicated instructions for character and string-processing functions.   
whitepaper Project Management Using Event Chain Methodology2006-04-19 03:19:55
  Any projects are affected by a large number of events (risks), which can significantly change the course of a project. These events may form groups of related events or event chains. The paper discusses a proposed methodology of modeling the software project using event chains. The event chains methodology can contribute to reducing uncertainties in project scheduling through mitigation of psychological biases and significant simplification of process of modeling, tracking, and analysis of project schedule.   
whitepaper Mastering M&A: The CIO's Game Plan2006-01-13 01:01:38
  Few IT organizations have expertise integrating IT after mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, yet business success is dependent upon IT's successful integration. Without a well-thought-out and effectively managed plan, IT risks an incomplete integration, business frustration with its capability, loss of critical staff, higher costs, and an unnecessarily complex environment. Successful IT integration starts before the merger or acquisition, with CIO involvement in due diligence and with assessing IT's own capabilities. Due diligence must be used to develop an integration strategy, plan, and team that will give the CIO confidence. CIOs with M&A experience identify key decisions around which applications, infrastructure, and IT processes can go forward and key actions to create the new IT organization after the merger or acquisition.   
whitepaper Project Portfolio Management for New Product Development: Tracking the Project Cycle from Idea to Launch2006-01-21 01:01:35
  Besides being relevant to professional services organizations (PSO) and internal information technology (IT) departments, project portfolio management (PPM) software is applied in multiple vertical markets in the area of new product development (NPD). In industries ranging from manufacturing and high technology to consumer goods and biotechnology, PPM solutions help manage the corporate objectives associated with NPD projects.

This article from Technology Evaluation Centers examines the features and benefits of PPM in the NPD arena, as well as some of the vendors that provide specific functionality for this growing market segment. 		  
whitepaper Marketing EA's Value2006-01-13 01:01:38
  Enterprise architecture (EA) groups believe their work is valuable — but they struggle with how to communicate this value to the rest of IT. Underlying this struggle is EA's focus on future options and improvements, while the rest of IT is focused on day-to-day concerns and quarter-to-quarter delivery. EA groups should employ techniques borrowed from marketing disciplines to refine their value proposition, sharpen their messages, and deliver these messages to the constituents they need as allies. This is not an academic exercise, as the EA group's influence and credibility depend on how these constituents perceive them.   
whitepaper Tools and Techniques for Superior Test Management2007-05-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Recent years have brought a major breakthrough in the field of application testing. The growing complexity of today's applications, combined with increased competitive pressures and skyrocketing costs of application failure and downtime, have catapulted the need for testing to new heights.

While the pressures to deliver high-quality applications continue to mount, challenges like shrinking development and deployment schedules, geographically distributed organizations, outsourcing, and high turnover rates for skilled employees make application testing the ultimate challenge.

Faced with the reality of having to do more with less, juggle multiple projects, and manage diverse and distributed project teams, many organizations are adopting test management methodologies and turning to automated test management tools to help centralize, organize, prioritize, and document their testing efforts.

Tags: Application Development, Software Engineering