Covers tools and practices for software development with a strong focus on best practices used in industry and professional development, such as agile methodologies, pair-programming and test-driven ...

Yet our systems and tools are often too rigid to effectively address complex problems, and program incentives frequently undermine adaptation instead of supporting it. To drive improvements in impact ...

These methods have proven to be more effective in dealing with changing requirements during the development phase, which always seem to occur. Also called "lean programming," the agile methods ...

In order to fill this gap a number of “agile methods” have been developed such as Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Extreme Programming (XP), Feature Driven Development (FDD), Kanban and ...

As part of this trend, the Waterfall method of software development began to give way in the ... or which do not meet the product’s requirements, as well as mundane programming defects (a.k.a. “bugs”) ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about 21st century leadership, Agile, innovation & narrative. In the 1990s, the software department was often the worst performing ...

First, while Agile programming heavily emphasizes co-location and the importance of face-to-face interactions, open source is built on the very idea whereby anyone, anywhere, with any level of ...

The goal of any software development lifecycle (SDLC) is to create a great product. And that requires flexibility, customer-centricity, and a philosophy of constant improvement—all attributes of the ...

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