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Agile practitioners face challenges, but see process improvements
SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 27 Jun 2008  EXCLUSIVE!
Despite challenges to using Agile development, SearchSoftwareQuality.com's 2008 Agile Trends survey found that 67% of Agile practitioners have seen process improvements. Those improvements include faster time to market and increased productivity.

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03 Jul 2008
    Flaws in medical coding can kill (The Baltimore Sun)
A medical product might not malfunction because it was poorly designed or badly made -- the traditional suspects -- but because the computer code running it includes a mistake.
    Can software be reliable? (Yet Another Coding Blog)
Want quality software? You're going to have to pay for it.
    The flawed theory behind unit testing (Michael Feathers' Blog)
Unit testing does not improve quality just by catching errors at the unit level. It improves quality because it makes you reflect on your code.
    Lean and Agile: Some thoughts on the differences (Tales from the SharpSide)
Agile development has its qualities, but it is not Lean development, contends Scott C. Reynolds.
    IBM partners sit in with Jazz Team Concert (SD Times)
As IBM launches its Team Concert platform for agile software development, technology partners are certifying their products to work with Big Blue's.
02 Jul 2008
    PCI compliance help via Fortify software
Fortify Software facilitates compliance with PCI DSS requirement 6.6 with the addition to Fortify 360 that highlights issues that violate PCI DSS.
01 Jul 2008
    Can WAFs protect against business logic flaws? (Jeremiah Grossman's Blog)
Jeremiah Grossman recommends ignoring rash criticisms of Web application firewalls (WAFs) and keeping an open mind into what they can do, the value they may provide, and how they m...
    Career options for software test professionals (Software Testing Help)
These days testing looks like a good professional career for many aspiring youths. There are many options available.
    Cities face crisis in search for tech workers (The Miami Herald)
A crisis is looming in the search for technology workers in America's cities. A growing number of baby boomers are leaving the field or retiring, and not enough young people are en...
    Java GUI test tool Squish 3.4 released (TheServerSide.COM)
Froglogic recently released version 3.4 of its automated GUI testing tool Squish. The new version has been improved with Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) support and improved detection and i...
    Software development groups take many routes to Agile EXCLUSIVE!
More software development groups are implementing Agile methodologies, but their routes to adoption are far from straight and narrow. Many select parts of Agile methodologies that ...
30 Jun 2008
    PCI Requirement 6.6 has merchants gearing up (SearchSecurity.com)
Large organizations opt for Web application firewalls, smaller companies lean toward code reviews.
    Tools of the Agile trade EXCLUSIVE!
Index cards have long been a core tool in Agile software development, but practitioners also consider automated testing tools, bug tracking tools, and requirements management tools...
27 Jun 2008
    PCI deadline looms, but standard still packs little punch (SearchCIO.com)
The PCI DSS 6.6 requirement moves from best practices to requirement June 30. Are you prepared?
    Survey: Agile interest high, but waterfall still used by many EXCLUSIVE!
While there's a strong interest in new software development techniques and processes, SearchSoftwareQuality.com's 2008 Agile Trends survey found that many people still follow water...
    Teams turn to use cases, user stories to ease requirements gathering challenges EXCLUSIVE!
The requirements gathering task remains complex and troubling, according to SearchSoftwareQuality.com's 2008 Agile Trends survey. User stories are the technique of choice for Agile...
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