Traditional software models (RUP, V-Model, CMM, Waterfall)

MUST READ Can traditional project management and agile development coexist? ARTICLE - Are traditional project managers and agile practitioners fundamentally at odds? Or can they live together and even complement each other? Survey: Agile interest high, but waterfall still used by many ARTICLE - While there's a strong interest in new software development techniques, SearchSoftwareQuality.com's recent survey found that many still follow traditional development practices. CMMI: Good process doesn't always lead to good quality INTERVIEW - Having a process such as CMMI in place doesn't guarantee quality software or systems, says Bill Curtis, co-author of CMM. You can still have defects.

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	Agile and waterfall neck and neck as business side fails to engage SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 16 Mar 2009 INTERVIEW - In this interview, Jon Kern discusses the disconnect between business and development leaders, why agile requires top-notch developers and why piecemeal adoption of agile fails.

	Turning agile skeptics to believers at Blueprint Systems SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 11 Mar 2009 ARTICLE - Blueprint's CTO was skeptical about the powers of agile, especially when it came to distributed teams, but now he's made believers of the whole organization.

	How Covad made the switch to a distributed agile development process SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 02 Mar 2009 ARTICLE - Waterfall methodologies weren't working for Covad Communications, so the company switched its process to agile and cut costs while achieving faster project completions.

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	Best practices for moving testers from waterfall to agile development Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 30 Mar 2009 TIP - Software testers moving from a waterfall environment to the agile development model don't have to be driven to the head-banging stage of frustration.

	How to choose a software testing methodology 11 Feb 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - Choosing the right testing methodology, be it agile, waterfall, V-model or spiral model, depends on the software project, explains expert John Overbaugh.

	Implementing the IBM Rational Unified Process and Solutions: A Guide to Improving Your Software Development Capability and Maturity -- Chapter 2, Your First Steps Submitted By: SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 15 Aug 2007 TIP - The Rational Unified Process (RUP), a software development methodology, may be a good fit for your needs. This free chapter outlines how to promote RUP and its ROI potential.

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	Addressing software quality issues with development models, methods SearchSoftwareQuality.com | 29 Mar 2007 LEARNING GUIDE - Each development model has its own practices for building quality software. The challenge is determining which one fits your needs. The resources here can help you decide.

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	collaboration diagram 08 Mar 2007 WORD - A collaboration diagram, also called a communication diagram or interaction diagram, is an illustration of the relationships and interactions among software objects in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The concept is more ...

	waterfall model 06 Nov 2003 WORD - The waterfall model is a popular version of the systems development life cycle model for software engineering. Often considered the classic approach to the systems development life cycle, the waterfall model describes a ...

	Capability Maturity Model 05 Oct 2003 WORD - The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a methodology used to develop and refine an organization's software development process. The model describes a five-level evolutionary path of increasingly organized and systematically ...

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Traditional software models (RUP, V-Model, CMM, Waterfall):  Software development fundamentals, Agile software development, Scrum software development, Extreme Programming (XP), Model-driven development (MDD), Test-driven development (TDD)