Topic: agile
premium Guest View: Don’t use velocity as a weapon
As I travel around talking to Scrum teams, developers and pretty much anyone involved in building products, they seem to always bring up “velocity.” Don’t get me wrong; velocity is a good measure, but it is only ONE measure, and it is one that can be quite subjective as well. In Scrum, for example, teams … continue reading
The role of QA in a shift-left world
The uptake in Agile and DevOps processes has led to changes in how software is written, tested, secured and deployed. Among the key changes organizations are making is to decentralize their test and QA teams. This is being done in response to organizations first looking to modernize testing practices by shifting testing to the left … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Apache CouchDB 3.0, Talend’s Winter ’20 release of Data Fabric, and DeepCode’s CLI
Apache CouchDB 3.0 has been released. Apache CouchDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database. Highlights of the release include: default installations are now secure and locked down, user-defined partitioned databases improved for faster querying, and Live Shard Splitting added for incremental scale-out. Apache CouchDB 3.0 also lets users store their data safely, on their own servers, … continue reading
A sober view of DevOps and the value it can create
To fully participate in the digital economy and stay ahead of customer expectations, enterprise IT must deliver software faster than ever before. As a result, Agile development and DevOps processes have become critical for IT to meet the challenges of the digital world. Those processes give enterprises flexibility, enabling them to pivot as needed to … continue reading
Report uncovers value stream’s impact on software delivery
Value Stream Management (VSM) is quickly becoming the go-to approach as organizations look to fully unlock their software delivery life cycle. According to a recent report, 95% of enterprises either are interested, have plans to or already have adopted VSM. The report was commissioned by CollabNet VersionOne and conducted by Forrester. It looks at responses from … continue reading
Guest View: Embracing a DevOps culture
DevOps, which refers to the increased communication and collaboration between development and IT operations, is an ever-changing, sometimes complicated term. While “dev” and “ops”were once siloed with separate philosophies, practices, tools, and workflows, they’re merging into one. The result? A more efficient, reliable process and product that is helping organizations create stronger ties between all … continue reading
SAFe 5.0 for Lean Enterprises focuses on enabling business agility
Scaled Agile Inc., the company behind the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), has announced a new version of the framework. SAFe 5.0 for Lean Enterprises features advances in strategy, execution, and leadership competencies. This updated version of the framework offers companies guidance on how they can extend the Lean-Agile mindset into areas of the business such … continue reading
How can organizations successfully navigate the value stream with your solution?
Brian Muskoff, director of DevOps strategy at HCL Technologies, IT and digital solutions provider We believe value stream management is an everyday solution to improve collaboration, delivery flow and business results. With HCL UrbanCode Velocity, teams can immediately change the nature of their Agile + DevOps practices with our value stream visualization that we call … continue reading
Getting the most value out of your value streams
Organizations cannot ignore today’s ongoing digital transformation. With every company now becoming a software company, if software isn’t being created correctly and quickly enough, industry pundits argue, companies are going to find it difficult to stay alive. “There is a digital transformation going on and if you are not changing the way you are doing … continue reading
A guide to legacy app modernization tool providers
Compuware: Compuware, a mainframe-dedicated software company, empowers the world’s largest companies to excel in the digital economy by taking full advantage of their mainframe investments. They do this by delivering innovative software that enables IT professionals with mainstream skills to develop, deliver and support mainframe applications with ease and agility. Splice Machine: Splice Machine is … continue reading
How these companies can help you modernize your applications
David Rizzo, VP of product engineering at Compuware Compuware delivers highly innovative solutions and integrations that enable IT professionals of all skill levels to manage mainframe applications, data and platform operations with ease and agility. As mainframe workloads continue to grow and platform stewardship shifts to cross-platform DevOps teams, providing common tools that automate, integrate … continue reading
Legacy app modernization is not a slash and burn process
Legacy application modernization may mean different things to different people. But whether that means updating practices surrounding mainframes, adopting Agile and DevOps practices or updating to modern databases, legacy app modernization is necessary to keep pace with modern industry demands. “Legacy modernization at large means that you take advantage of enhanced operational agility and accelerated … continue reading
