Check out this webcast to learn how the Agile Scaling Model can be applied to tailor the Scrum lifecycle, roles, and practices to address scaling factors, including regulatory compliance, technical complexity, and organizational complexity. 

This article challenges the value of traditional metrics for managing product development schedules and presents an alternative compatible with Agile approaches such as Scrum and XP. It is written for development managers or Scrum Product Owners who want to make decisions based on empirically derived schedule forecasts instead of shots in the dark. 

This white paper explains how to use Encrypting File System (EFS), a feature that is provided by default in the Windows® operating system, to protect data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook Compatibility Update running on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2). 

Jagdeep Singh Bhambra, head of software development at the FT, gives his views on the future of software development, in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club for IT leaders. 

This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises", and describes the iteration pattern and activities that a team engages in to create tested, value-delivered code in a short time box. 

'Agile' is the great buzz word these days, but how many people are really practicing Agile, and for how long? When the going gets tough, do they revert back to familiar, traditional habits? In this e-guide, learn expert tips for transitioning to Agile, how to prove its business value, and strategies for facing challenges with Agile projects. 

This e-guide examines organizational and team challenges of implementing the agile process. This e-guide also will detail how to scale agile software development to large organizations by scaling agile practices and agile work; how to transition small and large development teams to Scrum; and more. 

This paper focuses on re-defining the job of project manager to better fit the self-managed team environment, one of the core Agile principles. Special emphasis is placed on the shift to servant leadership, with its focus on facilitation and collaboration 

In this exclusive Essential Guide, explore expert insight into improving the performance and capabilities of your testers and development teams while maintaining a high level of agility and functionality - and without sacrificing the ability to meet the demands of today's markets. 

"Agile Development" is an umbrella term for several iterative and incremental software development methodologies and this document gives a single view of the entire process for agile software production. 

Web collaboration solutions are emerging as one of the building blocks of those applications. 

This paper discusses how Brent used IBM to supply the customer data integration and master data management (MDM) to consolidate back-end systems to reduce administration costs, improve customer service and minimise benefit fraud.