The IBM Rational ALM value estimator illustrates how your organization can be positively impacted by the use of Rational software solutions as you manage your software development and delivery from definition to deployment. 

This webcast introduces five key imperatives for ALM and discusses how they can be used to ensure success for ALM in a collaborative environment. If you have ever worked on a software development project and wondered how you can eliminate those endless project replans, this webcast is for you. 

This expert e-guide features insight from quality assurance expert Lisa Crispin on the risks and benefits of outsourcing performance testing. Crispin also offers tips on different performance testing measures and discusses performance testing specialists within agile software development. 

This white paper gives an overview of the challenges release management presents, three tips for improving your software release strategies, and insight on how effective release management is poised to become a driver of competitive advantage. 

How can IT organizations deliver applications that are more aligned with business needs, budgets, and schedules? This paper will explore best practices—both at the enterprise and project level—to capture and manage well-defined application requirements. 

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is what keeps the latest software tools working, and Agile ALM provides transparency and improved communications between teams and stakeholders. This exclusive e-zine discusses the latest collaboration tools for ALM and software configuration management (SCM). 

<p>Read this white paper to learn how to create an accurate requirements definition for ongoing management that will save you time and money in the design phase, during development, and throughout the testing and quality assurance processes.</p> 

<p>Read this white paper to learn about a mobile software development kit that can help you improve the text recognition and conversion capabilities of your mobile applications.</p> 

Using modern-day Agile techniques such as automation and cloud hosting solutions, today’s IT leaders have opportunities to reap better returns on their ALM investments. In this issue, experts will share source code control system automation strategies, hosting options for code repositories and trends in requirements management tools. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

Since the creation of the Agile Manifesto, many development teams have embraced the guidelines of agile. However, it’s likely that other internal development teams or partners that you work with haven’t completely left behind “old school” methods. Learn how to stay in control and keep development efficient even when everyone isn’t completely agile. 

Many application development teams have been distracted by shiny new technologies, methodologies, and platforms,  and have thus failed to engage design principles and talent effectively. Read this Forrester Research paper to discover seven design qualities that are key to creating better software, faster. 

Lean software development and deployment should figure prominently in every organization’s IT strategy. The growing pervasiveness of virtual and cloud environments makes the need even more urgent.  Read this paper to learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lean, lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move.