Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio. 

Learn how automated data collection can help you increase ROI, achieve better information, reduce shipping errors, increase customer satisfaction and improve ef-ficiency of manufacturing operations. 

This comprehensive template includes questions to aid you in selecting a requirements management and definition application. Customizable to fit your particular business needs, this document will be your go-to guide for deciding on a software vendor. 

This eight-page buyer's guide looks at desktop virtualisation and identifies some of the options IT directors must consider when planning a virtualisation project. 

The results from the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report detail the findings of analyzing more than 61 million lines of open source code from 291 popular and widely-used open source projects such as Android, Linux, Apache, Samba and PHP, among others. Read on to learn more about these results. 

Organizations are often turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of BI with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. This survey report presents recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM as well as some findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects. 

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. 

The future is hybrid app development, in which Java code, Javascript, and HTML5 are combined to create mobile applications. This expert e-guide provides insight into how your development team can benefit from a hybrid development approach, and outlines the unique skills and employees that your team will have to assemble for a successful project. 

Software code governance is a large part of mitigating risks. Discover how this strategy can proactively establish policies or thresholds around code quality and security, test against these policies early in the project lifecycle, and control risk through better visibility into areas of risk in the project or in the supply chain. 

This paper provides answers to basic questions relating to the management of outsourced development and maintenance. What is the metrics approach to managing sub-contractors? What is the quality of the code expected to be that has been developed by the sub-contractor? Read on for the answers to these and other important considerations. 

Application security has become a top concern for security professionals striving to control their company’s overall risk profile. Meanwhile, companies are also saving money by outsourcing more and more custom code creation. This white paper outlines five best practices that enterprises can use to secure their outsourced application development. 

This webcast introduces a technology that provides developers with a collaborative platform for tracking code, enhancement requests, defects, and project status. Watch now to learn how development teams can store source code, bug reports, and work items in a central repository for a unified vision of all projects.