This document, written by thought leader and certified CollabNet Scrum trainer and coach Michael James, condenses the essence of Scrum into 6 pages. It's a must read for agile enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about Scrum. 

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. 

In this tip guide, experts deliver advice on handling many of the problems that result from working with enterprise-scale projects in an agile environment. 

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. 

Traditionally, contract management was a time-consuming, inefficient, paper-based process but in today's fast-paced world these strategies won't cut it. In this paper, learn how cloud-based Web and mobile contract management methods are revolutionizing the industry and discover how businesses and customers can benefit from these strategies. 

To remain competitive, you need fast and accurate sales strategies – but traditional contract management practices are cumbersome and error-prone.  Access this resource to learn about a Salesforce add-on technology that automates the contract lifecycle and tracks individual contracts in real-time in order to streamline sales processes. 

This white paper discusses the seven best practices in contract management. It's time for you to think about how to manage your contracts more effectively, close more deals, and get more cash. Learn how in this paper. 

Read this paper to learn three ways your company can get the most out of its contracts by ensuring that the agreements you enter into are low in risk and that contractual terms are being observed and met. 

'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. 

Stratus needed to address 3 key needs: Salesforce.com integration; user access through a familiar Outlook interface; and full self-service visibility for salespeople. The SpringCM Contract Accelerator for Salesforce.com enables Stratus' sales teams to collaborate, share best practices and to streamline contract negotiation and approval processes. 

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 

"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. 

The ISG Outsourcing Index provides a quarterly review of the latest sourcing industry data and trends.