iceScrum is and open source tool designed for Scrum, the most popular agile method. For the last 5 years it has grown around the Scrum pillars: Backlog, Sprint, ScrumMaster and Product Owner and helps teams with the ceremonies.
The tool includes practices coming from Kanban, like the Work In Process (WIP) limit for urgent tasks, as well as the creation of cumulative flow diagrams.

December 15, 2011 - The SonarSource’s SQALE product is a full implementation of the SQALE (Software Quality Assessment based on Lifecycle Expectations) methodology developed by Inspearit (formerly DNV ITGS).

ROCKVILLE, Md, December 14 2011 - Micro Focus, the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the launch of Borland StarTeam 12.0. The new suite of change management tools increases and extends interoperability of application lifecycle management (ALM) tools and asset types across software development teams. This helps to overcome traditional development barriers such as lack of cross-tool visibility and inefficient collaboration.

December 15 2011 - ScrumDesk is proud to announce the availability of ScrumDesk Lite for iPhone, iPod and iPad in Apple AppStore.

December 12, 2011 - Visual Paradigm International Limited announced today the release of Agilian 3.3 Service Pack 2 (Agilian 3.3 SP2). Agilian provides a set of sophisticated modeling toolsets including UML, Business Process Modeling (BPMN), EPC Diagram, Process Map Diagram, Mind Map Diagram, User Interface Designer, ERD, DFD, Textual Analysis and CRC, Organization Chart for applying agile modeling.

Michigan State University would like you to invite you to participate in one of the largest and broadest research studies performed to date on the impacts of agile methodology on project success. While previous studies have focused on particular agile methodologies, or narrow definitions of success, this study seeks to be the first to provide empirical evidence as to the broad impacts of agile development on project success. This study will assist us to understand under which conditions different agile practices, enabling technologies, and management controls is most impactful, and how the various parts of "being agile" interact to be more than the sum of their parts.

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Alliance, (http://agilealliance.org/), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced the "call for speakers" for Agile2012 is now open. The conference is scheduled for August 13-17, 2012 in Dallas, Texas (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/). Agile2012 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices.

The Agile Manifesto and Lean both give us principles. If we translate those principles to concrete practices and techniques for software architecture, we find the following pieces of advice:

WOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - Dec 6, 2011) - CloudBees, Inc., the Java Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, today announced the availability of Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees to provide enterprise-class support and enhanced capabilities for the popular Jenkins Continuous Integration (CI) platform. Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees includes extended, formal technical support to enhance the support offered by the Jenkins community. Additionally, Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees provides value-add plugins to address common needs found in sophisticated Jenkins environments.

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - Dec 6, 2011) - While adopting Agile practices increases speed, predictability and quality in development teams, the faster pace exposes new challenges for the business. Now, the business must more rapidly determine where to allocate resources to steer their product portfolios in the most profitable direction. Simultaneously, development teams must optimize their work beyond the sprint and release level to stay aligned with the larger strategic plan.