tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1 2012-02-06T05:47:57-07:00 XOOPS WhatsNew 2.12 Copyright (c) 2012, Martinig & Associates Martinig & Associates http://www.devagile.com/ tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1061 2012-02-02T10:00:56-07:00 2012-02-02T10:00:56-07:00 Martinig & Associates

Although Agile processes are being used increasingly in many software development environments, some enterprises still haven’t adopted Agile because of various concerns, especially about using it with distributed teams. In this article, I focus on the obstacles to using Agile in a distributed team e ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.2 2012-01-31T02:40:28-07:00 2012-01-31T02:40:28-07:00 devadmin

Lexington, MA, January 31, 2012- AccuRev, Inc., the leading provider of advanced tools for managing the software development process, today broke new ground with the release of the first Git integration that seamlessly bridges the world of open source and commercial tools for enterprise-class softwa ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1060 2012-01-30T12:48:18-07:00 2012-01-30T12:48:18-07:00 Martinig & Associates

In the Sungard Front Arena, current software portfolio a business functionality called Market Server Capability (MSC) is embedded and duplicated in many components. By the application of Agile and Lean principles on model-driven development, we will get an Agile approach for constructing the archite ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1059 2012-01-30T11:53:09-07:00 2012-01-30T11:53:09-07:00 Martinig & Associates

We executed our project in a Scrum manner without even knowing our method was Scrum. What initially looked like an impossible project was delivered in six months, with exceptional customer satisfaction and confidence all around.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1058 2012-01-30T09:32:55-07:00 2012-01-30T09:32:55-07:00 Martinig & Associates

Mockery is a simple yet PHP mock object framework for use in unit testing with PHPUnit, PHPSpec or any other testing framework. Its core goal is to offer a test double framework with a succint API capable of clearly defining all possible object operations and interactions using a human readable Doma ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1057 2012-01-26T08:08:14-07:00 2012-01-26T08:08:14-07:00 Martinig & Associates

This free online tool provides simple service that allows you to create and edit your Scrum burn-down charts.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.7 2012-01-25T05:44:22-07:00 2012-01-25T05:44:22-07:00 devadmin

The new version v6.50 of freeware tool Sprintometer for Scrum and XP project management has been released on Jabuary 21, 2012. Everybody knows Sprint Burn down chart used in Scrum projects but very often managers need to know situation with the whole agile project and specifically they are intereste ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.8 2012-01-25T04:57:13-07:00 2012-01-25T04:57:13-07:00 devadmin

Monrovia, CA – January 24, 2012 Parasoft Corporation, industry leader in automated defect prevention and detection, today introduced a new release of Parasoft Jtest: the industry's most comprehensive Java testing solution. Parasoft Jtest automates static analysis, unit testing, coverage an ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1056 2012-01-23T14:37:22-07:00 2012-01-23T14:37:22-07:00 Martinig & Associates

Dealing with a large amount of user stories (more than your fingers and toes can account for) is not easy, most often they sit one after the other in your product backlog, or they are shuffled on a story map.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1055 2012-01-23T13:43:14-07:00 2012-01-23T13:43:14-07:00 Martinig & Associates

There is no such role as project manager in Scrum. But there are project managers in the organization. So what is the project manager supposed to do when the team is transitioning to Scrum? The easy part is that this question has already been asked and answered so many times. The hard part is that t ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1054 2012-01-23T13:40:51-07:00 2012-01-23T13:40:51-07:00 Martinig & Associates

The Burndown chart is very simple. It is easy to explain, easy to understand. But there are pitfalls observed in many agile workshops and adoptions. People tend to think the Burndown chart is so simple they do not give appropriate attention to understand what it says.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1053 2012-01-23T13:28:43-07:00 2012-01-23T13:28:43-07:00 Martinig & Associates

It's difficult to change learned behavior, and even harder to change group habits. This is one reason why it is difficult establish Scrum Most companies understand that Scrum has a lot of potential and bears the chance to shorten time-to-market or the delivery of high-quality software, but. . . . An ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.3.1052 2012-01-23T13:25:34-07:00 2012-01-23T13:25:34-07:00 Martinig & Associates

"Agile testing" is not a completely different testing procedure but a software testing practice, following the principles of the Agile life cycle. How? Its most salient aspect is that it emphasizes testing and close work with the end users or at least with the story owners throughout the project.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.14 2012-01-19T09:27:03-07:00 2012-01-19T09:27:03-07:00 devadmin

Uppsala, Sweden, January 19, 2012 – Hansoft, the leading vendor of tools for defect tracking, agile and lean development, has successfully launched Hansoft 6.7, including a readymade integration with JIRA. Hansoft 6.7 bridges tools and methodologies with improved features and SDK capabilities. ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.15 2012-01-18T05:34:57-07:00 2012-01-18T05:34:57-07:00 devadmin

Silicon Valley based Lean/ Agile ALM vendor Digité announced v1.4 of its Swift-Kanban tool which introduces SwiftSyncBETA for Atlassian JIRA that provides out-of-the-box integration with Swift-Kanban, and Card HierarchyBETA an early feature for users to explore Kanban for Portfolio Management ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.16 2012-01-17T08:58:47-07:00 2012-01-17T08:58:47-07:00 devadmin

Burlington, Mass – Jan 17, 2012 – Klocwork Inc, the global leader in automated source code analysis (SCA) solutions for developing more secure and reliable software, today launched Klocwork Insight 9.5. This latest release of the company's flagship product changes the entire usage mo ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.17 2012-01-05T03:02:11-07:00 2012-01-05T03:02:11-07:00 devadmin

WoodRanch Technology (WRT), a California based company, has announced the new release of AgileWrap. The latest release of AgileWrap brings many new features and improvements: Tagging in user stories, enhancements in Burn-down chart and personal dashboard.

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.18 2011-12-26T09:17:21-07:00 2011-12-26T09:17:21-07:00 devadmin

Axosoft, a privately held software company located in Scottsdale, Arizona, has announced the latest release of OnTime. With the latest release of OnTime, users are able to easily switch between Agile / Scrum and traditional terminology. This allows for scrum teams and traditional users to get starte ...

tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.19 2011-12-26T09:04:44-07:00 2011-12-26T09:04:44-07:00 devadmin

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 ...

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. ]]> tag:www.devagile.com,2012://1.5.20 2011-12-20T07:27:04-07:00 2011-12-20T07:27:04-07:00 devadmin

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).