Agile methods software development (also called Agile Modelling, denoted AG for short) reduce software lifecycle time (thus speeding up development) by firstly creating a prototype version, then ...

As organizations face growing demands for speed, quality and adaptability, traditional performance improvement methods and Agile development practices alone often fall short. While Agile methodologies ...

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As technical jargon goes, “agile development” has a great ring to it. Even to business managers, it sounds dynamic and vibrant — just the thing to speed up production and rescue a flagging software ...

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To speed the development of a critical Web-based financial system, Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. made Agile methods a part of its project plan. Launched at year’s end, the application suite, ...

Over the course of the last decades, there was a steady rise of flexible software development practices around the world. The reason seems simple enough: an increased diversity in products, processes ...

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HealthCare.gov is not an exception. Information-technology projects at all levels of government often fail to deliver as promised or exceed budgets and timelines. As a result, the public is skeptical ...

Shallow backlogs, missed commitments, low morale, and defects may indicate your agile process needs more than a few minor tweaks. Do you call your agile development process “fragile,” “hybrid ...