When General Agile’ Isn’t Enough - Why Scrum Wins in the Enterprise
July 17, 2008
from the Agile Journal: Each week, I find myself using Jenga, Hasbro’s wooden building block game, as an analogy for introducing agile into the enterprise. Few topics are more hotly debated throughout the software development community than how... Read more...
Introducing IBM Rational Self Check for Software Teams
July 15, 2008
from The Rational Edge: Read how the new IBM Rational Self Check for Software Teams can help you implement self assessments to help improve team agility. Instead of metrics, and or assessments performed by those outside the team, Self Check empowers software... Read more...
Governing your value stream: A foundation for lower IT costs and increased returns
July 15, 2008
from The Rational Edge: This article explains how the formation of a value stream through an IT organization (the linking of value chains and supply chains) is accomplished through the application of deliberate IT governance and project and portfolio... Read more...
Staying Agile in an uncertain economy
July 15, 2008
from The Rational Edge: If you’re experiencing a climate where management may be pulling back from Agile and moving towards more traditional, plan-driven methods, you will want to be able to defend the economic benefits of Agile with sound, management-oriented... Read more...
A Project Manager’s RUP in review
July 15, 2008
from The Rational Edge: Read how the IBM Rational Unified Process, or RUP, complements the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and how project managers well-versed in PMBOK can use and understand RUP to support the Project Manager (PM) role. ... Read more...
Tips For Writing Good Use Cases
July 15, 2008
Use cases, critical for capturing business requirements for effective software delivery, are more art than science. This White paper has valuable tips for Project Managers who lead teams in a Use-case driven development approach, that can help teams... Read more...
The role of integrated requirements management in software delivery
July 15, 2008
This IBM Ratonal white paper focuses on the critical role that integrated requirements management can play in helping to ensure that your business goals and IT projects are continuously aligned—whether you are sourcing, integrating, building... Read more...
Free Project Management Training (PDU’s)
July 15, 2008
Based on IBM best practices, this free web-based Training Offer from IBM Rational provides clients and prospects rare insight into the high-performing and high-quality project delivery capabilities of IBM. This offer provides Project Managers with 20... Read more...
2008 SEER User Conference: Best Practices in Project Estimation & Control
March 13, 2008
The Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, CA April 8 - 10, 2008 Galorath Incorporated is pleased to invite you to the 2008 SEER User Conference: Best Practices in Project Estimation & Control. The 2008 conference will provide an opportunity for... Read more...
Achieving consistency between business process models and operational guides
February 22, 2008
As the rate of adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) continues to rise, more IT organizations are experiencing the benefits of improved business alignment and increased agility. This success stems from a better understanding of the business... Read more...