VersionOne wants to extend its agile life-cycle-management platform to include software delivery. To do so, the company has announced it is acquiring ClearCode Labs, a Continuous Delivery platform provider. “I have for the last year or so felt that strategically it was in our best interest to extend the software delivery life cycle to encompass … continue reading
Agile is continuing to be a driving force behind software development. VersionOne recently released its results from the annual State of Agile survey and found that 94% of organizations are practicing agile. “Agile is quickly becoming the de facto standard for software development, and five to 10 years from now it is going to go … continue reading
Agile has challenged the world of development, operation and project management, leaving them to redefine their roles and work together on one team in a fast-paced software development environment; but one of the most difficult hurdles in the world of agile is rethinking the role of the tester, according to Ian Culling, CTO of VersionOne. … continue reading
The biggest obstacle to scaling agile is the lack of business buy-in, according to Mark Crowe, director of product management at VersionOne, which is why the company wanted to focus on aligning enterprise delivery with business strategy in its latest release. “If the commitment to adopt and scale agile is not driven from the leadership … continue reading
For years businesses have been practicing agile, seeing notable success in time to market, productivity and creativity at the team level. Now they want to expand the scope of those benefits. If you asked development teams a year or two ago to identify the biggest agile obstacle, most of them would have said getting management … continue reading
The race to be the best, deliver high-quality software and to be the first to market has many organizations turning to different methodologies in order to speed up the development process. One methodology organizations have been flocking to in particular is Scrum. “I always will recommend Scrum if an organization is new to Agile and … continue reading
VersionOne recently announced its 2014 Fall Release designed to simplify scaling agile by aligning agile and traditional project teams. “A key to successful enterprise-level agile is breaking down information silos within organizations in order to accelerate decision-making and improve business and IT alignment,” said Robert Holler, CEO of VersionOne. “Our latest release takes a significant … continue reading
For the last decade people close to Microsoft have watched, often with consternation, as the software giant sat out the first phase of several major sea changes in the technology world and then played a sometimes unconvincing and at times underwhelming game of catch-up. Even with the cloud, Microsoft was not the first out of … continue reading
VersionOne is hopping on board the mobile train with the latest release of its mobile team collaboration product, Mobile Connect. “This release is really about what I would characterize as enterprise collaboration and extending the reach beyond an individual’s personal computer and notebook, taking our application and extending it to mobile devices,” said VersionOne’s president … continue reading
How must developers change in the face of expanding scope and evolving methodologies? … continue reading
Mike McLaughlin and Bob Payne explain what it means being a tester in an agile world and how to put quality first … continue reading
Experts explain how organizations can transition development teams to agile, best practices to follow, and what to watch for … continue reading
