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  • InfoQ Article: Agile - The SOA Hangover Cure

    Carl Ververs, an expert on SOA Integration writes about the application of "Agile" development philosophies and methodologies in order to build a sustainable and valuable SOA system.

  • Digital Focus Unveils Market Survey Results at Agile2006

    The survey finds Agile Software Development gaining momentum: interest in Agile methods is growing across the IT landscape with 81 percent of those surveyed either actively using Agile development within their organization or looking for opportunities to do so. Launched at the Agile 2005 Conference to assess the state of agile adoption, this year 136 execs in 128 organizations responded.

  • Has Hell Frozen Over? An Agile Maturity Model?

    Just as the traditionals have their Capability Maturity Model (CMM) do agilists need an Agile Maturity Model (AMM) which allows an organization to assess current state and build a business case for adopting Agile practices?

  • Agile Project Management Just a Start

    Alan Shalloway blogs about the need to look beyond agile project management: developers must also be competent at technical skills such as refactoring, agile modeling, and test driven development (TDD).

  • Ivar Jacobson Reveals Essential Unified Process (Ess UP) Vision

    Ivar Jacobson, father of use cases and the Unified Process (UP) as well as one of the original "Three Amigos" of UML fame, describes his vision for a streamlined version of the UP which is published on a collection of cards instead of as HTML pages.

  • Where Did All the Positions Go?

    How can existing, experienced IT professionals fit into an Agile project? By being flexible, open minded, and willing to change.

  • Converting a project from a waterfall to an iterative approach

    Software developers who firmly believe in an iterative approach must work for clients who, for various reasons, are rooted in a traditional methodology. This article discusses ways to help such organizations make a transition.

  • Agile vs. Formal Methods

    Should you adopt an agile method or a more formal one? Which is right for you? Perhaps you should mix and match?

  • Feature Driven Development : Still Relevant?

    First described in 1999, FDD was dismissed by some as "waterfallish". But it has developed into a complete methodology and is still in use. Is it truly Agile? Brad Appleton's recent article in CM Crossroads described it as different from other approaches, but still Agile and suitable for large projects and companies, especially those striving for CMM/CMMI certification.

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