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Enhancing Software Quality: The Benefits of Continuous Testing

Strategy Driven

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports that nearly 80% of development costs are generated by the process of identifying and correcting software defects during the development process. The goal of continuous testing is to ensure the development team receives rapid and continuous feedback on the software states.

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Should We All Be Agile?

The Horizons Tracker

The hype cycle surrounding Agile is almost deafening, with exponents advocating the virtues of the movement that grew out of software development circles to fundamentally change how many products and services are developed today. The paper also outlines some of the key organizational characteristics that render them suited to Agile.

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Agile Project Management: How to Guide for Businesses

Strategy Driven

There are innovative practices coming to light all the time that benefit business owners and encourage employees into more productive outputs, and agile project management is the recent one gaining traction. Key Features of Agile Project Management. Specific and precise software. Read on to find out more. Focusing on customers.

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Accelerate Your Growth through Agile HR Practices

HR Digest

Change is the only constant and agile HR appears to be the next evolutionary stage of human resources in an organization. The word agile invokes a lot of synonyms—lithe or limber, for those more inclined to literature, or quick and light-footed for those more focused on conveying its meaning. What is Agile HR?

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Autonomy Can Help Drive Success For Software Development Teams

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that when software development teams were given freedom over how they tackled projects, they were generally more productive, which led to more satisfied customers. This allows them to better respond to any changes required in the software, which will ultimately lead to happier customers. ” Team performance. .

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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Agile is basically a philosophy that accompanies a way of working. You have to know how to be agile, flexible and decisive. Agile origin. What is agile? How does Agile architecture add value to the business? Agile architecture is based on the 360 ??customer Agile architecture features in practice.

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Escaping the Change Management Trap: From Rigidity to Agility

The Practical Leader

There’s lots of talk about building agile organizations. Agile approaches began a few decades ago with software development. According to the Agile Alliance , “One thing that separates Agile from other approaches to software development is the focus on the people doing the work and how they work together.

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