Agile Software Development
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Ideas about the process of developing software have been around almost as long as software itself. These ideas progressed from ad hoc processes to various forms of the waterfall model. Then in 1999, Kent Beck published a book entitled Extreme Programming Explained. The ideas presented in this book broke away from the waterfall model and presented a new paradigm for developing software - Agile Software Development. This paper focuses on the agile development process developed at Strategic Data Systems and presents the results of using this process on three projects.
Website: www.sds-consulting.com | Filesize: 954kb
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Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3
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Agile practitioners pride themselves on highly productive, responsive, low ceremony, lightweight, tacit knowledge processes with little waste, adaptive planning and frequent iterative delivery of value. It is often assumed that CMMI compliant processes need to be heavyweight, bureaucratic, slow moving, high ceremony and plan driven. Agile developers often skeptically perceive formal process improvement initiatives as management generated inefficiency that gets in the way of productivity. At Microsoft, we’ve adopted the teachings of W. Edwards Deming and stretched our MSF for Agile Software Development method to fit the requirements for CMMI Level 3. The resultant MSF for CMMI Process Improvement is a highly iterative, adaptive planning method, light on documentation, and heavily automated through tooling. It enables management and organization of software engineering through use of agile metrics such as velocity and cumulative flow but with an added dimension of an understanding of variation – adapted from Deming’s teachings. This is the story of how mixing Deming with Agile produced a lightweight CMMI solution for .Net developers everywhere.
Website: www.agilemanagement.net | Filesize: 341kb
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Router Security Guidance Activity of the System and Network Attack Center (SNAC)
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Routers direct and control much of the data flowing across computer networks. This guide provides technical guidance intended to help network administrators and security officers improve the security of their networks. Using the information presented here, you can configure your routers to control access, resist attacks, shield other network components, and protect the integrity and confidentiality of network traffic.
This guide was developed in response to numerous questions and requests for assistance received by the NSA System and Network Attack Center (SNAC). The topics covered in the guide were selected on the basis of customer interest, community concensus, and the SNAC’s background in securing networks.
Website: www.mirrors.wiretapped.net | Filesize: 3041kb
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Internet banking security New measures combat evolving threats
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According to a Pew Internet & American Life online banking survey released in 2005, 44% of Internet users, or 53 million people, use online banking. That is a 47% increase over the number of people who used the Internet for banking in 2002. Because of rising usage, the danger of fraud and theft is escalating.
Website: www.key.com | Filesize: 1001kb
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SAP Upgrade Guide Simplifying Your Upgrade
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Customers sometimes approach an upgrade with fear or apprehension. Usually, they do not know what the SAP upgrade is and what it entails. But an upgrade is not something to fear. The goal of this document is to demystify the upgrade process. This document also points out the various resources available to you concerning your upgrade.
Website: www.thespot4sap.com | Filesize: 667kb
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Common Sense Guide to Cyber Security for Small Businesses
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At this event the Internet. Security Alliance was asked to produce this publication, A Common Sense Guide to Cyber. Security, a best practices publication …
Website: www.us-cert.gov | Filesize: 1142kb
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The iPhone Beats HTC Touch and Nokia N95 at Usability Test
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Results showed the iPhone way better than the HTC Touch which dropped to second … Apple’s phone proved to be a true leader when compared to HTC Touch and …
Website: news.softpedia.com | Filesize: 137kb
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