Agile coding and the software factory approach to coding both offer strong benefits for developers, but following either to its extreme logical end can stunt productivity. There are two camps out ...

For developers who want a way to move into high level system design languages such as the unified modeling language, Excel Software has just begun shipping QuickUML 2.0 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux ...

As software eats the world, business leaders need to understand better how software gets made, and the people who make it. An excellent guide is Kent Beck, one of the parents of the Agile software ...

VersionOne’s Fall 2006 release of its agile software development platform features a plug-in for users of the Microsoft Visual Studio environment. V1: Agile Enterprise provides application lifecycle ...

Recognized as the inventor of XP (Extreme Programming) and a co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Kent Beck has been a prominent advocate of agile programming and its use of shorter release cycles in ...

My company is considering a transition to a Test-Driven Development system (N-Unit) for our programmers. We have a team of 10 guys of varying levels of experience. We are developing entirely in .NET ...

In the first part of this series,"How Agile Are You? Let's Actually Measure It! (Part 0: Introduction)," we discussed the value of measuring agile maturity along with the pitfalls of creating the ...

What are the best resources on extreme programming? Here’s what the Sabre Airline Solutions staff recommends: Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns and Practices, Robert C. Martin, Prentice ...

In the first part of this series,"How Agile Are You? Let's Actually Measure It! (Part 0: Introduction)," we discussed the value of measuring agile maturity along with the pitfalls of creating the ...