TAMPA, FLA. — As corporations struggle to complete application development projects on time, within budget and without lots of buggy code, they’re taking a closer look at new development methods, such ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. — More than two-thirds of all corporate IT organizations will use some form of “agile” software development process within 18 months, Giga Information Group Inc. predicted this ...

It has been nearly 10 years since programming dignitaries released “The Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” which promoted processes that accommodate changing requirements, collaboration with ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Editor’s note: The state Department of Technology has published "Nine Myths About Agile." On Tuesday, Techwire published Myth 1. Today, we publish all nine. They're available as part of an online ...