The Financial Accounting Standards Board agreed to release a draft proposal to simplify accounting for internal use software costs by, among other things, no longer considering the development stage ...

My recent article, The End of Agile, inspired a lot of feedback. One of the more unusual responses came from Zak Moore, in which he looked at the relationship between software development ...

Agile methods software development (also called Agile Modelling, denoted AG for short) reduce software lifecycle time (thus speeding up development) by firstly creating a prototype version, then ...

Over the course of the last decades, there was a steady rise of flexible software development practices around the world. The reason seems simple enough: an increased diversity in products, processes ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

What used to work in design and verification no longer applies. An Agile development approach is one place to start. agile methodology for software is getting a much closer look by hardware teams ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...

In consulting with a number of software companies, as well as working for one, it's apparent that the major software companies are trying to differentiate themselves in the minds of their potential ...

Formal methods provide a rigorous mathematical foundation for the specification, development and verification of medical device software. This approach enhances both reliability and safety, which are ...

An umbrella term for a variety of best practices in creating applications and information systems. These methods have proven to be more effective in dealing with changing requirements during the ...