BZ Media free web seminars: Agile within Waterfall, .NET continuous integration
BZ Media will host two free web seminars on agile methodologies:
Bridging the Gap: Successfully Managing Agile Projects in the Waterfall Enterprise
Michele Sliger, Agile Coach, Rally Software
Thursday Jan. 18, 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern
Continuous Integrated Testing for .NET: What In It For You?
Ian S. Hayes, Clarity Consulting / Mike Koza, Compuware
Tuesday Jan. 23, 11:00am Pacific / 2:00pm Eastern
Information and registration.Bridging the Gap: Successfully Managing Agile Projects in the Waterfall Enterprise
Thursday Jan. 18, 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern
Although agile software development methodologies have been around for almost a decade, agile approaches have now become mainstream as companies seek better ways to compete with their global counterparts. As a result, agile methodologies have attracted many CIOs who want to make product development faster and more reliable, while better meeting the needs of customers.
But agile and waterfall methods are utterly different—from the way projects start to the expected deliverables and release schedules. In a waterfall world, what’s an IT enterprise to do? Can agile and waterfall methodologies successfully coexist? The answer is yes, for both the short-term and the long-term.
During this interactive Web Seminar, Rally’s Agile Coach, Michele Sliger will outline how to:
♦ Factor your company’s business needs into existing agile processes.
♦ Streamline requirements and activities.
♦ Identify specific points where agile and waterfall teams must plan, coordinate, and review progress.
Speaker: Michele Sliger, Agile Coach, Rally Software
Moderator: David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief, SD Times
Continuous Integrated Testing for .NET: What In It For You?
Tuesday Jan. 23, 11:00am Pacific / 2:00pm Eastern
You already know that it’s better, faster and cheaper to fix bugs early in your application development cycles. But the last thing you need is more work in your busy day. Enter Continuous Integrated Testing (CIT), an approach that combines development and testing practices and tools to let you test while you build, increasing quality and saving you time.
Author and industry analyst Ian Hayes, president of Clarity Consulting, will outline through pragmatic, quantifiable examples how developers, managers and executives can benefit from the use of CIT. Compuware CIT specialist Mike Koza will demonstrate how CIT can be easily and methodically integrated into a Microsoft-based development and testing organization, whether you’re using agile, traditional or hybrid methodologies.
Attendee Bonus: One Web Seminar attendee will receive an Apple iPod nano, courtesy of Compuware.
Speaker: Ian S. Hayes, Clarity Consulting
Speaker: Mike Koza, Compuware
Moderator: David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief, SD Times
