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  • VersionOne Agile Enterprise Toolset v6.4 Released

    VersionOne, provider of Web-based lifecycle planning and management applications, launched their V1: Agile Enterprise toolset in July, and follows up this month with release 6.4 which includes new features for improved customization, integration, and simplified planning.

  • Resolutions: Integrity of Code and Conduct

    At the start of each New Year, some of us stop to look backward, and actively resolve to move forward wiser than before. Scott Ambler, Liz Barnett and Kirk Knoernschild have shared with us their recommendations for working smarter in 2007, including: take a hard look at at your business objectives; equip your teams properly to maximize agility; and above all - behave yourselves!

  • InfoQ Article: When and How to Formalize Business Rules

    The terms "Agile software development" and "Business Agility" are confusing: are they orthogonal or complementary? James Taylor says that for even the most complex systems, Agile development can deliver business agility - particularly when supported by the right technology. For business rules he recommends a Rules Engine, and provides guidance in how to distinguish rules from requirements.

  • Book Excerpt: Agile Retrospectives

    InfoQ brings you an exclusive chapter excerpt from the recent book "Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great", by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen. These expert facilitators show how teams can run focused, helpful retrospectives themselves, without an outside facilitator. We asked the authors a few questions about the making of their book.

  • Opinion: Working in isolation breeds mistakes

    Should the team room be a sanctuary? or a jazz improv session? On butUncleBob.com, Tim Ottinger blogs about his belief that the quiet bullpen is where mistakes are born, and allowed to breed.

  • Collaboration Tools Free - But Vulnerable

    For the classic XP team, developers and their customer all work daily in the same room. But other methodologies are less stringent, and even XP teams sometimes need to find compromises. Enter collaborative technologies - where they are allowed. But take note: Bit9, Inc. has compiled a list of the top applications with known security vulnerabilities, including Skype and 4 messenger programs.

  • New Testing Tools Released

    June has seen the release of CoView 2.0, an Eclipse plugin to assist with test coverage; Haven 1.2, for automated acceptance testing; and the new Pulse continuous integration server.

  • Collaborative Technologies Conference, Boston, June 19-22

    How much technology is really needed in the Agile world of "do the simplest thing that could possibly work"? For those needing improved technological support for their collaborative teams, the Collaborative Technologies Conference features thought leaders and technology innovators, including Google and 37 Signals, who will explore both the power of collaboration and its potential pitfalls.

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