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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 ...

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The traditional model for software development is the waterfall approach, where development “flows” downward like a waterfall through six phases: analysis, design, implementation, validation testing, ...

Jim McCarthy: Vicky in your view, what is the essence of Agile? Victoria Figaro: The essence of agile is the continuous collaboration between the delivery teams and the customer. The delivery teams ...

Lately, the term "continuous" has popped to the top of vendors' and pundits' lists as the software architecture we all should and want to have. The problem is that many assume "continuous" means rapid ...

CIOs say their software development models are evolving to incorporate more rapid, iterative delivery and deployment. This requires special talent management. Tasked with accelerating business ...

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 ...

The traditional command-and-control leadership style has fallen out of fashion and a new trend for Agile management has come to the fore. This flexible form of leadership, which involves the ...