CMMI: Less Hyped Than Agile but Equally Popular?

Published January 27th, 2009 Under Methods & Tools, Numbers, Software Development | Leave a Comment

A recent Methods & Tools poll examined at what stage is the CMMI approach adoption in software development organizations.

Not aware 13%
Not using 29%
Investigating 8%
Analysed and rejected 4%
Trying to reach Level 2 12%
CMMI Level 2, 3 or 4 20%
CMMI Level 5 14%

Participants: 392

Ending date: January 2009 Read more

Linkopedia January 2009

Published January 21st, 2009 Under Links | Leave a Comment

XUnitPatterns.com test patterns presents material about refactoring test code.

FlexMonkey is a testing framework for Flex apps that provides for the capture, replay and verification of Flex UI functionality.

Automation for the people: Deployment-automation patterns, Part 1. This article identifies a collection of key patterns for developing a reliable, repeatable, and consistent deployment process capable of generating one-click deployments for Java applications.

Yin Yang & Project Management. How understanding the balance inherent in agile guiding principles can help project managers make the transition from traditional project management methodologies to agile.

Patterns in Practice: Design For Testability. This article examines the design issues, patterns, and principles that can enhance testability.

Diving into PHP: Video Series. This is a brand new series on the ThemeForest blog that will show you EXACTLY how to get started with PHP

JUnit Performance Testing – Instrumentation and Assertion

The Value of Small Tests. This video demonstrates the value of small, isolated tests and explain good engineering practices for how to structure them.

Find more interesting links on the software development links directory, the software development articles directory or the software development videos directory

More than 500 videos on SoftDevTube.com

Published January 20th, 2009 Under News, Software Development, Videos | Leave a Comment

SoftDevTube.com is a repository of videos, interviews and tutorials focused on all software development activities: Coding (Java, .NET, ruby, python, C/C++, C#)  Agile Methodologies (eXtreme Programming, Scrum, TDD), Software Testing, Software Configuration Management, Database Management, Rich Interface Application (Ajax, Flex, Silverlight, JavaFx), Software Project Planning and Management, Software Architecture, etc.

Some of the recent interesting additions:

Distributed SCRUM as a Supplier – one year after

Taming the Beast: How to test an AJAX Application

Your Car Passed Inspection, But What About Your Software?

New Conferences Partnerships

Published January 13th, 2009 Under Conferences, Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Methods & Tools is proud to have been chosen as media partner by the following software development conferences

REConf 2009, March 9-12, Munich, Germany

Practical Software Quality and Testing Conference West, April 27 – May 1 2009, Las Vegas, USA

Software & Systems Quality Conference Germany, May 26-29, Dusseldorf, Germany

More software conferences information and archives on http://www.softdevconferences.com/

Will Borland Survive Yet Another Crisis?

Published January 9th, 2009 Under News, Software Development | 2 Comments

Borland discreetly announces this week the resignation of both Tod Nielsen, CEO since 2005, going to VMware as COO, and Peter Morowski, SVP of research and development, leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Borland will also reduce its workforce by approximately 130 employees, or approximately 15 percent of its regular full-time staff. For the fourth quarter of 2008, Borland is expecting to report total revenue in the range of $38.5 million to $40 million, down at least 10% from previous quarter. Considering that operating costs of revenues for the third quarter were around $45 million and that a lot of them are fixed costs, this will be another quarter with an important operating loss for Borland. The current CFO will act as CEO. Read more

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