More Procedures in Software Configuration Management
Published November 23rd, 2009 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment
Our last poll examined how software configuration management (change management / version control) is performed by organisations. Is it an informal activity or performed with formal procedures that are validated by an automated tool?
| 2009 | 2006 | |
| No formal procedure and no tool | 13% | 15% |
| A formal procedure but no tool. | 11% | 10% |
| A tool but no formal procedure | 17% | 26% |
| A formal procedure and a tool | 36% | 49% |
| Continuous integration | 23% |
Participants: 271 (346 in 2006)
Ending date: November 2009 (April 2006) Read more
No Functional Testing for the Dumb Developer ?
Published August 31st, 2009 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment
A recent Methods & Tools survey tried to evaluate the usage of tools to automate execution of functional software tests. A similar poll was conducted in 2005 and it was interesting to compare the results. Read more
Software Development Training Survey: Between Ugly and Good
Published April 27th, 2009 Under Numbers, Software Development | Leave a Comment
Our question was: How many weeks of training have you followed on average the past 3 years??
| None | 23% |
| Less than one week | 19% |
| One week (5 days) | 15% |
| One to two weeks | 18% |
| Two weeks to one month | 8% |
| More than one month | 17% |
Number of participants: 258
Ending date: April 2009 Read more
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
Do We Need Unit Testing?
Published October 28th, 2008 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment
A recent Methods & Tools poll examined how organizations perform unit testing. Is it an informal activity that is done before integration if there is some time left after programming or is it the key element of the development effort? The question was: How is unit testing performed at your location? Read more
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