The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

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IBM Rational's MCIF offers a twist on Kaizen, a lean manufacturing mainstay and the process of "continuous improvement" practiced by Toyota for 50 years I was just about to write an essay on Kaizen in ...

Want to reduce your release cycle from 203 to 100 days — and make it more secure? Fannie Mae did. Vice-president of development services Michael Garcia credits lean, a quality improvement philosophy ...

John Rymer of Forrester Research called yesterday, both to wish y'all a Merry Christmas and to explain what his work on "lean software" is all about. "People who are close to tactics appreciate a ...

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What is Lean Software Development? Your email has been sent We discuss the Lean software development methodology and how it benefits developers and project managers. Learn more. The Lean software ...

Open source code has exploded in popularity and become an essential building block for modern software (as it can dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of software builds). The accessibility ...

Paul Puckett, chief technology officer for federal at Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL), has said the development of the U.S. Air Force™s tanker refueling application indicated that the service can deploy ...

There are several variations when it comes to alternative software development approaches. Here are definitions of some of them and other key concepts. Agile development: In this alternative to ...

Learn what a project manager to a software development team does, the different methodologies available, and the best tools to take a development project to completion with TechRepublic’s ...