Software companies jump on agile programming bandwagon
Software companies are eager to hop on the agile development train, providing wares to help clients leverage agile development processes such as Scrum in their IT shops.
With agile projects software is developed in short iterations, allowing for more user feedback and more flexibility. Agile is seen as the alternative to waterfall processes; with waterfall, aspects of a project are mapped out in a pre-ordained plan. Compuware, Rally Software, and Daptiv are leveraging capabilities for agile in products announced this month.
At a conference this week Compuware launched Agile Accelerator, a pre-configured version of the company's Changepoint software for IT portfolio management (ITPM).
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Touted at the Vision Events Project Portfolio Management Summit in Garden Grove, Calif., Agile Accelerator is intended to help customers more effectively manage agile development efforts, Compuware said. Agile Accelerator provides best practices for an agile development process as well as associated reporting requirements. Users can manage agile development within a broader portfolio of projects.
Agile Accelerator also includes Scrum project templates and sprint management configuration and reports, including reports for task boards, sprint task details, and burn up/burn down reports. The product also enables management of waterfall-type projects.
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