Configuration Management & ALM
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What Is a Best Practice? “Best practice” is a term that you hear thrown around frequently in IT. Inevitably, someone finds a way to do something and then labels it a best practice. The key thing to remember when it comes to best practices is that what cures others may kill you. |
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Can Your Organization Use an Outsourcing Strategy that Works? Nothing strikes fear in the heart of IT folks like the word “outsourcing," and now it appears that a company has created robots that can handle simple business and IT functions. Joe Townsend explores whether or not an outsourcing strategy can work with your organization. |
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Should SCM Professionals Be Scripting Experts? Joe Farah explains to what degree should SCM professionals be scripting experts. While high-level scripting for SCM professionals is great, you might need to rethink your technology so your CM team can do real work. |
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The Iron Dome and ALM Israel's Iron Dome Missile Interception System is a computer aided rocket system that intercepts incoming missiles and destroys them before they reach their intended target. Bob Aiello writes on this military defense system and how it relates to many of the practices associated with ALM. |
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How to Properly Maintain a Single CM Team You have your hardware and your software configuration management departments managing the same product. Although their goals are the same, they often clash, but that doesn't mean you should separate them. Joe Farah explains how to properly maintain a single CM team. |
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Romney Defeat Due in Part to Poor Software Quality Mitt Romney's Election Day defeat is being attributed to a number of important factors including the failure of Project Orca, a key software application that was intended to help turn out the vote, monitor election results, and report on suspected election fraud. |
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The Tricky Business of Merging Financial Technology Systems Merging two complex financial technology systems can be a tricky business. Consider BMO Harris Bank, a Chicago-based bank that experienced application deployment problems while trying to integrate the technology of Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Corporation. |
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Helpful Tips for Choosing the Right CM Tool A recently resurrected LinkedIn discussion on migrating from ClearCase to an open source tool got some CM professionals to agree about the tool selection process. Joe Farah explains some tips to help you choose the right tool. |
