Configuration Management & ALM
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What Do You Do to Manage Software Metrics? Dealing with software metrics is one topic that is going to come up in your career. At some point, your boss or higher-up will request metrics from you or your team on the software, your process, or the people. Joe Townsend writes on how you can manage metrics. |
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Creating a New Configuration Management Infrastructure CM is a lot like the space industry. But instead of Atlas, Delta, and whatever else is used to launch spacecraft, we have ClearCase, Perforce, and many other tools. Joe Farah explains that in order to advance CM, we need to know how to create a new CM infrastructure that goes beyond these tools. |
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The Differing Points of View about CM Although we have entered a new year, the arguments over the role of configuration management (CM) in organizations have not abated and have now morphed into a product CM versus enterprise CM dilemma. Joe Townsend explains the differing points of view and why we should care. |
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The Importance of Diverse, Inclusive Software Conferences By making a software conference inclusive, you avoid perpetuating the stereotypes that only certain people are good at technology. You're also helping to grow the pool of people who see a career in the computer industry as a possibility. Rick Scott looks at why diversity is beneficial for everyone. |
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The Biggest Development Trends of 2012 It’s human nature to want to look back on the year we just finished and to look forward with anticipation to the coming year. Joe Townsend rounds up this year's biggest trends and shares his thoughts of what 2013 has in store for software and IT professionals. |
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Software CM: Thirty-Five Years Later Thirty-five years later and where are we in regards to software configuration management? Joe Farah takes us back to the late 1970s and compares the past with the present. If you look at a typical shop today, progress has actually gone backwards. |
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Six More Habits of Indispensable IT Pros Continuing from my previous list, here are six more effective habits of indispensable IT pros. These effective habits center on embracing big data, taking thankless jobs, playing nice with others, and making yourself valuable to internal and external groups. |
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Six Habits of Indispensable IT Pros Joe Townsend presents a list of six habits of indispensable IT pros. This list is a common-sense approach to how you can make yourself valuable to your organization. Be prepared to be a forward thinker and embrace new technologies. |
