Posts for "ALM"

Recently I conducted a study on projects sized in function points that covers projects put into production from 1990 to the present, with a focus on ones completed since 2000. For an analyst like myself one of the fun things about a study like this is that you can identify trends and then consider possible explanations for why they are occurring. A notable trend from this study of over 2000 projects is that productivity, whether measured in function points per person month (FP/PM) or hours per function point, is about half of what it was in the 1990 to 1994 time ... READ MORE

Traditional application development keeps Dev and Ops teams running parallel but separate - but that can slow things down and lead to miscommunication along the way. Serena Software has revolutionized the app development lifecycle with the DevOps approach. We talked to Senior VP David Hurwitz about what the DevOps revolution means for ALM, and how Serena is staying a step ahead of the competition. What is Serena Software, in a nutshell, and how did you get started? Serena provides DevOps and IT management software for the Global 2000. We got started by doing that on a consulting basis for some banks 30 ... READ MORE

The two co-founders of Andreessen Horowitz, one of the Silicon Valley's premier investment firms, have good reason to be considered serious experts in most all things related to technology. Marc Andreessen got his start as a software engineer, working on Mosaic, an early web browser, and eventually becoming a co-founder of the Mosaic Communications Corporation, soon renamed to its far better-known title, Netscape Communications. Ben Horowitz is best known as a co-founder Loudcloud/Opsware, one of the first enterprise-oriented vendors of SaaS solutions. So when they announced earlier in June that their venture capital firm would be investing $100 million--its single largest ... READ MORE

The story of how acclaimed business enterprise software developer Atlassian got its start strikes some similar notes to those of many a Silicon Valley success story: two college dropouts, an aversion to corporatized software development, and a self-funded enterprise, working out of a repurposed garage. The only difference is that Atlassian isn’t from the Silicon Valley, or even the United States. Based out of Sydney, the company has quickly gained worldwide popularity and adoption for its suite of solutions geared towards the needs of software development teams. In 2002 co-founders Mike Cannon-Brooks and Scott Farquhar started their company in a ... READ MORE

As applications are dominating the software, computing and network spaces as of late – and significant growth in this area continues to dominate forecasts – immense opportunity is being created in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) space. The software arena is evolving; with more companies moving to cloud-based applications, demanding changes in the way tools and processes for tracking software projects are managed. Here is a look at ALM trends and what to expect moving forward. New Systems Are Adapting, Becoming More User Friendly In the past, the standard approach to ALM meant providing all means of proper control for those involved in ... READ MORE

It is relatively easy to customize your website as you see fit. It is not, however, easy to predict how visitors will interact with your website. That's where UserTesting.com, a usability feedback service, comes in. UserTesting.com launched in 2008, but has recently added some helpful new features and a new homepage. The service gives you usability feedback by paying people to record their on-screen actions and voice while engaging with your site. The new updates allow you to specify questions to ask in your post-questionnaire, instead of asking all testers a fixed set of questions. ... READ MORE

Business-Software.com is one of the largest online destinations for business executives and technology buyers who are looking to purchase business software. Every month, thousands of people visit Business-Software.com to research business software solutions for their companies. The Top 10 Reports that are featured on the Business-Software.com are some of the best sources of business software vendor and product information on the Net. A comprehensive purchasing tool, the Top 10 Reports feature the key vendors in a variety of software sectors, which range from CRM systems to Human Capital Management software. Each report includes vendor background, vendor and product strengths, published pricing, ... READ MORE