Agile methods software development (also called Agile Modelling, denoted AG for short) reduce software lifecycle time (thus speeding up development) by firstly creating a prototype version, then ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board agreed to release a draft proposal to simplify accounting for internal use software costs by, among other things, no longer considering the development stage ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...

WASHINGTON -- The recession has changed a lot of things about IT, particularly in the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) professionals who have an encyclopedic-like range of skills. That change is ...

The big IT burden posed by new regulations has an impact on project management, with institutions turning to more efficient methods of developing applications to meet the demands of a fast changing ...

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Over the course of the last decades, there was a steady rise of flexible software development practices around the world. The reason seems simple enough: an increased diversity in products, processes ...

For decades, the US Air Force and its lead aircraft supplier, Lockheed Martin, have struggled to efficiently write the code that runs their aircraft. The result is numerous cost overruns, delays and ...

The methods technology companies use to develop new software for their customers have changed in recent years, making applying the rules for capitalization of software development cost more ...

The days of developing applications behind a curtain and delivering the “final” result to end-users are coming to an end. And HP wants you to be ready for the transition to agile software development.

An umbrella term for a variety of best practices in creating applications and information systems. These methods have proven to be more effective in dealing with changing requirements during the ...