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Agile Chronicles Newsletter - August 2006
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In This Issue
  • Agile Tool Evaluator Guide
  • Early mainstream: Agile Develops In The Enterprise - Application Development Trends
  • VersionOne In The News - InfoWorld
  • Upcoming Agile Training Dates and Locations
  • The Command & Control Management Method - Joel on Software


AGILE TOOL EVALUATOR GUIDE
UPCOMING AGILE TRAINING FROM OUR PARTNERS

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New Features

> Secure, web services open API for tighter integration with external applications

> RSS based notification system for better collaboration

> Additional attachment capabilities for easily attaching documents, images and other files to current system assets

> Enhanced detail member dashboards automating metrics based on individual team member data



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After spending the week at Agile 2006 talking with customers and other like-minded agilists, we received feedback that an Agile tool evaluation guide would be appreciated by those looking to continue to deploy Agile. The Agile Tool Evaluator Guide outlines features within a lifecycle planning and management tool for Agile development and will help you decide what features are important to your organization.

Download the evaluator guide at: http://www.versionone.com/AgileToolEvaluator.asp



EARLY MAINSTREAM: AGILE DEVELOPS IN THE ENTERPRISE

By Kathleen Richards for Application Development Trends
From all accounts Agile software development is making inroads in the enterprise, moving beyond high-tech companies to become part of the arsenal of corporate development teams in industries such as insurance, telecom and financial services...

Read the entire article at: http://www.versionone.com/pdf/ADT_Article.pdf



VERSIONONE IN THE NEWS

By Paul Krill for InfoWorld
V1 Adds Web Services API to Agile Platform - Lifecycle management offering integrates with third-party tools....

To view the article click HERE or cut and paste the link below:
http://www.versionone.com/pdf/InforWorld_July-20-2006_PaulKrill.pdf



UPCOMING AGILE TRAINING DATES AND LOCATIONS


Training Partner: Agile Logic

http://www.agilelogic.com/coursesv1.html

Course Title
Date
Location
Instructor

Certified ScrumMaster

Sept. 19-20

Atlanta, GA

Paul Hodgetts


Fundamentals of VersionOne

Sept. 20

Atlanta, GA

Paul Hodgetts


Advanced VersionOne

Sept. 21

Atlanta, GA

Paul Hodgetts


Certified ScrumMaster

Oct. 24-25

Las Vegas , NV

Paul Hodgetts


Fundamentals of VersionOne

Oct. 25

Las Vegas , NV

Paul Hodgetts


Advanced VersionOne

Oct 26

Las Vegas , NV

Paul Hodgetts

Training Partner: Net Objectives
http://www.netobjectives.com/events/index.html

Course Title
Date
Location
Instructor

Test-Driven Development: Iterative Development, Refactoring and Unit Testing

Sept. 6-8

Bellevue, WA

Rod Claar


ScrumMaster Certification

Sept. 26-27

Bellevue, WA

Doug Shimp


Lean Software Development: A Practitioners Course

Oct 2-3

Bellevue, WA

Alan Shalloway


Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design

Oct 4-6

Bellevue, WA

David Bernstein




THE COMMAND & CONTROL MANAGEMENT METHOD

The Command and Control form of management is based on military management. Primarily, the idea is that people do what you tell them to do, and if they don’t, you yell at them until they do, and if they still don’t, you throw them in the brig for a while, and if that doesn’t teach them....

From JoelonSoftware on August 8th
To view the article click HERE or cut and paste the link below:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/08.html

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