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Agile Chronicles Newsletter - August 2006
Visit us at http://www.VersionOne.com
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In This Issue
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- 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
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AGILE TOOL EVALUATOR GUIDE |
UPCOMING AGILE TRAINING FROM OUR PARTNERS
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE DATES AND LOCATIONS
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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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V1: Team Edition
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Download V1: Agile Team 5-User edition at No Cost! |
This full-featured 5-user team edition offers the same features and benefits as our enterprise product.

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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
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EARLY MAINSTREAM: AGILE DEVELOPS IN THE ENTERPRISE |
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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
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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
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UPCOMING AGILE TRAINING DATES AND LOCATIONS |
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Training Partner: Agile Logic
http://www.agilelogic.com/coursesv1.html
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| Certified ScrumMaster |
Sept. 19-20 |
Atlanta, GA |
Paul Hodgetts |
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Fundamentals of VersionOne |
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Atlanta, GA |
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Advanced VersionOne |
Sept. 21 |
Atlanta, GA |
Paul Hodgetts |
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| Certified ScrumMaster |
Oct. 24-25 |
Las Vegas , NV |
Paul Hodgetts |
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Fundamentals of VersionOne |
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Las Vegas , NV |
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Advanced VersionOne |
Oct 26 |
Las Vegas , NV |
Paul Hodgetts |
Training Partner: Net Objectives
http://www.netobjectives.com/events/index.html
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Location |
Instructor |
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| Test-Driven Development: Iterative Development, Refactoring and Unit Testing |
Sept. 6-8 |
Bellevue, WA |
Rod Claar |
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ScrumMaster Certification |
Sept. 26-27 |
Bellevue, WA |
Doug Shimp |
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Lean Software Development: A Practitioners Course |
Oct 2-3 |
Bellevue, WA |
Alan Shalloway |
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Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design |
Oct 4-6 |
Bellevue, WA |
David Bernstein |
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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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