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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO Business Intelligence

At the same time, developers are scarce, and the demand for new software is high. This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner. Organizations need to get the most out of the limited number of developers they’ve got,” he says.

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5 Critical Takeaways from the 2020 State of Agile Report

Social, Agile and Transformation

The 14th annual state of agile report is now available, and it's one of the papers I look forward to reviewing every year. It surveys over one thousand software development professionals from a mix of company sizes, development team sizes, geographies, and industries.

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The DevSecOps Lifecycle: How to Automate Security in Software Development

ForAllSecure

Historically, security has been bolted on at the end of the development cycle, often resulting in software riddled with vulnerabilities. Plan In the planning phase, development teams work with security and operations teams to identify potential security risks and develop a security strategy.

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Why business resilience depends on software agility

CIO Business Intelligence

Technology innovation is happening at breakneck speed, creating new opportunities and threats for companies of all sizes and industries. In a world where companies are defined by the digital services they can deliver, software agility IS business agility, and in turn results in better business outcomes.

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Building Like Amazon

Speaker: Leo Zhadanovsky, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Amazon's journey to its current modern architecture and processes provides insights for all software development leaders. To get there, Amazon focused on decomposing for agility, making critical cultural and operational changes, and creating tools for software delivery. The "two pizza" team culture.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Business leaders expect IT to develop new products, improve customer experiences, automate workflows, and deliver new artificial intelligence capabilities. Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies.

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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO Business Intelligence

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.