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Strategies to Capture Greater Value from Systems Engineering
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this helpful white paper to learn how you can capture greater value from systems engineering by embracing a more holistic approach to manage complexity in both product and process.
Posted: 11 Nov 2013 | Published: 11 Nov 2013

IBM

Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios - Improving product portfolio management to optimize your products, services and projects
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

IBM

Ten Ways to Establish a Strategic Advantage in Managing Change
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper offers ways that companies can establish a strategic advantage in managing change. It suggests a structured approach to managing change amid the complexity of smarter product development in which the rapid evolution of software plays a major part.
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Jun 2009

IBM

The Agile Project Manager
sponsored by VersionOne Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

VersionOne Inc.

Agile Transformation Strategy
sponsored by CollabNet
WHITE PAPER: The CollabNet Agile Coaches have observed patterns and key milestones in the way organizations adopt and scale Agile. "Agile Transformation Strategy," by Angela Druckman, CollabNet Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Transformational Coach, outlines a sound strategy and transformational "blueprint" to help guide organizations on the path to Agility.
Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

CollabNet

Object Persistence and Agile Software Development
sponsored by Versant Corp.
WHITE PAPER: Agile Software Development is one of the most effective methodologies to develop application software. This paper examines and compares RDBMS with several object persistence methods within the context of Agile Software Development by quantifying the impact of these methods on the velocity and success of an agile application development project.
Posted: 03 Mar 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

Versant Corp.

Requirements Engineering for the Automotive Industry
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores requirements engineering and its groundbreaking role in product development and engineering for the industrial segment. It discusses the best practices and benefits of requirements engineering, and how automotive manufacturers can overcome today's quality and cost challenges using those best practices.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 31 Mar 2009

IBM

TestStand 2.0.1 – Reducing the Cost of Manufacturing Test
sponsored by National Instruments
WHITE PAPER: With TestStand, manufacturing test developers create automated test systems that dramatically reduce the cost of testing products by increasing throughput and reducing test development time.
Posted: 30 Apr 2002 | Published: 01 Apr 2002

National Instruments

Agile Business eBook Excerpt - Build the Right Thing
sponsored by Rally Software
WHITE PAPER: Great companies build products that customers love. While this means they build valuable and useful features, it also means they don't build things that aren't valuable. Access this guide to understand how a unifying vision and customer-centric mindset avoids the wasted time, money, and demoralized morale that come with building the wrong thing.
Posted: 14 Nov 2013 | Published: 14 Nov 2013

Rally Software

Requirements-Driven Product Development
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This document discusses the challenges in implementing DOORS in a rapidly evolving environment and the clear payoffs from using DOORS to integrate across diverse disciplines and to boost the collaborative effort.
Posted: 11 Dec 2009 | Published: 25 May 2009

IBM