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Before applying to Pillar- please consider the following. • Are you downright crazy about writing quality software? • Do you refactor like Animal plays the drums (think Muppets)? • Are some of your heroes “Uncle Bob”, Ward Cunningham and Michael Feathers? • Would you ...

Looking for a Heavy Agile Developer with strong Java and TDD. To get more informations and apply: http://www.softdevjobs.com/job/agile-java-developer-with-tdd-mid-west-fed18d4802/

I have just finished reading the great book “Leading Lean Software Development” by Mary and Tom Poppendieck and I wanted to share with you two quotes excerpted from it.

In todays work environments, research proves that distributed Scrum teams can achieve the same quality results as collocated teams, but relationships, communication and culture play important roles in the latter. About Scrum Since its inc...

LAFAYETTE, CALIF. – March 1, 2010 – TechExcel, Inc., a leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management software, today announced the release of Agile Studio, a new Agile Development platform that empowers organizations to mix elements from multiple Agile and traditional development ...

SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, March 1, 2010 ­ ThoughtWorks Studios, ( www.thoughtworks-studios.com ) a global leader in Agile ALM and training, today announced the latest version of its Agile test automation solutions, Twist® 2.0. Designed to manage the rapid pace of software testing within A ...

Sprintometer Server 1.01 is released in February 24, 2010. The new server version supports user defined work types which are already supported by Sprintometer Pro client while working with local files or with free Public Sprintometer Server.

Mountain View , California – March 1, 2010 - Viewtier Systems, today announced availability of Continuous Integration and Software Release Management for Git , a free and open source, distributed version control system. Integration of Parabuild and Git is available immediately.

GrinderStone is an Eclipse plug-in for Grinder load testing scripts development. The Grinder is a Java load testing open source framework that makes it easy to run a distributed test using many load injector machines.

SAN MATEO, Calif., February 22, 2010 — Fortify Software, the market leader in Software Security Assurance solutions, debuted the next generation hybrid security analysis technology for testing web applications. Developed in collaboration with HP, Hybrid 2.0 enables teams across the application ...

This is a preliminary version of the CSD application. The application is subject to change.

Please download, complete, and upload this application package if you are interested in becoming a Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider.

Gurock Software just released its new test management solution TestRail. TestRail is a web-based test case management software that helps software development teams and QA departments to efficiently manage, track and organize software testing efforts.

The free Community Edition of the Ajax-based web application Klaros-Testmanagement is now available in version 2.5.

The new release now provides integration with the popular open source project management and issue tracking system Redmine.

Anthony Scotney blogs about the principles LiquidTest was founded upon:

“There is a great article by 37signals called ‘Have an Enemy’. By knowing your ‘enemy’, you know what you don’t want to be. This is pretty much how LiquidTest was conceived. We knew there were problems in the Test Automation space and we knew there were a lot of questionable practices by some of the established players in the space…”

To read the entire article visit: http://www.jadeliquid.com/blogs/2010/knowing-your-enemy-foundations-of-liquidtest.php

BANGALORE, India, Feb. 11, 2010 – HP today announced enhancements to HP Agile Accelerator to help customers increase the quality of their applications, enhance productivity, and respond to changing business scenarios quickly and cost-effectively.

The Scrum Alliance was founded in 2002, became a corporate entity in 2006, and in 2008 received its status as a 501(c)6 nonprofit professional association. The Scrum Alliance organization has grown dramatically in a short time and currently includes over 80,000 members worldwide. The purpose of Scru ...

Registration is now open for the second edition of the XP Day in Geneva. Building on the success of the first edition, the organizers have scheduled a program that should satisfy both people that want to discover what Agile is and practitioners that want to improve their agile practices. For the se ...

Inflectra Corporation, Silver Spring, MD announced that it has released the latest version of SpiraTeam® - its integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite and SpiraPlan® – its Agile Project Estimation, Planning and Management system.