Coveros CEO Jeff Payne Presents Agile Fundamentals
February 12, 2012
Jeff Payne will be presenting a 2-Day Training Course February 21-22, 2012 on the Fundamentals of Agile Trianing. This course teaches you to pragmatically apply Agile methods to your software development process and organization. Join Jeff at the ITEA Professional Development Center 4400 Fair Lakes Court (Suite 104) Fairfax, VA 22033. Register today!
Coveros CTO Tom Stiehm on Building Secure Software
October 31, 2011
On November 10th Tom Stiehm, Coveros CTO, will be presenting at the Better Software 2011 Conference in Orlando, FL. Tom will present on how 'Building Secure Applications'. Join Tom to explore real-world security controls he’s applied to commonly used application frameworks. Find out how to map security vulnerabilities to the security controls that manage those vulnerabilities and where to place those controls in your framework.
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne on Fundamentals of Agile Certification
October 3, 2011
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne will present at the STARWEST 2011 Conference in Anaheim, CA. Fundamentals of Agile Certification will present a roadmap for how to get started with agile along with practical advice. It will introduce you to agile software development concepts and teach you how to make them work. You will learn what agile is all about, why agile works, and how to effectively plan and develop software using agile principles.
Coveros announces the formation of Coveros Labs
June 23, 2011
Coveros, the market leader in the delivery of secure, reliable software, announced the formation of Coveros Labs (research.coveros.com) – a research laboratory focused on developing innovative technologies to enable secure software applications.
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne on "Balancing Agility and Security"
March 9, 2011
Coveros CEO Jeff Payne is interviewed and dives into the subject of "Balancing Agility and Security" in software.
Don't know how to get started? Let Coveros experts work side-by-side with your project teams to ensure a pragmatic agile approach that fits your organization.
Coveros' SecureCI™ provides an open source, integrated continuous integration solution for helping organizations automate the software build, test, deploy process. By integrating together a suite of open source products, organizations now have access to a turn key CI solution that can be immediately installed and used.
Solution Offerings
Coveros provides a wide range of packaged, well-defined solution offerings.
Agile Coaching
Many organizations are now familiar with the agile development concepts and have some understanding of the benefits to be gained through adoption. Coveros coaches have years of specific experience guiding organizations as they pilot and eventually adopt agile development in their organizations. Engaging Coveros to coach your teams offers a significant advantage over self-teaching or engaging traditional agile coaching help:
- Coveros includes training at the start of each coaching engagement and during key intervals of the project. Each training session is tailored to the audience being trained:
- Introduction to Agile Concepts (enterprise)
- Being a Good Business Partner on an Agile Initiative (stakeholders)
- Agile Development Best Practices (delivery teams)
- Quality on Agile Projects (delivery teams)
- Executing an Agile Program Management Office (enterprise)
- Coveros does not hire full-time coaches. Our coaching engagements are staffed with seasoned project managers and engineers that are primarily focused on building and delivering software for customers. The experience they bring your team is grounded in the realities of today's tools and the pressures of real-world business constraints.
- Coveros coaches are embedded with your team. The typical agile coach stands behind your development team offering guidance on the process, but little in the way of hands-on delivery. Our coaches stand in front of your team and actively drive the process. Our engineers deliver code and our project managers deliver plans and requirements.
- Coveros enters with the exit in mind. We understand that companies want to become self sufficient as soon as possible, and expect to invest in coaches for no more than three-to-six months. The problem we've seen is that teams understand the process after these engagements, but are prone to experience skills atrophy and regression to the norm once the coach is removed. Coveros has developed a set of tools that are "left behind" for use by the client:
- Project Dashboard - To be used during project reviews, graphically depicts rudimentary delivery metrics such as velocity, burndown, defect rates and other project health information.
- Agile Scorecard - allows management to have a sense of adherence to process and best practices.
- Meeting Plans - Coveros puts in place a series of iteration-based meetings that ensure continued transparency and shared accountability throughout the organization.
- Development Environment - Implementation of a development environment including a Continuous Integration framework ensures that best practices are likely to be followed moving forward.
Investing in a development or project management coach is a good way to expose your team to the powerful advantages of agile software development. Selecting a Coveros coach ensures that your investment continues to reap benefits in the future.
