Publications

Here is what thought leaders in the areas of agile development, software quality and application security are talking about.

Agile Development
Title Author/Speaker Date Abstract
Transitioning Your Software Process To Agile Jeffery Payne 7/24/2009 Do you know how to transition to Agile process? Do you know the pitfalls? Do you know what gives you the best ROI? Jeff walks you through what is and is not Agile and shows you a path for both your developmental process as well as your management process.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Agile Development Jeffery Payne 3/2009 A quick list of 10 things you need to know about Agile development. (Better Software)
Agile Thinking Everywhere Jennifer deJong 1/2008 Agile teams carry out software development tasks. Here’s a look at how agile thinking has influenced each step of the process.
SOA Meet Agile. Adopting SOA with Agile Teams Tom Stiehm 12/2006 Digital Focus published an experience report, "SOA, Meet Agile. Adopting SOA with Agile Teams" describing how SOA was successfully deployed using agile methods at Federal Home Loan Banks' Office of Finance (FHLB-OF).


Quality Assurance
Title Author/Speaker Date Abstract
Dependability Certification of Software Components Jefferey Voas & Jeffery Payne 2000 Software components need a uniform approach for rating their quality. The need for this stems from a licensee's inaccessibility to the source code as well as other information concerning how thoroughly the component was validated.


Application Security
Title Author/Speaker Date Abstract
Regulation and Information Security - Can Y2K Lessons Help Us? Jeffery Payne 2004 Regulation. The mention of the word often sends shivers down the spines of business executives and IT professionals. Yet, a recent rash of crippling worms and viruses, coupled with the continued threat of a serious cyber attack on our information infrastructure,has once again elevated the notion of federally mandated security regulation to the forefront.