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AGILE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR AGILE2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:13:32 +0000

Agile2012 conference program includes more than 200 presentations and workshops that cover the complete spectrum of Agile best practices and methodologies

PORTLAND, Ore., May 7, 2012 â�� The Agile Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced its full conference program for Agile2012. The finalized schedule is available for review at (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/program/schedule/). Agile2012, the worldâ��s largest conference for Agile teams, developers, managers and executives, will take place Aug. 13-17 in Grapevine (Dallas area), Texas (www.agile2012.com). â��Building on the momentum of 11 years of Agile adoption and maturity, Agile2012 will offer more than 200 sessions, ranging from introductory to highly advanced topics,â�� said Mitch Lacey, Agile2012 conference chair. â��One of my goals was to increase the technical content at the conference, and I believe we did that, taking technical content from under 15 percent in 2011 to over 25 percent in 2012. Across the board, each session aims to help practitioners and organizations capture the value of Agile software development. This year, we had more than 800 session proposals submitted. Our extremely selective peer-review process resulted in a program of esteemed Agile practitioners and developers â�� quite possibly our best one yet. As Agile processes are increasingly becoming widespread across the enterprise, the Agile Conference continues to deliver the most cutting-edge conference program in the industry. I am very excited.â�� Agile2012 offers multiple â��stagesâ�� to attract audiences with different interests. The stages within the program are proven to provide participants with a focused area of interest while offering attendees a wide choice of topics to choose from. Agile2012 will host a number of exciting and beneficial stages, including: adoption and transformation, Agile boot camp, business value/working with stakeholders, coaching and mentoring, collaboration culture and teams, development practices and craftsmanship, distributed Agile, enterprise Agile, insights, leadership, no-bull know-how, open jam, research in practice and user experience. Agile2012 attendees have the opportunity to explore the latest Agile development methodologies, technologies, tools, leadership principles, management philosophies and processes. The conference program provides insights into new and practical approaches for Agile success that attendees can immediately put into practice within their organizations. For more information about Agile2012, its conference program and to register for the event, please visit (www.agile2012.com). About the Agile Alliance The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industryâ��s leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile2012 Conference (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/) is scheduled for August 13-17 in Grapevine (Dallas area). For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/). Agile Alliance Media Contact:Â Â Catapult PR-IR Christie Denniston Office: 303-581-7760 ext.Â 13 Cell: 303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

TASKTOP AND POLARION SOFTWARE TO PRESENT FREE WEBINAR ON CLOSING THE LOOP BETWEEN SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:32:53 +0000

Webinar to provide practical tips and best practices for increasing productivity and driving innovation in software development projectsÂ Â

WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Benjamin Muskalla, Senior Software DeveloperÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Â Â Â Â Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tasktop Technologies is the industryâ��s leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Automation and integration software. Thousands of IT organizations depend on Tasktopâ��s commercial and open source solutions to connect developers, testers, business analysts and project managers who use a wide variety of Agile and ALM tools hosted both on premise and in the cloud.

Â Â Â Daniel Morris, Professional Services

Â Â Â Polarion Software (www.polarion.com)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Polarion Softwareâ��s success is best described by the hundreds of Global 1000 companies and over one million users who rely daily on its Requirements Management, Quality Assurance and Application Lifecycle Management solutions in their business processes. Polarion is a thriving international company with offices across Europe and North America, and a wide ecosystem of partners world-wide. WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Close the Loop Between Software Project Planning and Development In a climate of decentralized software tools, a widely integrated project management platform is critical for increased collaboration and enhanced visibility. During this webinar, Muskalla and Morris will share how developers can increase productivity by connecting their IDEâ��s with requirements management, development, planning and reporting. While working in virtual teams is the new reality, Muskalla and Morris will show best practices for increasing communication and knowledge transfer by bringing development teams together in one integrated platform. The webinar will include live demonstrations showing how both developers and development teams can benefit from unified access to project management activity from the IDE, all without disrupting existing systems. WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wed., May 2, 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) INFO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â To register for the webinar please visit: (http://tasktop.com/about/webinars). For more information or to set up an interview with Muskalla, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

AGILE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR AGILE2011

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:07:32 +0000

Agile2011 conference program includes more than 200 presentations and workshops that cover the entire array of Agile best practices and methodologies

PORTLAND, Ore., June 1, 2011 - The Agile Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced the full conference program for Agile 2011 has been set and is available for review at (http://agile2011.agilealliance.org/program/). The Agile2011 conference will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto with the most comprehensive schedule of sessions, workshops and keynotes set for Aug. 8-12 in Salt Lake City (www.agile2011.com).

"This year's conference includes more than 250 sessions to choose from, ranging from introductory to very advanced topics, that will help practitioners and organizations harness the value of Agile software development," said Todd Little, Agile2011 conference chair. "The excitement around the 10-year anniversary of the Agile Manifesto has brought out the best in terms of presentation content. There were nearly 1000 sessions submitted and the community review process has resulted in a very strong program. Agile development has clearly moved into the mainstream as organizations have learned to expand Agile practices beyond small teams and across the entire enterprise."

Agile2011 offers multiple 'stages' to attract audiences with different interests. The stages within the program are proven to provide participants with a focused area of interest while offering attendees a wide choice of topics to choose from. Agile2011 will host a number of exciting and beneficial states including: Adoption and Transformation, Agile Boot Camp, Business and Project Management, Coaching and Mentoring, Collaboration, Development Practices, Languages and Techniques, Enterprise Agile, Hands-On Learning, Insights - Experience Reports, Leadership, Testing and Quality Assurance and User Experience and Interaction Design.

Agile 2011 aims to connect attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia.

For more information on Agile2011, visit (http://agile2011.agilealliance.org/speaker-info/).

About the Agile Alliance

The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2011 conference (http://agile2011.agilealliance.org/) is scheduled for August 8-12 in Salt Lake City. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

Agile Alliance Media Contact:

Catapult PR-IR

Christie Denniston

Office: 303-581-7760 ext. 13

Cell: 303-827-5164

cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

NEW ‘THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING’ ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Software and IT organizations can tap a range of training and experienced-based knowledge from ThoughtWorks' leaders in enterprise Agile application development

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learning^{^TM}, a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios. As part of the offering, ThoughtWorks Studios will offer its first schedule of publicly available ThoughtWorks Learning Live!^{^TM}workshops starting in June in Austin, Texas. Additional workshops will be delivered throughout the remainder of 2011 in London, Paris, Manchester, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, San Francisco and other selected cities (to learn more please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

"ThoughtWorks Learning combines all of the in-person training and content-based knowledge that ThoughtWorks has developed during the past decade to help organizations adopt and sustain success using Agile-based methodologies," said Adam Monago, vice president, client services at ThoughtWorks Studios. "I am very excited to offer our high-impact Agile workshops via public registration and to have our first schedule of open enrollment roadshows scheduled in Austin in June."

Software developers, managers, analysts, testers and executives now have a single resource to obtain a range of useful information and educational offerings that have been "road-tested" and tuned to help software organizations become more efficient and productive when adopting and scaling Agile-based development methods.

The offering includes:

ThoughtWorks Learning Live!: Private and Public workshops - these workshops provide highly useful, practical and original training content for organizations looking to advance Agile practices. Taught by ThoughtWorks' experts, ThoughtWorks Learning Live! is available through both private, on-site delivery or through public registration courses in select major cities throughout the year. All courses help development teams work more effectively by addressing the current stage of an organization's transition and the state of each area of a team's practice. The courses, ranging from introductory to advanced-level topics, are designed for software delivery teams, programmers, testers, engineers, project managers and business executives.
ThoughtWorks Learning Resources: ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to develop useful content for all levels of expertise and areas of interest in software development. Now, together with existing discussions and content from the ThoughtWorks Community site, a single-source of white papers, books, best practices such as games (Planning Poker and Facilitation Patterns) and educational resources such as graphic posters are available to help organizations of all sizes and types achieve Agile success. To review and download free expert content please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

The initial workshops scheduled for June include: Agile Fundamentals (June 6-7) and Agile Business Analytics (June 8-10). Additional workshops will be added as the program expands into new cities, including Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Development Practices, Amazon Web Services, Automated Functional Testing and Continuous Delivery. To review the course calendar and abstracts, meet the instructors and register please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Learning

ThoughtWorks Learning focuses on sharing the fundamentals needed to overcome challenges, evolve and succeed with Agile development methodologies. It provides information and training related to software design, engineering, testing and release management that is based on real-world experience. The offerings help organizations extend the benefits of Agile beyond small teams, avoid common pitfalls, breakthrough "improvement plateaus" and continuously improve and modify methods that will best meet its needs. For more information please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks, Inc.^®, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^{^TM} suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^{^TM} (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ MINGLE 3.3 SUPPORTS ENTERPRISE AGILE AND REAL-TIME RELEASE MANAGEMENT

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:32:18 +0000

THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS' MINGLE 3.3 SUPPORTS ENTERPRISE AGILE AND REAL-TIME RELEASE MANAGEMENT

Mingle addresses the hybrid nature of Agile implementations and extends governance and real-time visibility into the health of software deployments

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced the latest version of Mingle®, its flagship Agile project management platform. New capabilities give enterprises enhanced access control and user management to better manage and organize users and project workflows. Mingle also has new integrations with the company's Agile release management product, Go^TM, for Continuous Delivery, and the Git version control system. The Go integration provides real-time visibility into software release pipelines and the overall health of software deployments.

Mingle is the Agile project management platform of ThoughtWorks Studios' Agile ALM suite that includes Twist® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management). Mingle's unique ability to manage any Agile method, from Scrum and Lean to "hybrid-Agile," allows organizations to develop new, innovative development methods while managing existing, legacy processes, including waterfall. This non-prescriptive, adaptive and open approach addresses the realities of IT application development, where a mix of tools and processes are used across the enterprise. Based on more than a decade of Agile innovation from parent company ThoughtWorks, Mingle provides real-time quality metrics within and across projects, and team collaboration capabilities that bridge the gap between business stakeholders, project managers, program managers, development teams and IT operations.

"Agile is built on the presumption that individual teams will figure out for themselves the many details of how to plan, build, and deliver technology," said Forrester Research, Inc. in the independent May 5, 2010 report: Tech Vendors Supporting Agile Must Be Adaptive. "During the course of adoption, teams may perform significant revisions to these details, particularly as they adopt new Agile subdisciplines. Agile tools must be able to support these evolutions."

New capabilities of Mingle 3.3 focus on extending and enhancing instance and project level integrations and user management capabilities to support larger, more complex enterprise Agile adoption. They include:

ALM integrations: Mingle's ability to serve as an ALM platform is strengthened with improved integrations with the release management product, Go, providing improved visibility into the health of software builds. Now, cross-functional teams can have a real-time, live view of Go pipelines within all Mingle cards and pages. In addition, the latest version of Mingle includes new integration support for the Git version control system.

Enterprise-grade access control and permissions: Mingle fully supports project user groups and permissions for improved project workflow management. It helps standardize user groups and improves conformance and governance by extending organization and department specific user group definitions and process workflow structures to Mingle projects.

Improved user administration and management: For larger enterprise deployments, Mingle provides instance-level views that allow administrators to manage both user membership and project permissions for multiple projects at once. It simplifies user management with a new, improved view at the project level that enables user group management and bulk removal of users from a project.

"As Agile development reaches deeper within IT organizations it is increasingly important to efficiently manage, organize and visualize information across the entire development and release process," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios. "The latest version of Mingle addresses what our customers are asking for - easy to use, integrated software - allowing them to spend less time in the tool and more time building software."

Mingle 3.3 is available for download now. For more information please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/mingle-agile-project-management).

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM products and training. A division of ThoughtWorks, Inc.®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile development in the enterprise. Its products, Mingle (project management), Twist (automated testing) and Go (Agile release management), help organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company's Agile Workshops provide in-depth training that covers all facets of Agile ALM best practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Mobile: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com