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#391 – RISK BASED CONFIGURATION CONTROL: BALANCING FLEXIBILITY WITH STABILITY – LINDA WESTFALL

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There is a dichotomy in software configuration management. On one side, individual developers need the flexibility necessary to do creative work, modify code to try out what-if scenarios and make mistakes, learn from them and evolve better software solutions. On the other side, teams need stability to allow code to be shared with confidence, to create builds and perform testing in a consistent environment, and ship high-quality products with confidence. Continue reading →

#21 – THE PROCESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT – LINDA WESTFALL

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Linda Westfall HeadshotRisk management is an ongoing process that should be implemented as part of the initial planning activities for our projects, product, and processes. Risk management must also be an ongoing part of managing those projects, product, and processes. The purpose of risk management is to identify and analyze potential problems (risks) before they turn into actual problems so that we can: Continue reading →

#19 – SOFTWARE IS RISKY BUSINESS – LINDA WESTFALL

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Linda Westfall HeadshotThere are many risks involved in creating high quality software on time and within budget.  With ever-increasing software complexity, increasing demands for bigger and better products, and even decreasing time to market, the software industry is a high-risk business.

When software teams don’t manage these risks, they leave their projects vulnerable to factors that can cause major rework, major cost or schedule over-runs, delivered product that don’t match their intended use requirements (for example, product that have safety, security, usability or functionality gap) or other project failures.  Continue reading →

#17 – RISK BASED CONFIGURATION CONTROL – LINDA WESTFALL

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Linda Westfall HeadshotThere is a dichotomy in software configuration management.  On one side, individual developers and testers need the flexibility necessary to do creative work, to modify code and tests to try out what-if scenarios, and to make mistakes, learn from them and evolve better software solutions.  On the other side, teams need stability to allow code and tests to be shared with confidence, to create builds and perform testing in a consistent environment, and to ship high-quality products with confidence.  This requires an intricate balance to be maintained.  Continue reading →

#15 – WHAT IS RISK? – LINDA WESTFALL

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Linda Westfall HeadshotIn today’s business arena there are many risks involved in creating high quality products on time and within budget. With ever-increasing product complexity, increasing demands for better products with more functionality and decreasing time to market windows, doing business is risky.  

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