Archive for October, 2009

Agile Journal Live Seminar Series Continues in Raleigh, NC

October 23rd, 2009

AccuRev will be participating in the next seminar of the Agile Journal Live Seminar Series being held in Raleigh, NC on October 28, 2009. AccuRev joins with other leading providers of Agile software development solutions including Coverity, Electric Cloud, and Rally Software in sponsoring this event which focuses on promoting Agile tools and techniques to optimize the software development process.

The agenda for the event includes expert presentations on a wide variety of Agile-related topics such as SCM best practices for Agile development and the ROI impact of Agile methods and tools. The event will also include a technology showcase featuring live demonstrations of Agile project management, build and release, change management and test solutions.

The seminar is a unique opportunity for participants to learn more about Agile best practices and explore industry-leading software tools in a local forum free of charge. For more information and registration details visit: http://www.accurev.com/seminar/raleigh20091028-7

The Agile Journal Seminar Series will be coming to the cities of Santa Clara, Boston, Newark, and Austin in the upcoming months. Stay tuned for more details.

Now Shipping HP Quality Center 10.0 Integration

October 22nd, 2009

AccuRev has announced it is now shipping the HP Quality Center 10.0 integration. With this integration, developers and quality assurance professionals can leverage AccuRev software configuration management (SCM) capabilities while optimizing their existing investment in the quality management functionality of HP Quality Center 10.0. The integration offers a solution that improves the traceability of development work and enables better application lifecycle management (ALM).

With AccuBridge for HP Quality Center 10.0 users can manage all software development assets within the same tool and maintain their HP Quality Center configuration across the integration. This new integration is easier to use with simpler setup and installation procedures and is able to synchronize customized fields eliminating the need to switch between applications.

AccuRev’s Agile SCM and software process optimization capabilities in combination with HP Quality Center offer users an effective collaborative environment that provides a firm foundation for ALM based on strong auditing, transactional, and compliance features of both systems.  For more information, contact your local AccuRev sales representative t 1-800-383-8170.

Damon Poole to Speak at Upcoming SPIN Meeting

October 16th, 2009

AccuRev CTO, Damon Poole, is the featured speaker for the upcoming Boston SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting on the topic “Is Agile Software Development Really any Better?” This will be an evening of Agile discussions and pizza and provides an excellent opportunity for networking and the exchange of Agile process improvement experiences.

Date: Tuesday October 20, 2009

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST, Including a complimentary pizza dinner

Location: Bedford, MA

Topic: Is Agile Any Better?

When considering Agile development, there are three approaches you can use: believe the hype and hope for the best, look for documented ROI studies, or find people that you trust at a company with similar circumstances that have done it successfully and learn from them. But there is another way.

This session will examine traditional and Agile development from an architectural and algorithmic perspective to show exactly how and why they work and contrast their differences and similarities. At the end of this session you will have everything you need to draw your own conclusions about the algorithms and architectures of Agile development versus traditional development.

If you are already an Agile proponent, this session will give you more material to draw on when discussing the merits of Agile with those that have not yet discovered its benefits.

For more information, visit: http://www.boston-spin.org/annual.html

Visit the AccuRev Booth Online at the ALM Expo 2009

October 13th, 2009

AccuRev will be exhibiting in the Application Lifecycle Management Conference and Exposition, ALM Expo 2009, on Thursday, October 15. This free, virtual conference and technology showcase put on by CM Crossroads, Agile Journal and CMC Media will feature Agile best practices and ALM solutions in the current economic climate. Visitors can explore product information, view demos, and engage in live discussions with product developers online from the comforts of their home or office.

The ALM Expo 2009 agenda includes presentations from industry leaders on a wide variety of Agile and ALM-oriented processes and a keynote roundtable discussion on ALM of the new economy. Attendees will also be able to visit interactive virtual exhibit booths to explore new products and services.

Visitors to the AccuRev exhibit booth will have the opportunity to learn more about AccuRev’s SCM solution for Agile development processes as well as view demos and engage in live discussions with any questions. For more information and registration details, visit: http://www.almexpo.com

vim4accurev – New Release (v1.1)

October 2nd, 2009

I’m happy to announce that the latest official version of the AccuRev SCM plugin for Vim is now available!

Download release 1.1 here.

Major features include:

  • on-demand plugin enable/disable (aka Airplane Mode)
  • support annotate/blame
  • launching stream browser and graphical merge
  • ability to edit files and identify AccuRev workspace regardless of current working directory
  • updated docs

This version of the plugin requires Vim 7.x and supports AccuRev 4.6.x / 4.7.x.

Enjoy – dave