Posts Tagged ‘software change and configuration management’

Free Webinar: The Business Case for Pragmatic ALM – Agility with Governance

December 1st, 2008

As an AccuRev blog reader, you’re welcome to attend our upcoming free webinar that will discuss the intersection of Agile development and governance:

As more and more software development teams adopt Agile or other iterative processes it becomes difficult for them to reconcile the current state of their governance practices with a need for greater speed and improved productivity. Developers get frustrated with overbearing compliance regimens that fence them in and stifle creativity, while their managers struggle with the need to balance innovation and speed with predictability and control. In today’s market environment, eliminating waste and fast implementations that demonstrate value quickly are essential.

Join experts from AccuRev and special guest Forrester Senior Analyst Jeffrey Hammond, as they examine the market trends that are driving many organizations to reassess their software development and release processes, and what steps and tools these development teams are taking to best support heterogeneous software development process environments. You will also see a live demonstration of how to implement pragmatic ALM with AccuRev.

Attend this Webinar and learn:

How Agile processes and compliance can coexist in harmony

What pragmatic ALM is and how it can help you solve today’s business challenges

How to manage multiple processes dependent on project requirements (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)

Best practices for optimizing tools and processes for both software development and release management.

When: Thursday, December 4 at 1:00 PM EST

Register: The Business Case for Pragmatic ALM: Agility with Governance

A Few Good AccuRevvers

February 14th, 2008

James from AccuRev: You want answers?

Tom the CC User: I think I’m entitled to them.

James from AccuRev: You want answers?!

Tom the CC User: I want the truth.

James from AccuRev: You can’t handle the truth! Tom, we live in a world that has complex software. And that software is going to be coded by men with computers. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Tom with your CC? We at AccuRev have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for CVS and you curse SVN. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know: That the AccuRev SCM tool, while special and unique, probably saved jobs. And AccuRev’s existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves jobs. You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at tradeshows, you want us for your source code. You need us for your source code. AccuRev uses words like Keep, Promote, Update…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent managing source code. You use ‘em as a punchline. We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to a man who drinks coffee and programs under the blanket of the code management we provide, then questions the manner in which we provide it. We’d prefer you just send us a P.O. and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an IDE and start programming. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to.

James from AccuRev: Did you order something besides AccuRev?

Tom the CC User: I did the job that the IBM bigot made me do.

James from AccuRev: Did you order the CC?

Tom the CC User: You’re damn right I did!!!

James from AccuRev: All you did was weaken a company today, Tom. That’s all you did. You put software projects in danger. Sweet dreams, son.