Agile Manifesto

Smith and I had a productive software security concerns conversation with Vipul this past Thursday (6/1/17). One of the questions we asked him was if Ebix has some sort of ISO certification like ISO 9126 and found that they do not. Per Vipul, Ebix is CMMI level 5 compliant and explained that this accreditation has more rigorous requirements than ISO certification. Vipul will share a framework document that lists ten security/risk assessment tenets that Ebix follows to build secure web…

This poses an issue and directly conflicts with the customer centric core value that we should be practicing, especially as a shared services company. The lack of regular communication with the customer is a hindrance on the quality of product that IT delivers, and needs to change. There have been several instances in the past where miscommunication throughout the SDLC process led to issues in the production environment of our systems, which is not something to be taken lightly in the insurance…

Having looked back on my mid year performance review I can say that I have accomplished everything and more what I set out in my original Mid Year review. Since my last performance review I have managed to complete the project area on share point, this has been a challenging piece of work to complete as there has been a lot of extra added benefits to make the new project area work for everyone. The new project area has a new 'task list' which will now assist with issues needing to be addressed…

In his article entitled “What Lies Beneath Stonehenge?,” Ed Caesar offers his readers a compact yet holistic look towards the Stonehenge, its landscape and the studies regarding the topic. He opens his wrtiting by providing the reader with backgorund about the area’s geographical and archaeological background. Further, he explains the interests about the area since the 17th century and the studies conducted afterwards in a chronological fashion. However, his main focus is on the recent studies…

I have worked closely with a waterfall environment and currently am an active member of an agile environment at my current employer. For the most part, I know the ins and outs of the agile environment from acting in the role of Product Owner. As the Product Owner I work directly with the Scrum Master and developers to prioritize the work that needs to be done to achieve desired results for the business. Not only do I prioritize the work to be done, I also have to make critical decisions on…

Ankita Kakalasaria Mini Research 3 ENMG 650-Project Management Agile program management deals with managing a project which involves less number of members and has a cross functionality between the teams. It is focused on delivering the products iteratively. Iterative method is used in scenarios were the requirements of the project is not clearly defined by the user i.e. the user is not sure of the end product. This methodology gives the user a freedom to review the product constantly and make…

1. Identify any two key changes that were introduced by Greg Adams-Woodford to move his product team from Waterfall to Agile and briefly provide the rationale behind each of them. Two key changes introduced by Greg Adams-Woodford to move his team from Waterfall to Agile were the eradication of offshore software developments teams and a transition to in-house software developers in Arizona, as well as the combination of the QA and development teams with extensive cross training in their…

advancement strategies. This technique accepts clients can indicate all business necessities ahead of time. Agile project management approaches. Agile Iteration-Each Iteration includes a group working through a full programming advancement cycle, including arranging, prerequisites investigation, outline, coding, unit testing and acknowledgment testing when a working item is exhibited…

NAME: Sherrise Parker 1. Describe Larman’s treatment of iterative, evolutionary and agile programming. According to Larman, software development is a method used to create, design, and maintain software. In particular, the prevalent Unified Process (UP) is an iterative software development method used to build object-oriented systems. Larman describes the iterative development and Agile Methods as a process of organizing a short series of small projects with fixed time constraints, known as…

Agile Methodology: Agile Development is one of the most commonly discussed methods in IT industry now a days, it is an alternative to traditional software development methodologies, it is a different way to manage IT development team and their projects . Principal Underlying Agile Method 1. Satisfaction of customer through early and continuous delivery 2. Welcome changes in requirements even in middle of development 3. Deliver working software frequently with a preference of shorter timescale…