Event: Future of Software Projects

The Future of Software Projects: How Quality Assurance and Development Must Change

May 24, 2011

Business is built on software. Today, if we aren’t building precisely what the users need, we’re on the road to irrelevance. As technologists, we have to start hitting the mark every time for our users, and stop settling for mediocrity. Quality and development professionals are under ever-increasing pressure to perform better and deliver faster. In the face of rapid technology changes, vastly more complex systems, globalization and new regulatory burdens, changes in the way we test and develop software are critical. In spite of all the methodologies and tools that have been thrown at the problem, the statistics tell a dismal story—only 32% of software projects are considered successful.

Inexcusable—we have to fix this. Trends such as Agile are gaining popularity, but are they delivering business value? Analysts encourage organizations to drive quality from the start of the software development lifecycle to streamline and reduce cost. This sounds logical, but is it really achievable? Also, we have been talking about getting better at requirements for 25 years—what’s new now?

Join Pete DuPré, Chief Solutions Architect at Micro Focus and TAP Group on May 24, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows, IL.

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