Agile methodologies for software development offer a number of benefits for medical device companies. Here are some best practices for making the transition. Clark Fortney and Rainy Mumper Many ...

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In software development the traditional approach, dubbed ‘Waterfall‘, is linear and breaks the development phases into increments of Analysis, Design, Coding and Testing. A common constraint of ...

Over the course of the last decades, there was a steady rise of flexible software development practices around the world. The reason seems simple enough: an increased diversity in products, processes ...

Lean Six Sigma is a structured, data-driven approach to quality and waste reduction that integrates seamlessly with Agile, ...

Health care organization leaders are working hard to create, update and continuously improve on their processes to align with the Triple Aim initiative (see Figure 1. Triple Aim Model). Their top ...

When U.S. federal agencies need to deploy a new software application or information system, they must first ensure it complies with a comprehensive set of government-approved security standards — and ...

Pressure grows for software better aligned with business. Agile techniques have been stagnant for a decade. AI may speed up Agile team output. Agile has always had the best intentions: work side by ...

It’s ironic that the idea of Agile—a central concept of competitiveness in the 21 st Century economy—which began in manufacturing in the early 1990s, took hold in software, not manufacturing. While ...

New research shows that more and more companies are turning to agile business methods to achieve a competitive advantage. Here's why. CollabNet VersionOne, last month published research revealing why ...