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From Caterpillar To Butterfly With Agile
By Miljan Bajic In my last blog post, “A Call for Agility in the Age of Constant Change”, I wrote how it is indisputably clear that Agile is becoming a mainstream methodology, and that Agile is winning the race when

Jenkins Configuration For a Yeoman Based AngularJS Web Application
By John Stoltenborg At Portland Webworks we use continuous integration, the process of frequent testing and deployment of the software, to deliver higher quality products at a lower cost. Automation means less overhead during the development process A tightened feedback

Combining Yeoman, AngularJS, and Cordova For Mobile Development
By Nick Stuart Let’s walk through the process of getting a Yeoman based AngularJS application up and running inside Cordova/PhoneGap environment on an Android device. While we will cover Android only, the same general steps should apply for an iOS

Simplifying the Complex With Function Point Analysis – Part 2
By Todd Merry Ready for some more estimating madness? Good! Persistence is a wonderful virtue, and you’ll need some persistence to become good at estimating software development projects. In part 2, I’m going to walk you through a couple of

Simplifying the Complex With Function Point Analysis – Part 1
By Todd Merry Arguably, the toughest part of any project is estimating its cost and/or schedule. My wife has always teased me about my ability to estimate when I will leave work and it being inversely proportional to the importance

The Evolution of Software Quality Assurance In an Agile World
By Diane Bienkowski When chatting with a colleague recently, they asked if I liked doing QA. Initially, I found the question rather amusing as it’s been my career choice for several years, but the more I thought about it, the