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Are you Agile Enough?

If you are using Open Source, doing Agile but not able to consistently meet project goals, and aren’t sure what tools you need - check out how Rational Team Concert can help. See how Rational Team Concert automates core Agile practices - like consistent team collaboration, rapid response to change, and frequent delivery of working software with robust version control and change management. Then see how work items, tasks, defects, builds, and more automatically feed into dashboards and reports which save the whole team time. And all how collaboration for the whole team makes it easier to work on resolving issues - no matter where you are located. Rational Team Concert provides a solution for any sized team. The Community Edition is no charge and a great alternative to Open Source. Express Edition comes at an attractive price for medium-sized teams, and as your team grows, Standard Edition provides the scalability you need.

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Agile Myths, Agile Realities

Organizations around the world are adopting Agile software development techniques and scaling them to complex development environments. In this video, Agile author and industry expert Scott Ambler highlights the reasons behind the growth in the adoption of Agile techniques and shares data from recent industry surveys as to what is driving rapid adoption rates and the success rate of Agile techniques. Scott will explore key Agile techniques and Rational Jazz offerings that fundamentally improve the way business stakeholders and technology professionals can collaborate -- for the better!

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: What's the Buzz - Agile, its Myths, Misconceptions & Applications

This series opener 1) positions Agile as a collaborative and evolutionary discipline to software delivery that leads to improved software quality, faster time to market and greater stakeholder satisfaction and 2) sets the stage for future episodes to debunk Agile myths and describe how customers can go Agile with Rational Software solutions.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: Architecture? Agile Don't Need No Architecture!

Episode 2 discusses the great misconception and key role software architecting, modeling and constructing plays in governing Agile projects across the software lifecycle.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: So Passé... Agile Doesn't Need Testers

Episode 3 explains test driven development, the importance of test automation, the different roles test and QA professionals play and organizational adjustments to consider when moving to an Agile approach.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: Agile Does Not Scale

Episode 4 answers the question whether or not and how Agile can work for enterprise size organizations giving consideration to not only risks associated with size but also team geographic and temporal distribution, regulatory compliance, and governance.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: Agile and Governance. Oxymoron?

Episode 5 posits Agile projects as more attuned to governance than traditional projects given Agile's collaborative and transparent approach with the notions of trust and reasonableness as critical success factors that need to be present.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: Agile for Legacy Projects, Are You Serious?

Episode 6 explores how Agile works not only for new or greenfield projects but also for legacy and maintenance projects and explains why in some situations, Agile works better for these efforts.

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Agile is Rational, Rational is Agile Series: Making It Real - Getting Agile and Rational Ready

Episode 7 wraps up the series discussing the ways Rational Software can help customers transition to an Agile discipline and the solutions Rational Sotware is bringing to market to better support teams that are adopting more Agile practices.

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