As Software Engineers, we tend to get lost within our ivory towers. We are logical people, and crave logic in the world around us. The real world around us, though, is messy and frustratingly illogical. I am happiest, and most productive, when I have a well-defined Epic to work on, with clear requirements and acceptance …
Some of the most interesting problems in technology only surface at scale. For the past few years, the majority of Tasktops customers have been using Sync to achieve scaled Agile. Without tool chain integration, it is impossible to get hundreds or thousands of IT staff adopting enterprise Agile methodologies such as SAFe, DAD, Scrum.orgs Nexus …
This week, Tasktop announced its latest innovation in software lifecycle integration. Weve added a whole new integration capability to our portfolio that enables DevOps practices to scale to the rest of the Connected Software Lifecycle. What this means to our customers is that they finally have the DevOps Integration Hub needed to scale DevOps transformations …
This Thursday, I have the opportunity to present at IBM Interconnect. Along with the opportunity to present comes the opportunity to staff the Tasktop booth all week (Booth #784 in the DevOps Zone). I decided to do something different this year Over the past 5 years, the Pre-Sales Engineering team at Tasktop has created 100s …
Four years ago Tasktop exhibited at our first IBM conference, known then as IBM Innovate. Three years later IBM Innovate became IBM InterConnect, partnerships expanded, and Tasktop became a seasoned IBM conference sponsor. This year Tasktop will not only be a sponsor at InterConnect we will also be presenting three IBM InterConnect speaking sessions. A …
Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) provides a set of standards that enable software lifecycle tools to share information for collaboration and traceability. Sharing information across tools is essential to Tasktops mission to connect the world of software delivery and Tasktop has supported OSLC since its inception. Tasktops integration technologies take advantage of standard OSLC APIs where available and even …
I experienced my first small earthquake (a 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale) in Vancouver, over the Christmas holiday. I didnt even realize it was happening, since I was sleeping. This got me thinking about planning, not only for my familys safety, but also in general. As a developer, planning was key to the Agile …