Serena Software Joins Valtech in Agile Software Development Services Partnership
(Business News, 01 Sep 2008 )
A new partnership between Serena Software and Valtech promises to usher in a new era of Agile software development in the enterprise. Building on its commitment to support the exponential growth of Agile methodologies in the enterprise, Serena is combining its enterprise IT tool-making expertise with Valtech’s transformation, coaching and education techniques to help corporate employees make use of Agile processes quickly and on-demand, without extensive prior training.
Agile is an iterative software development methodology that promotes team collaboration and adaptability throughout a project lifecycle. It’s faster and more responsive than the traditional waterfall model, which takes a purely sequential approach to creating software. As a result, Agile developers deliver software that more closely matches actual customer needs more quickly, since “user stories” replace “specs” in the application development process.
Serena and Valtech jointly will support Serena Agile development tools with training and documentation delivered in a variety of flexible formats, including:
· On Demand: tools and process training for individuals over the Web through the Serena community at http://community.serena.com · Just in time: 10-minute task-specific training for individuals to help beef up skills before taking a specific step; and · Traditional training: available as needed.
