 | 01 Aug 2006
Updated 05 Dec 2006 These whitepapers give an overview of the Build Forge system, and how it provides value to people who are developing software applications. They describe such things as how build and release management plays a key role in agile, distributed and iterative development environments, and examine the business and technical benefits of Rational Build Forge.
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Build Forge whitepapers
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Build Forge Process Automation Solutions for Development: This paper gives an overview of the Build Forge system, and how it provides value to people who are developing software applications. It may be used for technical and management audiences to demonstrate how build and release management plays a key role in Application Lifecycle Managment (ALM), successful distributed development, sustainable compliance management, achieving iterative development, or merely improving development operations by increasing team efficiency, improving product quality, and reducing cost.
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Agile Configuration Management for Large Organizations: This paper discusses the need for Agile development at large organizations and how the Build Forge offerings fit into that environment.
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Whitepaper: Hurwitz & Associates Research Paper: Transforming the Application Development Assembly Line: A Build Forge Case Study: Hurwitz & Associates conducted an in-depth online study of 18 Build Forge customers, composed of large and small development teams across a variety of industries. We wanted to understand the motivations that caused these companies to examine Build Forge, and quantify the business and technical benefits these companies had achieved from implementing their products. This paper explores these benefits -- with compelling results.
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IDC Whitepaper: Establishing Build Management for IT Efficiency and Business Adaptability: Software build management impacts successful deployments as well as business and IT productivity. The need for more consistent, reliable and high-performance build management processes, organizational strategies and automation has always been important - but, a number of factors are driving companies to target the build management area of the application lifecycle now. This whitepaper explores these key challenges and lays out the role that build management plays. User case studies are presented that exemplify strategies that incorporate effective build and release management.
Click the links in the table below to download the Build Forge whitepapers (login required):
Downloads | Description | Name | Size | Download method |
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| Process automation solutions | bf-processautomation-360-001.pdf | 443KB | HTTP |
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| Agile configuration management | agilecm_wp.pdf | 260KB | HTTP |
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| Transforming application development | hurwitzreport_nov2005.pdf | 713KB | HTTP |
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| Establishing build management | IDC_white_paper_jan_2006.pdf | 140KB | HTTP |
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