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Drinking Our Own Champagne: A View into How Tasktop Manages its Own Integration Ecosystem using Tasktop Sync


Wed Nov 28th, 2012, 11am - 11:30am EDT, 8am-8:30am PDT other time zones


Presented by Nicole Bryan, director of product management at Tasktop Technologies.

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Ever wonder how Tasktop is able to manage and maintain over 70 ALM connectors from over 20 different vendors? As with most software companies, our “software supply chain” is complex ranging from open source to enterprise software. Each partner has their own development process, release cadence and testing approach and it is very hard to encourage them to change. In fact, we pride ourselves in being flexible on how we build and maintain the myriad of connectors we have so that we can accommodate our partners.

So how do we do it? Well, our story is probably not unlike many others out there…. And it is top of mind, because Tasktop has recently embarked on a journey to evaluate our own integration ecosystem in order to ensure we can support and grow for our next generation of products and connectors. During this evaluation we have learned quite a bit, not only about how to work with different vendors, but how integration can form a currency for collaboration and communication.

In this webinar, Nicole will demonstrate how Tasktop Sync plays such a crucial role in the development of our connector ecosystem and also discuss the human element of software development that, ironically, is exposed precisely because of a back end integration tool.

Attend this webinar if you want to learn more about what happens during your company`s Tasktop Sync implementation and how it lets you integrate your ALM tools and open your channels of communication in a simple way you’ve only imagined.


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Past Webinars and Podcasts

Tasktop has recently offered the following webinars and podcasts:


Tear Down the Walls Between Requirements, Development and Testing, by Using IBM RRC with Tasktop Sync


Thurs Oct 25th, 2012


Presented by Robert Elves, co-founder of Tasktop Technologies.

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Long have the business analysts and project managers who create software requirements been marrooned on an island, removed from the developers and testers tasked with ensuring that these requirements actually come to fruition.

The reality for most organizations today is that requirements are still disseminated to developer teams in batches of spreadsheets, as are their updates, in a manner that is often lagging and removed from the tools that developers work with. Yet without the complete and up-to-date requirements, QA can't write valid tests, and Dev can't implement to spec.

Enter the new integrations in Tasktop Sync that now bi-directionally connect requirements to development and test artifacts. Through these Tasktop Sync integrations between IBM RRC, CA Product Vision, and HP Quality Center, Tasktop now enables requirements information to flow in real time between the business analysts who create them, the developers who implement them and the QA professionals who test against them.

In this webinar, Robert Elves, co-founder of Tasktop Technologies, describes how Business Analysts using Rational Requirements Composer can successfully create and revise Requirements while automatically keeping the Testing team up-to-date on the latest changes through the use of Tasktop Sync.


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Make your ALM Architecture Lean. The challenges and importance of defining your ALM Architecture


Thurs Sept 27, 2012


Presented by Dave West, Chief Product Officer at Tasktop Technologies.

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We all know that software is increasingly becoming the secret sauce of business innovation. But many organizations do not have an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy. The manufacturing and maintenance of software requires process, people and tools to work together in seamless harmony to optimize the output in the constrained environment.

Lean teaches us that the best processes focus on value while reducing waste. But for many organizations their tools, process and people have become disconnected. There are multiple processes for planning, development, deployment, support and maintenance; unfortunately, all of these processes are disconnected. Each department has selected their own tools, none of which work together. Additionally, complex matrix organizations have resulted in people having too many masters and confused priorities. This is a long way from the ALM and Lean ALM pipedreams. But does it have to be like that?

In this webinar Dave West, Tasktop's Chief Product Officer and former Forrester analyst, describes how organizations can start thinking about ALM from an architectural perspective and what the implications can be to software delivery organizations. He describes a world where ALM is a key business process for organizations and shows how, with some careful architecture, software delivery can be optimized to deliver real business value.

In this webinar Dave West covers:

  • The current state of ALM in the software industry
  • Real customer examples of ALM
  • Best practices for Lean ALM
  • How you can get there

It is time to stop thinking about tools and start thinking about ALM in a structured, systematic way.

 
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Bring Testing and Higher Quality to your Agile Teams by integrating HP QC and JIRA


Thurs Aug 30th, 2012


Presented by Lance Knight, Sr. Director of Solution Architects at Tasktop Technologies, CSM/CSP.

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With increased release delivery velocity comes the need for developers and QA professionals to work in perfect harmony. Software engineers use JIRA, QA professionals HP Quality Center. This leads to disconnects between the two groups. Breaking down the silo's between these two groups is crucial for software delivery success.

In this webinar Lance Knight, Sr. Director of Solution Architects at Tasktop Technologies shared how organizations are connecting development and QA. He will demonstrate how Tasktop Sync, the tools integration hub from Tasktop, provides an environment that supports Agile development and what the integration patterns look like. He will describe the key challenges for integration and how it is possible to support teams working in their tools of choice with shared data and process. Attend this webinar if you are doing any of the following:

  • Trying to connect JIRA with HP Quality Center
  • Integrating QA and Development
  • Adopting Agile development methods
  • Wanting continue with your existing investment tools while trying new collaborative approaches
 
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