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| Welcome to ReleaseTEAM |
Welcome to the October 2011 ReleaseTEAM newsletter. As usual, you will find helpful tips and Software Configuration Management industry news.
This month we announce our upcoming TRUG meeting with a very special speaker, request your feedback for VoiCE, mark your calendars for the Q4 CRUG meeting and wrap it up with an article from CM Crossroads and partner news.
Thanks again for taking the time to browse our newsletter. If you don't find what you are looking for, just ask, I'll be glad to help!
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| ReleaseTEAM at VoiCE of the Client Event 11/14-11/17 |
Once again, ReleaseTEAM has been invited by IBM Rational to participate in the Voice of the Client (VoiCE) annual summit! This three and a half day event, hosted by the Rational Client Programs team, gives ReleaseTEAM the opportunity to interact with Executives, Product Management leaders, and selected clients from across the Rational community. Each VoiCE session facilitates candid discussions amongst clients who have vast product knowledge and a desire to influence IBM products, services, strategy, and business decisions.
ReleaseTEAM is attending sessions dedicated to ClearCase, ClearQuest, Build Forge and RTC. If you have questions about the future functionalty or suggestions for upcoming version releases, send them to
info@releaseteam.com
and we will try to include them in our discussions at VoiCE.
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| Colorado Rational Users Group - CRUG |
Thanks to everyone who attended our CRUG meeting last month. It was a good turnout (with a few NEW faces!) and Mike Gormley's presentation around IBM Rational CLM solutions was well received. If you missed our meeting, you can view the presentation here.
Our Q4 meeting is scheduled for Thursday December 8th, and we have very special speaker CCM Practice Area Leader David Anderson on tap to speak about ClearCase 8.0! This exciting presentation will focus on the latest and greatest functionality for version release 8.0, as well as highlight some of the comparable features within RTC.
Date: Thursday December 8th
Meeting time: 6pm-8pm
Meeting topic: ClearCase 8.0 version release
Meeting location: The Marriott SpringHill Suites in Westminster
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 pm Refreshments and Networking
6:30-7:30 pm Presentation and Discussion
7:30-8:00 pm Q&A and giveaways
Click HERE to register for the December 8th meeting |
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| Toronto Rational Users Group - TRUG |
Our Q4 meeting is set for Thrursday Nov. 10th with very special speaker Scott Ambler scheduled to present! We are lucky enough to have IBM Rational's Chief Methodologist for Agile and Lean right here in Toronto, and we secured him for our TRUG meeting next month. You can expect an exciting and informative presentation around Agile development methods and best practices, with specific examples from IBM Rational customer environments. You don't want to miss this exciting presentation!
Date: Thursday November 10th
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Meeting location: IBM Innovation Center, 120 Bloor St. E (Bay/Bloor location)
ReleaseTEAM will provide refreshments and even a few giveaways, so be sure to RSVP and bring a firend or colleague with you!
Click HERE to register for the November 10th meeting
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| Fort Collins Rational Users Group - FCRUG |
ReleaseTEAM welcomes the newest member of our Rational User Group community Fort Collins Rational User Group = FCRUG!
ReleaseTEAM is providing a forum for discussions and networking for executives, project managers and software development professionals in the Fort Collins area.
This is the perfect venue to meet your colleagues at different organizations in Fort Collins and discuss relevant industry issues.
Click HERE to register for the Fort Collins Rational Users Group
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| ReleaseTEAM and WebLayers Webinar |
Thanks to everyone who tuned into the WebLayers and
ReleaseTEAM webinar
on September 28th. We discussed the critical roles played by software governance and environment optimization
in the development lifecycle.
Together- ReleaseTEAM and WebLayers solve "governance pain points" by addressing the technical
issues around the software development lifecycle. The road to success for software
development projects depends on sound Configuration Management processes, properly
configured development tools, and mitigating risks associated with non-compliance
to your organization's best practices and standards.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact Adam Gawlikowski at
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| CM Crossroads |
Personality Matters - CM and ALM for Small Teams
WRITTEN BY CMC MEDIA, Leslie Sachs
Re-printed here with permission through partnership with ReleaseTEAM
Small teams always evoke an image of a warm and cozy work environment that exudes a strong sense of purpose and belonging. Small teams are like families where everyone knows each other and boundaries between professional and personal lives are often blurred. Anyone who has ever actually run a family business knows that the reality is rarely quite as rosy. Small teams can have big dynamics that threaten the team's success in terms of productivity and effectiveness. If you need to manage or even just belong to a small team, then you'll want to become familiar with some of these important dynamics. This article will examine some of the essential people issues that arise when implementing configuration management (CM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) with small teams.
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With iApproveIt, managers, administrators, peers or other approvers can give "instant" approvals or rejections that are embedded in the process and forcibly adhered to by users.
iApproveIt:
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SmartBear-IBM Rational Webinar
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Hardware and embedded software development teams working independently need a better way to communicate and collaborate. Teams need to work together to find problems and defects, to learn from each other, to simplify their interactions, and to design and deliver the best possible solutions to challenging issues. Also: It's nice to connect with your colleagues once in a while to solve a problem.
Reviews are a critical step to improve both product quality and team collaboration. For example, reviews catch bugs in medical devices, potentially saving lives; reviews find product defects that can eliminate recalls. Unfortunately, reviews are often viewed as tedious and inefficient. Or, worse, they are skipped altogether.
Join IBM Rational and SmartBear on Tuesday October 25th at 11:00 am EST for this informative webinar and learn first hand:
- Which review techniques improve collaboration the fastest among hardware and software development teams
- How integrated software solutions can improve quality across the product development lifecycle
- How to reduce, or even eliminate, the mounds of paper that often result from technical reviews
- Improve your company's accountability and regulatory requirements by better capturing review metrics
Click HERE to register for the webinar
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