Large software organizations—especially those running multiple concurrent development projects, with each project divided among teams—are beginning to agree. These companies have been scorched often ...

The data-management problems in IC design and those in software development have superficial similarities, even though the steps in the two development processes are quite different. Both require the ...

Software configuration management (SCM) encompasses the systematic control, organisation and automation of software development processes. It involves tracking and controlling changes in the software, ...

No developer in his or her right mind builds significant software in this day and age without some sort of version control or software configuration management (SCM). Free climbing (without a belay ...

Wokingham, UK, 12 January 2009 -- Perforce Software has released version 2008.2 of its Software Configuration Management (SCM) system, with enhancements to improve developer productivity and ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

I’ve blogged a good deal recently on Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) but mainly concentrated on the runtime and application structure sides of the equation. So let’s be fully rounded and look at how ...

These days, there’s a tendency to read the word “proprietary” and think “bad,” as if whatever is proprietary is inflexible and limited capability. It’s a legacy from the emergence of open-source ...

The rise of IP use and reuse quickly became a challenge in the early 1990s as designs became more complex. Design teams quickly found themselves struggling to manage not only the vast numbers of IP ...

Christopher Seiwald, chief technology officer for Perforce Software, thinks code should be more than just functional — it should be pretty too. Seiwald's approach aims to encourage software developers ...

Wokingham, UK - September 7, 2010—Perforce Software has added subscription pricing to its licensing options, giving customers more choices when adopting its Software Configuration Management (SCM) ...