Reka is an economist with an MBA and 10+ years of experience in ICT with ERP, SCM, web, and mobile applications, as well as skills in international business development, consulting, and project management. You will find her blog posts on a variety of subjects from application lifecycle management and software quality standards to Agile methods.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI ) achievement quick and lean with code Beamer! CMMI for Development at Level 2 and 3 can be achieved by SMEs easily. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement and appraisal program implemented by Carnegie Mellon University. The certified level of Capability Maturity is required by many US and European customers especially in government or elsewhere in…
Risk management is especially important for safety critical industries such as healthcare (with the design and manufacturing of medical devices), aviation & aircrafts, transportation, as well as the automotive industry due to the risks associated with the design of cars. Increasing complexity of such safety critical products increases risk for manufacturers as serious injuries or death could…
Nowadays chips, tags and applications are all around us, embedded into cars, medical devices and home appliances, all to ensure a more comfortable life. As users we enjoy the increased functionality and how it makes our lives easier, providing entertainment possibilities, power saving features or even features that can save lives. Behind the scenes, these…
It’s Summer time and hot, many people are on holiday or are planning to go on holiday soon, the less lucky are already returning from holiday. During holidays you have time to read funny stories on entertaining websites they are not strictly related to your work. I was reading a great website during my holiday…
Traceability as a phrase is used across many industries for example, within Supply Chain Management where transparency on processes, and ability of accurate tracking of changes is essential. In the software development lifecycle (SDLC) traceability primarily means the traceability of requirements throughout application development, ensuring that the delivered software fulfills all requirements and therefore prevent…
The new buzzword for industry in Germany is Industry 4.0. This term is used for Germany’s high tech strategy, subtitled “the success of the German economic performance”. Deutsche Bank recently published a research report with the title “Upgrading Germany’s industrial capabilities on the horizon”. The report begins with the fact that Germany has been and will remain…
Adaptability and Experience are key to success with Agile and Kanban. In a survey among experts carried out by Intland Software, the following question was asked. How much depends on a team experience and adaptability in achieving efficiency and higher productivity with Scrum or Kanban? One of the commenter suggested the question be tackled in two parts:…
In 2014 Intland Software executed a survey among its clients and partners to collect feedback regarding Maturity levels of Requirements Engineering. Based on an analysis of responses, Intland gives 7 tips for requirements engineers and managers on how to increase efficiency and solve the most common problems of software requirements management. 1. Integrate the evaluation of requirements quality…
Issue management, tickets on Kanban with escalation status IT Operations teams have to manage several parallel IT applications internally within the enterprise, or alternatively by providing IT application management services to external customers (ISPs). The main issue for those teams that have an easy to use monitoring and controlling system for issue tracking, is how to…
