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Is Scrum incompatible with public tenders?
I was asked by a public organization to give an informal workshop about the 101 of agile development explaining terms and concepts of Scrum, Kanban, and the like. I have worked in agile environments ...
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Why does the US government disallow dynamic languages for secure projects?
I know some people that are currently working on a project for the US military (low security level, non-combat human resources type data). An initial state of the project code was submitted to the ...
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What ever happened to the Defense Software Reuse System (DSRS)? [closed]
I've been reading some papers from the early 90s about a US Department of Defense software reuse initiative called the Defense Software Reuse System (DSRS). The most recent mention of it I could find ...
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How does a government development shop transition to developing open source solutions?
Our shop has identified several reasons why releasing our software solutions to the open source community would be a good idea. However, there are several reasons from a business stand point why ...