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Agile Development Practices 2007 Sponsors

 Conference Sponsors
 

Rally Software Development
Rally Software Development helps companies successfully adopt and scale Agile software development practices, from an initial pilot to enterprise rollout. Rally’s family of Agile life cycle management products, which received back-to-back Jolt Product Excellence awards in 2006 and 2007, map an incremental road to Agile adoption. The company’s world-renowned coaching services help mentor teams to create internal Agile experts. www.rallydev.com


 Industry Sponsors
 
Microsoft   Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System is a collection of tightly-integrated software development tools that change the way software development teams work together. With Visual Studio Team System, organizations can reduce software development complexity, facilitate collaboration among all team members, accelerate development time, improve predictability and reliability of the development process, and customize and extend Visual Studio Team System with their own internal tools, process frameworks, and supplemental partner products. www.microsoft.com/teamsystem
     
Mountain Goat Software   Mountain Goat Software was founded by Mike Cohn, author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied, to offer coaching and training that helps team succeed with agile. Onsite and public courses include Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements, and Agile Estimating and Planning. www.mountaingoatsoftware.com
     
Net Objectives   Net Objectives With courses and coaching covering topics ranging from management to deployment, you can secure the training and follow-up you need to effectively improve organizations, teams and/or individuals.  Whether your organization is a team, or large multi-national enterprise, Net Objectives has the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your goals. www.netobjectives.com
     
Scrum Alliance   The Scrum Alliance, formed in 2004 to promote awareness and understanding of Scrum, provides resources to individuals and organizations using Scrum and supports the iterative improvement of the software development profession. There are more than 14,500 Scrum Alliance certified individuals worldwide representing all aspects of the software development profession. www.scrumalliance.org
     
 State Farm Insurance   State Farm Insurance Companies is one of the largest corporations on the Fortune 500 list.  It includes nearly 70,000 employees and more than 16,000 agents servicing 71.6 million policies in the United State and Canada.  Our Corporate Headquarters is located in Bloomington Illinois. www.statefarm.com
     
ThoughtWorks    ThoughtWorks Studios is the specialist product division of ThoughtWorks, the industry-leading global delivery and consulting firm. Drawing on our long experience of Agile delivery, we build the next generation of tools for custom software development. Currently, ThoughtWorks Studios has three products: Mingle for Project Collaboration and Management; CruiseControl Enterprise for Continuous Integration and Deployment; and RubyWorks: Tools for the adoption of Ruby in the Enterprise. http://studios.thoughtworks.com
     
VersionOne   VersionOne is the leading provider of project planning and management applications for Agile development. Enabling today's leading Agile methodologies, VersionOne streamlines the process of adopting and scaling Agile and iterative software development projects. VersionOne is currently relied on by over 3,000 teams and more than 30 Fortune 100 companies to improve software delivery. More information is available at www.VersionOne.com
     
 
 Media Sponsors
 

ACM Queue
ACM Queue is a monthly magazine written specifically for the practitioner community. Rather than covering emerging technologies from a solutions-oriented perspective, Queue focuses on the problems and their impact on the IT environment. Readers rely on Queue's unique take on technology. www.acmqueue.com

Methods & Tools
Methods & Tools is a free e-newsletter providing practical expert knowledge for software development professionals. Methods & Tools gives software development ideas more than one page to express themselves and covers all aspects of software engineering: agile approaches, software quality & testing, project management and planning, configuration management, etc. www.methodsandtools.com

Agile Project Leadership Network
The Agile Project Leadership Network is a non-profit organization that is focused on connecting, developing, and supporting great project leaders. The founding members of APLN wrote the Declaration of Interdependence, which expresses the values that the group holds with respect to leading projects in today's chaotic world. www.apln.org
 

Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall
Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall are the leading publishers for information on Agile software development. With classic titles on Use Cases, eXtreme programming, Agile software development and Agile project management, programmers, developers and managers will find essential information for producing and sustaining high quality software. Browse through our series and check out our featured titles to find the right books to fulfill your software development needs. www.informit.com
 

CoDe Magazine
CoDe Magazine, written by .NET developers, provides in-depth content on the technologies most important to the .NET Developer Community.  Each bi-monthly issue contains detailed articles and practical code samples.  CoDe Magazine, the resource for accurate, first-alert information, is a favorite magazine for IT managers and developers involved in Microsoft technologies. “The Leading Independent Magazine for .NET Developers” www.code-magazine.com
 

Agile Journal
Agile Journal is an online magazine providing readers need-to-know information and resources for developing software for an agile business. Driven by Editor in Chief and noted analyst Liz Barnett, Agile Journal delivers thought leadership and pragmatic advice from industry experts, as well as direct feedback from hands-on developers and project managers. Read it online at www.agilejournal.com
 

Better Software
Better Software magazine delivers relevant, timely information to tackle the challenges of building better quality software, regardless of your role in the software development lifecycle. Bringing you in-depth articles on agile methods, people and teams, CMM®, software process improvement, ROI, and coverage on emerging technologies, Better Software is the only magazine for software professionals who care about quality. www.bettersoftware.com

StickyMinds.com
StickyMinds.com, the most comprehensive online resource for helping you produce better software, offers an unrivaled scope of original articles from industry experts, technical papers, industry news, a searchable tools guide, discussion forums, and much more. www.stickyminds.com


 
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