Methodology
Lean Six Sigma: The Winning Combination Speed + Quality
Lean makes processes fast by eliminating waste. Six Sigma makes them reliable by reducing variation. Lean Six Sigma combines both for processes that are both fast AND high quality.
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Methodology
Six Sigma: The Quality Method That Reduces Defects to 3.4 Per Million
Six Sigma promises 3.4 defects per million opportunities. It is not a development method, it is a discipline for reducing variation and improving quality based on statistical data.
Methodology
Lean Software Development: Eliminate Waste to Deliver Value
Lean Software Development is not a project management method. It's a philosophy of waste elimination. Anything that doesn't create value for the end user is waste to be eliminated.
Philosophy
Control Your Infrastructure: Why Independence from Hosting Providers is Critical
Infrastructure locked into a single hosting provider is fragile infrastructure. Rules change, laws evolve, costs increase. You must be able to migrate in an instant.
Methodology
DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method): Agility With Guardrails
DSDM reverses traditional logic: instead of fixing scope and varying time, it fixes time and budget, and lets scope adapt to reality. A pragmatic and underestimated approach.
Methodology
UP (Unified Process): The Universal Iterative Framework
The Unified Process is not a method but a conceptual framework. Understanding UP means understanding the foundation common to RUP, OpenUP and many other derivatives. Essential for any serious engineering team.
Methodology
RUP (Rational Unified Process): The Complete Framework for Large Projects
RUP is not a fixed method but a customizable framework. Its strength is structured flexibility: it offers a complete framework each organization can customize to its needs.
Methodology
RAD (Rapid Application Development): Deliver Fast Without Sacrificing Quality
RAD revolutionized development in the 1990s by proving you could deliver real software in weeks rather than years. Its principles continue to influence modern development methods.
Methodology
Y-Cycle: Functional and Architectural Parallel Development
The Y-cycle recognizes that functional and architectural concerns in a system don't develop the same way or at the same pace. Its fork structure allows managing them separately before integration.
Methodology
X-Model: Extending the V-Model for Complex Systems
The X-model pushes V-Model logic even further by integrating multiple system abstraction levels into a single methodological framework. An approach for multi-layer and multi-system projects.