In its latest research report, the Standish Group has found that application modernisation projects have the highest likelihood of being completed on time, on budget and with all critical features included when compared to alternative approaches. The new report, Modernisation: Clearing a Pathway to Success, delivers an objective comparison of the cost, risk and ROI associated with rewriting, buying a package, and modernising a particular order processing application. The study found that, in this situation, application modernisation had the highest likelihood (53 percent) of being completed on time, on budget and with critical features included. This compares to a 30 percent success rate for replacing.........

Can we learn from software testing failures in today’s world to improve it in the future? Geoff Thomson, chairman of the UK Testing Board looks into his crystal ball. Heathrow’s T5 software testing issues highlighted the importance of software testing, I hope that lessons have been learnt and that CIOs across the world will take note in the future. I believe that in the future will we see changes in six key areas of software testing: 1. Accurate information provision (in the language of the recipient) Software testing’s role is the provision of data to enable go live decisions to be made. If we get.........

Micro Focus has launched CaliberRDM, a tool which it says will help businesses reduce failures in their software development projects. According to the company, the product is one of several tools launched by Micro Focus as part of its new Continuous Quality Assurance (CQA) portfolio. Micro Focus’ CQA provides an end-to-end solution for companies looking to improve the quality of their software – spanning requirements, development, testing and deployment. CaliberRDM combines requirements definition and requirements management capabilities, allowing CIOs to set clear goals for software development projects and track their progress through to completion. The product allows unlimited numbers of stakeholders to review simulations of.........