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Meeting Complexity with Passion, Expertise, Methods and Tools

On-line magazine and newsletter on software engineering and software development

Methods & Tools is a free magazine with PDF and text issues with practical knowledge, information and resources on software development and software engineering: UML, Agile Methodologies (eXtreme Programming - XP, Scrum, Test Driven,..), Software Testing, Configuration Management, Databases, RUP, Software Project  Management, Programming (Java, .NET, Ruby on Rails, Ajax), Software Analysis and Design, Quality Assurance, Software Process Improvement (CMMI), Software Development Tools, Risk Management, etc.

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What's new?
Fall 2007 PDF issue: EVM for Agile Projects, Lean Configuration Management, Retrospectives, Software Factories
Launch of the Software Quality Assurance Zone
August 2007 Facts, News & Comments issue
Summer 2007 PDF issue: Web Testing Tool Selection, What's Wrong with Agile Approaches?, 
Test Driven Development for the Embedded World, Personal Quality Management
Survey Results: The Relative Importance of Web Development?
In our articles' pipeline:
 Requirements for Outsourcing, Code Inspection, UML versus DML, Exploratory Testing