HP enhances Agile Accelerator

HP announced enhancements to the HP
Agile Accelerator to help customers increase the quality of their
applications, boost productivity, and respond to changing business
scenarios quickly and cost-effectively.

Based on HP Quality Center software and
HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) consulting services, the
Agile Accelerator manages Agile development projects from proposal to
production, while helping IT departments better meet their
application modernization initiatives.

The solution helps software development
teams improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their business
initiatives with predefined work-flows, configurations and user
reports. Recent enhancements, include a built-in resource planning
module, which allows development teams to better manage their Agile
projects.

“With Agile quickly becoming a key
methodology for application modernization, it is critical for
customers to balance quality, performance and security standards with
the need for speed,” said Subbu Iyer, VP-Products, ALM, HP
Software and Solutions, HP. “With varied ongoing development
projects using different methodologies, we needed a solution to
accommodate both Agile and non-Agile efforts, yet fit into our
existing enterprise architecture. By leveraging HP Agile Accelerator
with HP Quality Center, we expect to increase efficiencies for each
development team,” said Timothy Perry, Chief Technology
Officer-Retirement and Protection, Genworth Financial.

According to a recent Forrester report,
almost 60 percent of respondents rated application modernization
initiatives as 'very important' or 'important'. “Application
development organizations are increasingly adopting Agile development
practices to better manage risk and cut development costs. It is time
for testing to become more agile as well,” said Margo Visitacion,
Analyst, Forrester.

By using HP Agile Accelerator for
application modernization initiatives, customers can:

• Improve business agility with
  faster response to changing requirements

• Reduce the risk of application
  performance degradation by finding defects earlier in the life-cycle

• Increase RoI by delivering quality
  software early and frequently throughout the application life-cycle

• Enhance productivity through greater
  collaboration

HP Consulting Solutions for Agile:

HP offers a broad set of services and
expertise to support customer application modernization initiatives
with Agile practices, including:

• HP Application Lifecycle Management
  (ALM) Consulting Services for Agile-comprehensive assessment, design,
  implementation and management services for ALM and Agile strategies
  help customers increase the success of projects

• HP ALM Discovery Workshop for
  Agile-leverages HP Agile Maturity Model to help businesses define a
  roadmap and adopt Agile to support business objectives

• Agile Accelerator Packaged
  Implementation Services-accelerates time to value for customers by
  tailoring the solution for individual customer needs and environments