The Case for Innovative Open Source Development and Agile Methods

Posted September 30, 2007 | Leadership |

Open source is finally reaching critical mass. It is no longer restricted to niche markets and early adopters, but is beginning to play a major role in the IT strategy of many companies. Companies can no longer afford to keep all their IT infrastructure development inhouse, and most are embracing open source to get an edge on the competition. Unfortunately, open source is not a silver bullet.

About The Author
Jon Avotins
Jon Avotins is an enterprise architect with over 10 years' experience in the software industry. During that time, Dr. Avotins has worked in a broad range of large enterprises in Europe and Australia, predominantly in the government, media, music, and telecommunications sectors. His long-term interest in open source commenced from his early open source releases (YOOCC! and TROOPER), which were developed at Monash University in Melbourne,… Read More
Florin Dragu
Florin Dragu is a senior software developer/consultant from Melbourne, Australia, with 10 years' experience in the software industry. His special interests include business process management/integration, agile methodologies, and new leading-edge technologies, especially open source. He is currently working as the Open Source Technical Lead at Object Consulting. Mr. Dragu can be reached at florin.dragu at objectconsulting.com.au.
Alan Skorkin
Alan Skorkin is a software developer/consultant from Melbourne, Australia. With experience working on small and large projects across several sectors (government, banking, telecommunications), his particular interests are agile methodologies and bridging the gap between business and IT. He is a Certified ScrumMaster and is currently working as a ScrumMaster and developer for Object Consulting. Mr. Skorkin can be reached at alan.skorkin at… Read More
Adrian Cretu-Barbul
Adrian Cretu-Barbul is a software consultant from Melbourne, Australia. He has worked with multinational and Australian IT businesses in the defense and banking sectors. Mr. Cretu-Barbul's main areas of interest include agile methodologies and bleeding-edge technologies such as AJAX, JRuby, and Rails. His aim is to inspire creative thinking in the IT and business space. He is currently working as a developer for Object Consulting. Mr. Cretu-… Read More
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