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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO

The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). The certification covers how to plan, execute, control, and complete project schedules and how to develop project measures, approach project control, and lead project teams.

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7 Business Drivers for More Software Engineering Excellence

Accenture

We’ve known for a long time, before Agile was even named, that there are good practices the development team should do. They should test their code, they should review their code, they should integrate with other teams building programs, they should work with the business and make sure that we’re building the right thing.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

LeanEssays

To counter sequential processes and the long integration and defect removal phase, agile software development practices focused on fast feedback cycles in these areas: Test-driven development: Start by writing tests (think of them as executable specifications) and then write the code to pass the tests.