Resources for Improving Software Engineering Operations

For available software engineering tools created by Daniel Brannon Consulting, please visit OSoSLO, a company founded by Dan in 2009. OSoSLO is dedicated to providing high-quality specialized software engineering tools to help optimize software engineering operations.

Please see Dan's blog for a variety of informational topics related to software engineering infrastructure, development, deployment, process and general software engineering operations.

Here you can find links to a variety of third-party information related to software engineering operations. The inclusion of specific products on this page is not necessarily an endorsement of those products, nor is it a claim of experience or proficiency with such products. Additionally, this is not a comprehensive listing products, but is intended solely to provide a reasonable cross-section of some of the major products offerings that are currently available.

Process Improvement Models

• Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Development
• Six Sigma

Complete Application Lifecycle Management Products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
• IBM Rational
• TechExcel DevSuite
• MKS Integrity
• Borland Management Suite
• Serena Dimensions CM

Configuration Management Articles and Products

• CM Crossroads articles on Configuration Management
• Perforce Software
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
• Subversion

Build Automation Products

• ElectricCommander
• ElectricAccelerator
• FinalBuilder
• Kinook Visual Build
• Apache Ant
• SourceForge NAnt

Issue Tracking Products

• Atlassian Jira
• Mozilla Bugzilla
• Mantis
• HP Quality Center

Project Management Products

• Project.NET
• Microsoft Project
• Daptiv PPM
• Primavera Project Planner

Code Review Tools

• SmartBear Code Collaborator
• Atlassian Crucible

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Debugging Tools and Symbols
• Windows Installer Custom Action Type Encoder/Decoder