Ken Whitaker

Ken is the editor for Better Software magazine, a frequent guest writer for http://www.projectmanagement.com, and managing director of Leading Software Maniacs (LSM). With more than twenty-five years of software development executive leadership and training experience, Ken has led commercial software teams at Software Publishing, Data General, embedded systems software companies, and enterprise software suppliers. He is an active PMI member, Project Management Professional certified, a Certified ScrumMaster, and the author of the project leadership books Managing Software Maniacs, Principles of Software Development Leadership, and I’m Not God, I’m Just a Project Manager.

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What’s in the Fall 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

In the cover feature article of the fall 2016 issue of Better Software magazine, “The Evolution of Software Monetization,” Michael Zunke details how software vendors misfire in an attempt to balance protection of their intellectual property with complicated software licensing schemes that frustrate customers.

What’s in the Summer 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

The summer issue of Better Software magazine is now live! This issue includes a number of articles that emphasize state-of-the-art practices in the IoT, DevOps, and product-driven process, in addition to highlighting the roles of QA, women, and Millennials and the benefits they can bring to your organization.

What’s in the Spring 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

The spring 2016 issue of Better Software magazine includes a number of articles that emphasize state-of-the-art practices in testing, metrics, and controlling technical debt on mobile software development projects. Read on to see how this issue can help you improve your processes and rethink workflows.

What's in the Winter 2016 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

This issue of Better Software is loaded with feature articles about writing a superior web API, taking the plunge into test automation, the three pillars of agile quality, innovative gamification, and assessing and improving your DevOps procedures. Read on to learn more about this year's first issue.

What's in the Fall 2015 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

For the first time, the cover of Better Software magazine showcases two articles. The dual features are about the new ISO 29119 software quality standard—one pro, one con. Reading both points of view will make you think about what your organization is doing to adopt quality standards.

What's in the Summer 2015 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

This issue of Better Software gives best practices that will improve your skills in a variety of categories, including agile, testing, DevOps, and process. These articles aim to better your professional lives so that you and your team can deliver software technology that delights customers.

What's in the Spring 2015 Issue of Better Software Magazine?

There’s been a meteoric adoption of DevOps, requiring attention to higher quality processes throughout the SDLC and deployment. Our authors in this issue of Better Software magazine see development teams attempting to deliver on this new program of continuous integration and rapid deployment.

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