Agile Development with the Pega BPM Platform
The Pega BPM platform was designed with an Agile mindset for teams to effectively follow a DevOps approach to application development and sustainment.
Mark Shapiro is Segue’s Senior Software Architect and has been with the company since 1998. He has a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering and over 20 years of work experience in a wide array of languages including Perl, PHP, Java, Delphi (Object Pascal), and C#, and once helped build the network for a major telephone company’s dialup ISP. In his spare time he enjoys scuba diving and playing with his Alaskan Malamute.
The Pega BPM platform was designed with an Agile mindset for teams to effectively follow a DevOps approach to application development and sustainment.
While Agile Development has proven benefits, there are still scenarios/constraints that require adaptation or a hybrid approach to ensure project success.
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