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Agile Book Club: Retrospectives

James Shore

Feedback and adaptation are central to Agile, and that applies to the team’s approach to Agile itself. Although you might start with an off-the-shelf Agile method, every team is expected to customize its method for itself. The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific.

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5 top ERP trends for 2022 — and their implications for IT leaders

CIO

Customization gives way to standardization The traditional practice of enterprise technology leaders customizing an ERP solution to meet their specific enterprise or business needs is giving way to implementing an off-the-shelf solution. This is cumbersome and leads to additional cost.

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Article: Pipedrive Unfixed - Case Study of a Unicorn Company

InfoQ Culture Methods

Pipedrive would not have become a unicorn company by using a standard off-the-shelf agile framework. In Pipedrive's Agile Framework, the Product Managers pitch new ideas and Software Engineers volunteer to lead their Mission Teams. Instead, the company created its own framework.

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Understanding the Dynamics of Custom Software Development

The Crazy Programmer

Compared to commercial off-the-shelf software products (COTS), custom-developed software is built to meet a narrow, specific set of requirements. Commercial off-the-shelf products are obviously designed to appeal to the masses as they are commercially marketed and distributed. Why Choose Custom Software Development?

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. While weather may have been the root cause, the 16,000 flights canceled between Dec. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO

He and his teams tried a few off-the-shelf tools but were never satisfied with the support for linking a cloud resource to a line of business to determine ownership. And that’s all before considering the need to fuel new AI initiatives , which can push cloud costs up further.

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comdivision: Business Needs Should Drive IT, Not The Other Way Around

CIO

But what we lack in size, we make up for in agility. Speed and agility are the hallmarks of success of very experienced, highly knowledgeable, small teams.”. Among managed services providers, (MSPs), comdivision stands out for many reasons, among them the depth of the company’s work with VMware. It’s a real differentiator for us.