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Mending the rift between business stakeholders and development teams

Xebia

In today’s business world, the synergy between stakeholders, product management and development teams are paramount. Customer’s problem At one of our major clients at Xebia customers complained, that the project velocity was inconsistent, while the development team seemed perpetually busy.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Encourage communal ownership of systems.

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5 Tips for Successfully Implementing Behavior-Driven Development in Your Team

Gorilla Logic

Have you ever been part of a team where tickets are hard to understand or don’t supply enough detail for the team to properly work? Experiences like these make many developers think about using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). Know your team members You work with your team every day and know them well.

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Insights from your JIRA data to help improve your team

Xebia

Many teams are using Atlassian’s JIRA as an issue tracker, which then becomes a valuable source of information for their daily operations. As a team leader utilizing JIRA, you probably have employed JIRA dashboards to monitor the status of work, usually in context of a (release) planning. “won’t fix”).

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Agile, Stand-ups, TDD and Code Reviews

The Programmer's Paradox

These two things tend to make agile an excellent fit for startups and an impossibly bad fit for large projects in large organizations. A big problem in development, particularly when a lot of people are introverts, is communication. You mandate a stupid meeting, every day, even when it is useless. Mostly that is a bad idea.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

How enterprises gather, store, cleanse, access, and secure their data can be a major factor in their ability to meet corporate goals. The proper use of unstructured data will become of increasing importance to IT leaders,” says Kevin Miller, CTO of enterprise software developer IFS. “It It will not be something they can ignore.

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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

Lack of vision A common reason digital transformation fails is due to a lack of vision, which along with planning is the foundation for digital success. Poor execution Even the best plans can fail if execution is poor. This may require hiring outside experts and/or investing in training and development for existing staff.