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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

When possible, refer all matters to committees for “further study and consideration” Attempt to make committees as large as possible — never less than five. Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. What are some things you can do?

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Taking an Analytical Approach to Project Management

Perficient

More and more with tech Project Managers, we’re seeing a multi-discipline approach to the role, ditching the “old ways” of project management in favor of agility and adding extra value to the team. If there are improvements to be made, raise them to the team & implement as soon as possible.

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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Leaders must be committed to the enablement of agile teams.”. Agility is about shipping as well as development. Team leadership void. Ask to see their team metrics,” he says. Losing the forest for the trees.

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Software Development Team Structure

KitelyTech

The success of any software development project hinges largely on the structure of the development team behind it. A well-organized team can work efficiently, meet deadlines, and maintain a high level of quality output.

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Your Idea Factory – Quality Innovation from Quantity

Perficient

Quality innovation is not for the weak at heart! He once shared, “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.” Have a hundred ideas and throw away the bad ones. When Quantity Goes Wrong I wrote another blog post on lessons learned while managing corporate innovation.

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Anti-patterns of using layers with Terraform

Xebia

There isn’t a standardized or official concept referred to as “Terraform layers” in the Terraform documentation. Early stages of Terraform layers One of the first references of using layers with Terraform was a talk by Armin Coralic (you can find it here ).

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Outsourcing Software Development Best Practices

Luis Goncalves

Product development is a long and laborious process. And because of this more and more companies are using Outsourcing Software Development services to help them to reduce the time to market. Product Management and Software Development: The Big Clash. Software development is not an easy feat.