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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. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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Product Managers vs. Project Managers: Difference, Responsibilities, and KPIs

Altexsoft

How often do you confuse a project manager and a product manager? The Project Management Institute says that only 58 percent of organizations fully understand the value of project management. Why it’s a bad practice to combine these roles in one person? Define development milestones.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Whole Team. The Hole Team. Modern software development takes a lot of skills.

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20 Deadline Management Tips Scrum Masters Should Consider

Codegiant

While producing this blog post, I collaborated with our in-house software development team. And the very first question I shot their way was: “What are some of your biggest software development nightmares?” Deadlines are any software development team’s biggest nightmare. Trust me?—?new

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35 Fleshed-Out Scrum Master Interview Questions and Answers [2020]

Codegiant

Without further ado: Scrum Master Role & Responsibilities (Overview) It’s the Scrum Master’s responsibility to bring the development team on the same page by teaching them all the values and principles that fundamentally shape Scrum and, respectively, Agile. There are no team members complaining about work environments.

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iOS App Game Development in 2021 – Expectation vs Reality

Xicom

While guiding entrepreneurs through the cost evaluation of developing a mobile gaming app, no one is surprised to notice its inclination towards the expensive side. Instead, they are aghast about how much more it costs compared to the conventional iOS app development. However, the development cost varies to a great extent.

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