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AoAD2 Practice: No Bugs

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Productivity was measured at almost three times the level for comparable embedded software teams. After that point, the software team supported the other engineering disciplines while continuing to do software enhancements. Pick two.”.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be as clear as I can - the phrase &# toxic work environment&# is code for bad leadership, becasue a toxic culture simply cannot co-exist in the presence of great leadership. It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

LeanEssays

This group has published numerous books and articles on lean thinking, lean manufacturing, and lean product development, including The Toyota Product Development System (Morgan and Liker, 2006), and Lean Product and Process Development (Ward, 2007). In 2001 the Agile Manifesto (Beck et al., 2001) gave this new approach a name – “Agile.”

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR)

QAspire

When you decide to review early and often, you should. Constant Improvement : You planned, you did and then you also reviewed. The plans you established needs to be followed. Discipline, in simplest terms, is your ability to fill the gap between what you know and what you actually do.

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Connecting, Building Relationships and Team Success

QAspire

It is people who work, co-operate with each other, demonstrate trust, work as a team, share a common goal, exercise their ‘discretionary effort’ and make things happen. Leaders can simply do transactional communication ("Do this form by end of tomorrow and lets review it then") or truly connect with their team members.