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A Digital Ecommerce Transformation – 2012 Organizational Diversions – Part XXI

Joel Crabb

This is the last entry before we actually get to Holiday 2012. But before we get there I would be remiss if I didn’t document the organizational changes that happened over the course of 2012, and how we fought to keep our project intact. In 2012 in the Midwest, this was devastating to my pride. Things needed a shakeup badly.

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A Digital Ecommerce Transformation – 2012 Organizational Diversions – Part XXI

Joel Crabb

This is the last entry before we actually get to Holiday 2012. But before we get there I would be remiss if I didn’t document the organizational changes that happened over the course of 2012, and how we fought to keep our project intact. In 2012 in the Midwest, this was devastating to my pride. Things needed a shakeup badly.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I should start by saying this section does not offer a treatise on how to do architecture. By 2012, Harvard Business Review published an article by Thomas Davenport and D.J. Solid doesn't mean inflexible.

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A Digital Ecommerce Transformation – Building Teams in a Hostile Environment – Part XIV

Joel Crabb

The Integrators were under contract to produce a team of up to 100 developers within a week. I pushed back, said I wasn’t interested to the Senior Director and VPs in IT, and proceeded to start building my own teams. I thought that was that, but it turns out the effort to force bad engineering was stronger than I realized.

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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

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. Test-Driven Development. Second Edition cover. Your feedback is appreciated!

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How to Make the Best of your Code with Refactoring

UruIT

By the time you started development, you had a long, meticulous blueprint of your system. Modern, agile software development paints a new picture of this relationship. Clean design and architecture are no longer a fixed destination that needs to be achieved before development; instead, it’s a continuous journey.

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How to Make the Best of your Code with Refactoring

UruIT

By the time you started development, you had a long, meticulous blueprint of your system. Modern, agile software development paints a new picture of this relationship. Clean design and architecture are no longer a fixed destination that needs to be achieved before development; instead, it’s a continuous journey.