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Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

TechCrunch

Modern DevOps turned back the clock on agile software development. “DevOps was supposed to be practices,” O’Daniel told TechCrunch via email. “[It’s] not agile, it’s ‘waterfall.’ ’ Modern DevOps is waterfall in agile clothing.” ”

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Agile Value: How Can You Manage What You Can’t Measure

IDC

Applying a quantitative set of processes to assess Agile efforts makes it possible for businesses to know if they’re delivering a minimum viable product.

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From Ph.D. to boutique software developer: An interview with Solwey’s Andrew Drach

TechCrunch

Furthermore, we both had seen firsthand how terrifyingly crippling waterfall and broken agile could be for the progress of a project. Currently, we have eight full-time developers, a DevOps manager and our Chief Operating Officer Nima [Kargah-Ostadi] who has a Ph.D. Do you have any thoughts on fake agile versus real agile?

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Clearing Out Your AppDev Backlog

Datavail

IT research and advisory firm Gartner has outlined 10 guiding principles for an organization to be considered truly agile. But even organizations that consider themselves agile may not be able to make a dent in their existing backlogs. Lack of DevOps practices. Lack of internal capacity. Lack of the right skill set.

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From Domains to Value Streams

Strategic Tech

Two iconic concepts from this era are the MVP (minimum viable product) which was popularised by The Lean Startup, and Value Streams which are a core concept in Team Topologies. Even though value streams are decades old, they’ve recently re-gained popularity in DevOps with the move to product-centric operating model.

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How Designers, Developers & Businesses Work Together (Part 3)

Praxent

Focus on Functionality: Agile Development for Efficiency & Performance. Focus on Functionality: Agile Development for Efficiency & Performance. Development teams deliver finished products to users through four main activities: Code. Deploy. >> Discover fully integrated product design, strategy and Agile development.

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Software Outsourcing: Why CEOs Love It

Gorilla Logic

Ready to have a conversation about outsourcing your development to a top-ranked Agile development team? Organizations that value the transparency and efficiency of Agile software development find that software outsourcing with a nearshore distributed team also enables them to get more value from their budgets. Let’s talk. Talk to us.