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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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Sweep, a no-code config tool for Salesforce software, raises $28M

TechCrunch

A 2021 survey from CRM software vendor SugarCRM found that 50% of companies don’t know how to access customer data across their marketing, sales and service systems, while 53% said the administrative burdens of their CRM software causes friction for their sales team. In the worst case, the consequences can be severe.

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Low-code: An Accelerator for Digital Transformation

CIO

Digital transformation is expected to be the top strategic priority for businesses of all sizes and industries, yet organisations find the transformation journey challenging due to digital skill gap, tight budget, or technology resource shortages. Amidst these challenges, organisations turn to low-code to remain competitive and agile.

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Agile, Stand-ups, TDD and Code Reviews

The Programmer's Paradox

When the Agile Manifesto came out 20 years ago, I really liked what it said. It all has to be very reactive; you keep fiddling with the code until it gets traction. Startups were quite agile long before the manifesto used that term. In order to sell its ideas to corporations, Agile ended up formalizing itself.

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The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

CIO

With all the articles about all the amazing AI developments, there’s plenty of hand-wringing around the possibility that we, as software developers, could soon be out of a job, replaced by artificial intelligence. Coding can be a challenge, but I’ve never spent more than two weeks trying to figure out what is wrong with the code.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies. I recently moderated Adaptavist’s “Agile Back to Basics” roundtable, which included three authors of the Agile Manifesto.

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Composability, come costruire – mattone dopo mattone – un’azienda Agile

CIO

Per questo un numero crescente di CIO è attratto dai paradigmi dell’IT agile e “componibile” e del DevOps, che collegano sviluppo e operazioni, rendendo più facile creare le applicazioni che servono al business e mettere al centro la customer experience.

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