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Coach your Architects in Agile Architecture!

Xebia

When companies transform towards an agile and DevOps way of working, they sometimes ask how to proceed with architects. Some companies ignore architects in their transformation, some will upskill their architects, and some will make the DevOps teams responsible for the architecture.

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Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat

CIO

The Mastercard project Given that Mastercard has embraced the quantum key distribution method, its pilot project determined the architectural requirements and limitations of QKD and the operational readiness of the QKD systems. Mastercard’s Maddaloni reports that the team tested the quantum key distribution solution over a dark fiber network.

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AoAD2 Practice: Management

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. We help our teams excel. Cargo Cult Agile. Agile requires Theory Y management.

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How to Conduct User Acceptance Testing: Process Stages, Deliverables, and End-User Testing Place in Quality Assurance

Altexsoft

Product design starts with the assumptions of how a product should behave and look like, and while they are usually based on market research and user interviews, these are still just assumptions. When conducting various quality assurance activities , development teams are able to look at the product from the user’s standpoint.

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How real-time operational insights drive superior tech platform development

CIO

As SaaS solutions gain greater market share, and build mindshare, operational know-how is becoming critical to both their development and evolution. One of the biggest issues for any development team is obtaining real and timely user feedback. Traditional development approaches can also cause lengthy release cycles.

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Four growth strategies for individual contributors

CircleCI

Some find a natural niche as leaders and work into management positions where they end up leading teams and designing career paths for others. Conversely, some thrive and become leaders by developing their own paths as an individual contributor (IC). There’s not a right or wrong career path for software engineers.

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22 YouTube Channels To Level Up Your Programming Skills

Codegiant

Whenever you’re just starting out with software development or simply want to uplevel your programming skills, you’ll need the right info resources to achieve your goals. You can’t put a developer into a cubicle, set a deadline, ask him to work for 8–9 hours straight, and expect a top-notch quality software at the end. another mistake.