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Mending the rift between business stakeholders and development teams

Xebia

In today’s business world, the synergy between stakeholders, product management and development teams are paramount. Customer’s problem At one of our major clients at Xebia customers complained, that the project velocity was inconsistent, while the development team seemed perpetually busy.

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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

CIO

But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. In my most recent CIO.com article on nurturing high-performing teams , I made a comment that stirred some questions. And if people have bad managers, the results can be less than optimum.

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Insights from your JIRA data to help improve your team

Xebia

Many teams are using Atlassian’s JIRA as an issue tracker, which then becomes a valuable source of information for their daily operations. As a team leader utilizing JIRA, you probably have employed JIRA dashboards to monitor the status of work, usually in context of a (release) planning. “won’t fix”).

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Draft.dev CEO Karl Hughes on the importance of using experts in developer marketing

TechCrunch

Developers can be a tough crowd. Coming up with relevant content that developers find interesting takes specific know-how, and this is where Draft.dev comes in. One of the survey respondents noted that developers are underrated as a target audience: It may be niche, but it is a large one. What inspired you to create Draft.dev?

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Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Evaluating the data and writing the review

Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

This article is the second in a four-part series on writing performance reviews. In the previous article , I wrote about preparing data for the assessment. In this article, I talk about filling out the review form. The next article discusses making salary recommendations. Review your documentation.

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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. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development.

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Cybersecurity in Custom Software Development: Why It Matters

InfoBest

In today’s digital landscape, where cyber threats are on the rise, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures in custom software development projects is more important than ever. Why is Cybersecurity Important in Software Development? Maintaining Trust Cybersecurity is critical to maintaining user trust.