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Three Strategies to Build Cross-functional Teams and Why You Need Them for Agile

Gorilla Logic

Traditional waterfall development teams tend to be organized around single skills, such as developers, QA, UI/UX, and more, with each single-skill team working on a part of the project and then passing it on to the next team, until the value is finally delivered to the customer. Delayed feedback. Accrual of tech debt.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

Your team is building the UI, and several other teams are building the back-end microservices. Here’s the UI mock-up the design department made,” Claudine says, “and Ramonita put stories in the issue tracker with all the requirements. For many users, the UI is the product. Don’t confuse graphic design with UX design.

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Designing for Complex Systems

Tandem

These complex systems bring unique UX challenges that can be solved with thoughtful design practices. With just one application, we’re accounting for many different system integrations, a massive amount of data coming in and going out, physical machinery, and a diverse user group. Designing for Complex Systems is More Than UI.

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

There’s a wide variety of help available: occasional mentoring; training; help with process design and implementation; and full-time (or near-full-time) coaching. The most effective help you can get is to hire experienced practitioners to coach each team full-time. The same goes when hiring consultants and coaches.

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How European startups are aiding Ukrainian refugees

TechCrunch

Commerce4good , a charity founded by the teams of startups Viceroy Group and Popup, has established a network of suppliers and on-the-ground volunteers in Ukraine to provide essential needs quickly — things like food for the elderly, radio equipment to civilians and fabrics to producers.

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AoAD2 Chapter 5: Invest in Agility

James Shore

There’s a wide variety of help available: occasional mentoring; training; help with process design and implementation; and full-time (or near-full-time) coaching. The most effective help you can get is to hire experienced practitioners to coach each team full-time. The same goes when hiring consultants and coaches.

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How To Make A Fitness App – Tech Stack, Features & Cost

Xicom

It’s like having your own affordable personal coach in your pocket. In some scenarios, you can even choose a coach by their name and level of physical training, as it’s a USP (Unique Selling Point) of most of the ABs workout app. The performance features divide fit apps into three types of mobile healthcare apps.

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