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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans. Make sure managers are ill-equipped to supervise their reports.

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Taking an Analytical Approach to Project Management

Perficient

More and more with tech Project Managers, we’re seeing a multi-discipline approach to the role, ditching the “old ways” of project management in favor of agility and adding extra value to the team. If there are improvements to be made, raise them to the team & implement as soon as possible.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower CTO

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? But how do you know which?

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How to Hire Fintech App Developer for a Banking Platform with Java and Android

Mobilunity

They make a great combo for fintech and finance developers who wish to create cutting-edge apps. Fintech’s Expanding Horizons Knowing what skills a banking app developer needs is important for hiring teams that want to get the best people. This lets talented people work on bigger, more important projects.

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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Read on to see how to detect the seven telltale signs of a fake agile in enterprise IT today. Leaders must be committed to the enablement of agile teams.”. Agility is about shipping as well as development.

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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

Rate of change “The most important metric for IT success is rate of change,” says Nicolas Avila, CTO for North America at IT and software development company Globant. Every leader and every team should use rate of change to determine how quickly they can turn around a particular change, Avila recommends. Here they are.

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Scrum Master vs Project Manager: How are they different?

Openxcell

Scrum Master and Project Manager profiles are quite distinct though most of the people get confused. Scrum is a framework that helps teams to encourage self organization and generate effective solutions against complex issues. Scrum is usually used in software development but industries like marketing, sales and etc.,