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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

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“Focusing on innovation and tech deployment helps pinpoint and eliminate obstacles that impede tech teams,” she says, adding that while measuring software development production is essential for IT digitalization, it also requires a careful rollout to maintain a healthy team dynamic.

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6 tips for successfully leading software developers

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Developers’ will to create is strong, but it can be hard to perceive as creativity is often obscured by the technological nature of development. Developers communicate with a strange patois of acronyms that hide the artistic spirit behind it. Just the awareness of the creative life of developers is important.

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5 key leadership skills an executive coach can help you master

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So, like a lot of IT people who find themselves taking on corporate leadership roles, Cantrell needed help communicating differently, understanding business needs, building and managing teams, and fostering confidence in his own abilities. Now they’re in a leadership role and it’s a whole different thing. It can be very uncomfortable.”

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How leadership can empower developers in the AI era

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Imposter syndrome—doubting your abilities to the point that you feel like a fraud—is an evergreen topic of conversation among software developers. For many devs, the explosion of GenAI and AI-powered coding tools makes feeling like an imposter more inevitable than ever.

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Data-Driven Performance Feedback Helps Teams Improve Customer Outcomes

Speaker: Mickey Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful Interactive Storybooks | Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Author, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

In order to be successful at delivering software, organizations need to become data-driven. Teams and their leadership need to leverage data to achieve better customer outcomes.

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Lexmark International’s Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership

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As software and data move to the center of a company’s products and services, the background and skills of the executive leadership team must evolve. And when software shifts from enabling the revenue stream to being the revenue stream, the focus of the chief technologist must expand from internal productivity to the external market.

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Talks With Software Development Experts Initiative – Part 3

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Welcome to the third and last part of our Talks With Software Development Experts series. As we have mentioned before, this initiative is a section where we interview software engineers and industry experts to learn more about their professions, efforts, hobbies, and perspectives on a variety of tech-related issues.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. As senior software leaders, how can we determine whether estimates are helpful or harmful to our teams?