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User stories are a critical element of the agile software development process. But they’re so different from traditional software requirement documents that many Scrum teams struggle to get them right.
Tim James, one of our Technical Leads, presented at CloudNH. He walked the audience through the nuts and bolts of microservices architecture. Take a look at his presentation. [...]
It is necessary to reinvent how development teams collaborate and how work gets approved so that implementing enterprise agile is effective.
Depending on how you look at it, the product owner on a Scrum team wields all the power… or next to none of it.
The ScrumMaster is a vital role in every Scrum team. Here's how ScrumMasters are able to help you achieve innovation success and business value.
Don’t get me wrong…building software is hard work. Especially good software that customers are willing to pay for. But the development process can be pretty straightforward. Simple, even.
Process documentation is incredibly useful but it can get lengthy. Learn how we use supporting checklists to help a team member navigate each aspect of our Scrum projects.
Transcript I talk to a lot of people who struggle with getting the value out of their development teams that they expect, especially when they move to an [...]
The Scrum framework is an agile software development process that focuses on deriving the most business value possible for your organization. Learn more here.
Microservices solve a variety of problems to help achieve software development goals. With a little practice, you can stand one up in less than an hour.
If you have an idea for a software development project, but don't know how to code or how to even begin with the process, here are some steps you can take to make your vision a reality.
What makes the agile methodology so powerful is its total focus on delivering business value at every step of the development process.
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This could be your sales team wanting new features to help them sell product. It could be your leadership team wanting to realize their vision for the product [...]
You’re probably aware: there’s a pretty big failure rate on mobile development projects out there. But did you know how big? IBM does. In their recent report, Star qualities: [...]
Those are some pretty strong words. So I’ll ask the CEO, “Why do you suspect that? What are you seeing?” And I’ll hear things like: The software development [...]
There is an old cliche in business: You're either growing or you are dying, there ain’t no in between. Given the mind-bending pace of innovation in the technology sector it can [...]
Learn techniques you can immediately apply to your projects to estimate how fast your team will go, both before they start and as they're getting ramped up.
Years ago I struggled with a dilemma: should I sit down to figure out how long it will take to create the software product, or just start writing [...]
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