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01/08/2020
Motivation: the extra player you didn’t know your team has
Why is motivation so important? How to keep your team motivated?
Building projects around motivated individuals is definitely the road to success for software development teams. Why is motivation so important? How to get more of it in a team? Let’s jump right into it!
07/10/2019
How to improve Software Development teams velocity
5 tips to enhance team productivity and make sure they perform at their peak
Your software team is not delivering as you would like? You’re the Technical Leader, Product Manager or CTOs trying to improve their velocity? The very first steps to make them work better and faster could be inside you.
11/27/2018
From real-world problems to product-market fit
How to turn real-people problems into successful products
Focusing on people and their real needs, and running collaborative design activities is the best way to start a new project and come up with solutions with great possibilities of being successful.
04/27/2018
Why should a Software Development company certify ISO?
Our road to the definition of Agile processes
A few months back we decided to take the plunge and engage in the ISO 9001 certification process. At first, we saw it as a way to generate trust for our international prospects. It became much more than that when we developed a unique playbook to define our work and collaboration as an agile organization.
11/27/2017
The quality pyramid in software development
Relying on everyday processes to reach high standards
We can think of our overall quality as the result of the functional, structural and process aspects of quality. Only by satisfying the lower levels of our pyramid will we be able to reach the uppermost level without sweat blood and tears.
11/27/2017
Defining quality in software development
The importance of setting the bar right to meet expectations
Just like high jumpers, software developers need to clearly set their goals in order to meet their objectives and speak of quality.
11/27/2017
Code Quality I: Good Practices
Clean code and other healthy programming habits
It is within ourselves to take action and turn our everyday activities into an upward-spiralling workflow. We might feel it takes longer in the short term, but it saves lots of time and headaches in the long run.
11/27/2017
Code Quality II: Metrics
Key indicators to measure the health state of your codebase
No metrics are unquestionable. Nonetheless, keeping an eye on churn, as well as cyclomatic and cognitive complexity is a good habit to help write and maintain a clean codebase
11/15/2017
Joining a development team: picking up the necessary behaviors
5 Key tips for a successful employee onboarding program
Getting ready for a real project is a lot more than being ready to take on isolated tasks. It involves finding your place within the team, facing unknown situations and getting used to tons of things, from jargon to speed.
10/30/2017
Joining a development team: a pet project to acquire knowledge and skills
The challenge of getting up to speed on technologies and methodologies
Being the newest junior developer to join the team is not an easy position. Unless you and the team decide to consider it a blessing and to engage in an intense real-life training and mutual adaptation.
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