Blog. PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Just like high jumpers, software developers need to clearly set their goals in order to meet their objectives and speak of quality.

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.

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.

How do upbringing and personality affect the way we perform and relate to others? Let’s focus on creating healthy teams with different people, cultures, ideas and expectations involved.

Is public speaking a gift? There are some naturals. But there’s those that work hard to develop this ability. And they do become attractive, clear and natural speakers. For those who are ready to put in some effort to become better speakers, here are some tips that have worked for our team of designers and developers.