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Tips for Participating in a 24-Hour Hackathon

This checklist of hackathon do's and don'ts will ensure you're ready for a 24-hour sprint, whether it's for a hardware or software product.

October 3, 2017

by Nikhil Wanpal

· 13,191 Views · 3 Likes

About Agile Product Managers, Owners, and Squad Leads

See where, ideally, product managers, owners, and squad leaders fit together in an organization as well as what traits make them successful.

September 26, 2017

by Amir Rozenberg

· 18,637 Views · 7 Likes

Agile Retrospectives: Lessons Learned

What went well during the sprint? What didn't go well? What can we do to improve? These questions should be answered during every agile retrospective.

September 25, 2017

by Holger Paffrath

· 15,797 Views · 9 Likes

What Is a Man Month, Anyway?

A developer responds to the question, 'if a project is estimated at 30 man months, does that mean that 30 people could finish it one month?'

September 13, 2017

by Partha Sarathi Sengupta

· 19,550 Views · 2 Likes

The Importance of WIP Limits

Regardless of what sort of beliefs you have around Agile, if teams focus, they will get more done and deliver value faster, which leads to improvement.

September 12, 2017

by Daniel Barreto

· 10,844 Views · 3 Likes

Get Started With Test Driven Development (A Beginner's Guide)

Learn what Test Driven Development is about, how good unit testing fits in, and why it can get you a shorter development cycle and better results.

September 6, 2017

by Dilini Rajapaksha

· 15,374 Views · 13 Likes

Agile Games for Team Building

To be your best, it's important to have fun at work. Check out this article, and get some Agile-inspired game ideas that can help bring your team closer together.

September 4, 2017

by Lea Maya Karam

· 35,773 Views · 4 Likes

Why Release Management Is Critical For Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Success

This post explores how an enterprise relying on older software can deliver continued innovation with multi-speed IT using a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

August 31, 2017

by Dalibor Siroky

· 16,206 Views · 2 Likes

What Are Some Additional Considerations for Automated Testing?

The ability to write tests, understand automation, good coding skills, and broad vision are some of the concerns around automated testing for executives.

August 21, 2017

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 6,242 Views · 8 Likes

20 Essential Software Development Books to Read

Looking for a great read? Check out this list of 20 books on various aspects of software development, ranging from learning new to languages to TDD to Agile.

August 18, 2017

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

· 33,440 Views · 33 Likes

An Introduction to Domain Driven Design and Its Benefits

If your team is looking to implement aspects of DDD, then read on for a great overview of the practice and how it helps dev teams.

August 16, 2017

by Lea Maya Karam

· 30,413 Views · 10 Likes

To DBaaS or Not to DBaaS?

Is DBaaS (Database as a Service) really able to completely replace the DBA? This article can help you shape your opinion.

August 16, 2017

by Dzmitry Ivanou

· 9,303 Views · 4 Likes

What Skills Do Developers Need to Ensure Their Code Performs Well With Automated Testing?

Developers need the ability to write tests, understand automation, good coding skills, and broad vision to write code that will work with automated testing.

August 14, 2017

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 5,868 Views · 3 Likes

The Problems With Longer Sprints

Sometimes it feels like Sprints can get out of hand, and your team just need a little more time. We explain why extending the Sprint is not a good idea.

August 11, 2017

by Daniel Barreto

· 5,861 Views · 3 Likes

Importance of KVI in Agile Projects

If you feel like your Key Performance Indicators are no longer cutting it, read on to learn about a new system of estimating value.

August 10, 2017

by Arijit Sarbagna

· 11,945 Views · 2 Likes

AI Bot Alice From the Mad Botter Offers Agencies Automation and Integration

Learn about the AI bot Alice from The Mad Botter, which is a means to allow distributed teams to automate and communicate with ease.

August 6, 2017

by Moe Long

CORE

· 4,553 Views · 3 Likes

Protecting a Spring Boot App With Apache Shiro

Ditch roles and switch to permissions instead. See how to put them to use in your Spring Boot app with a hand from Apache Shiro.

Updated July 31, 2017

by Brian Demers

· 33,213 Views · 23 Likes

What Problems Does Automated Testing Solve?

Speed to market, lower cost, and many other business problems are solved by shifting to automated testing, according to these twenty tech executives.

July 17, 2017

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 9,314 Views · 2 Likes

Automated Testing Using Jenkins and Python

See how to use Jenkins and Python to reach optimized automated testing, including points about plugins and integrations.

July 12, 2017

by Ankit Gupta

· 21,216 Views · 4 Likes

Protractor With Cucumber

Learn how to configure the Protractor testing framework to use with the Cucumber Behavior-Driven Development framework for testing AngularJS applications.

July 11, 2017

by Rathnadevi Manivannan

· 27,696 Views · 4 Likes

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