Culture and Methodologies Resources

Requirements (Epic, Feature, User Story), Task Size, and Estimation in Agile/Scrum

Planning out your work for an Epic or Sprint can be a complicated matter. Read on to see the various ways Scrum allows teams to plan.

December 25, 2017

by Mohamed Radwan

· 134,795 Views · 3 Likes

The Death of the Architect

What's the use of all the superfluous, vague titling, anyway? Author/writer/blogger/essayist Yogeshwar Srikrishnan makes a case for simplicity.

December 24, 2017

by Yogeshwar Srikrishnan

· 32,485 Views · 72 Likes

Is There Any Value in Estimating if You're Using Kanban?

A Scrum practitioner talks about using estimation in both Scrum and Kanban, how estimation differs between these Agile techniques, and more!

December 18, 2017

by Khalid Karrar

· 38,241 Views · 3 Likes

10 Tricky Interview Questions for Java Devs

Here's a list of ten popular interview questions that Java developers are likely to be asked in an interview, as well as links to relevant explanations for more details.

December 18, 2017

by Ajitesh Kumar

· 164,725 Views · 20 Likes

Java Remote Debugging in the Real World

Take a look at how to leverage Java to allow for the remote debugging of running Java applications in a production enviornment.

Updated December 17, 2017

by Eugen Paraschiv

· 35,575 Views · 10 Likes

What Is Site Reliability Engineering and Why You Should Embrace It

Site Reliability Engineering encompasses upkeep tasks for your website's overall health. See why it's crucial enough to warrant a dedicated role.

December 15, 2017

by Matt Watson

· 7,068 Views · 3 Likes

Streamlined Microservice Design in Practice

Learn about the concept of the Microservice Design Canvas and how it is used to design microservice architecture at Capital One.

December 13, 2017

by Matt McLarty

· 44,061 Views · 39 Likes

Scrum Master Anti-Patterns: 20 Signs Your Scrum Master Needs Help

Including stakeholders in the retrospective, taking the Scrum Guide as scripture, and raising hands during a meeting - to name just a few.

December 12, 2017

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 14,202 Views · 6 Likes

Best Automation Testing Tools for 2018

Software development is still evolving, so your testing tools should be as well. Upgrade your toolset by checking out the features of these popular frameworks.

December 10, 2017

by Brian Anderson

· 56,295 Views · 22 Likes

Types of Meetings in Scrum and Agile

In this post, we take a look at the various ways in which Scrum teams work together to create a working piece of software at the end of a Sprint.

December 9, 2017

by Mohamed Radwan

· 78,277 Views · 1 Like

Acceptance Criteria in Scrum: Explanation, Examples, and Template

In this post, we explore the Scrum concept of Acceptance Criteria, and how they help dev teams create better code and products.

December 5, 2017

by Victor Osetskyi

· 163,472 Views · 16 Likes

Why Developers Fear Low-Code

Will low-code tools replace developers? Is this the coding apocalypse? Calm your fears with this article, or, "how I learned to stop worrying and love low-code."

December 3, 2017

by Stanley Idesis

· 20,904 Views · 11 Likes

The Best Team Structures for DevOps Success

These three team structures are the most advantageous in the real world for achieving DevOps adoption and continued success.

December 3, 2017

by Andy Cureton

· 18,455 Views · 9 Likes

Save Time on Project Planning: 4 Tools for Product Managers

Do you find visualization helpful when trying to crack a difficult problem? Then read on for a review of these helpful tools.

November 30, 2017

by Andrew Stepanov

· 6,715 Views · 2 Likes

How to Measure Defect Escape Rate to Keep Bugs out of Production

A useful metric to track to help keep bugs out of production is the defect escape rate. Learn about it and how to track it to help you reduce the bugs in your own system.

November 29, 2017

by Matt Watson

· 15,961 Views · 2 Likes

Quick Start With Apache Livy

Learn how to get started with Apache Livy, a project in the process of being incubated by Apache that interacts with Apache Spark through a REST interface.

November 28, 2017

by Guglielmo Iozzia

· 47,591 Views · 7 Likes