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Little's Law, The Latency Effect, and ''Ready for...'' Queues

Bottlenecks between teams aren't so bad if those teams are still chunking through work they need to do...right? Maybe not.

January 26, 2017

by Antony Marcano

· 4,497 Views

Scrum Myths: Scrum Is Meeting-Heavy

Scrum shouldn't consider events as meetings with all the smells attached, but as an opportunity to collaborate, learn, and have fun.

January 24, 2017

by Barry Overeem

· 6,270 Views · 5 Likes

Extreme Programming: Tips and Advantages

In Extreme Programming, instead of delivering everything you could possibly want on some date far in the future, you deliver the software you need as you need it.

January 24, 2017

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 20,985 Views · 6 Likes

Dan Bricklin: The Inventor of the Electronic Spreadsheet [Video]

Steve Jobs once told an interviewer that “if VisiCalc had been developed for another computer, you’d be interviewing somebody else.”

January 21, 2017

by Amy Groden-Morrison

· 4,695 Views · 3 Likes

Working With REST in Oracle JET

In the final article to his comprehensive series on learning Oracle JET, Chris Muir goes over the Oracle JET Common Model & Collection API, a client-side JavaScript API for accessing remote REST web services and plugging them into our JET UI components.

January 19, 2017

by Chris Muir

· 27,666 Views · 4 Likes

Top 5 Reasons for CI Failure

Using a poor-quality server wastes everyone's time because the build takes too long to finish, resulting in intermittent test results and frustrated engineers.

January 18, 2017

by Shashikant Jagtap

· 30,527 Views · 2 Likes

Agile Cross-Functional Team (XFT) End-to-End Competence Development

This article takes a look at XFT and end-to-end competence development in great detail. Come check it out!

Updated January 17, 2017

by Zakaria Khan

· 10,189 Views · 9 Likes

5 Benefits of Agile Project Management

Agile methodology implies an iterative and incremental method of management. Agile project management produces higher product quality, reduced risks, and more.

January 16, 2017

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 17,690 Views · 10 Likes

Top 17 Tools Used in Software Development

From Docker to Slack and even Spotify, these are the top seventeen tools that can be incredibly useful to software developers.

January 15, 2017

by Lea Maya Karam

· 134,613 Views · 27 Likes

3 Ways to Improve a Scaled Sprint Review

How should you organize a Sprint Review with an increasing amount of teams and stakeholders and preserve a valuable outcome?

January 11, 2017

by Barry Overeem

· 3,230 Views · 1 Like

Agile Metrics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization.

January 5, 2017

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 24,828 Views · 14 Likes

Pairing vs. Mobbing

Pairing and mobbing are the fastest ways I know to propagate knowledge across a team, improve quality, and reinforce new habits.

January 4, 2017

by David Bernstein

CORE

· 8,545 Views · 7 Likes

Running MongoDB Aggregations on Secondaries

Shifting aggregation to a secondary, such as with batch operations, can save your primaries for more pressing, time-sensitive matters.

January 1, 2017

by Vaibhaw Pandey

· 10,218 Views · 2 Likes

Using 5S Lean Methodology to Create an Agile Workplace

In today’s world, software teams need to work as agile because of the competitive marketplace. Adopting the 5S methodology can help achieve this.

December 29, 2016

by Serdar Mustaoglu

· 21,160 Views · 17 Likes

Configuring Memory for MapReduce Running on YARN

There are times when a MapReduce job exceeds its memory limits. This article presents an overview of how YARN monitors the memory for containers and provides the technique to fix this issue.

December 23, 2016

by Alex Holmes

· 61,613 Views · 2 Likes

Moving Cron Jobs to Jenkins

There are both advantages and disadvantages that come with moving some of your cron jobs to Jenkins.

December 22, 2016

by Thomas Kurian Theakanath

· 27,892 Views · 4 Likes

Overcoming 5 Common Performance Testing Pain Points

It is no longer about mobile first, but instead about digital everywhere. Organizations need to ensure that their digital experiences reflect the quality of their brand.

December 15, 2016

by Carlo Cadet

· 9,353 Views · 1 Like

An Overview of Meta-Monitoring

Meta-monitoring is basically self-service for monitoring. There are several different requirements and methods that should be kept in mind when it comes to meta-monitoring.

December 15, 2016

by Thomas Kurian Theakanath

· 5,484 Views · 2 Likes

Test Automation Best Practices

Test automation is the most efficient and effective means of test execution. Best practices coupled with automated testing creates an essential component for successful deployment.

December 14, 2016

by Sanjay Zalavadia

· 17,934 Views · 12 Likes

Who Owns Quality in Agile?

Extrinsic quality is the most important measure of quality. Scrum teams need to balance long-term performance and stability with short-term goals for delivery and value.

December 13, 2016

by Dan Tousignant

· 46,340 Views · 10 Likes

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