In a typical website, some element of static reference data exists in the system. This static reference data might never change or might change infrequently. Rather than continually querying for the same data from the...
Collaborating on deriving scope from goals is undoubtedly the most controversial topic in this book. In the last five years, the surge in popularity of value chains in software development has increased awareness of the...
Think of the times when you have to collaborate with business units, cross-departmental teams, and other functions. Too often, complex ideas and jargon can impact cross-departmental communication and collaboration effectiveness and efficiency.
In the Agile world, bottom-up continuous improvement is the new mantra that replace the (rarely done) postmortem reviews of traditional project management approaches used in software development.
Communicating software architecture is a crucial aspect of being a successful software architect, however, this is a skill you don’t get taught. Learning by trial and error is not ideal, so how do you create...
This article explores the concept of resiliency in software development and project planning. Resiliency is defined by the capability of an application to recover to a stable, functioning state after failure or adverse events.
This presentation explains how mindfulness enables software development teams, and individuals, deal with stress and cope with burnout. Mindfulness helps us to think more clearly, remain focused and handle challenges with more ease.
Conway’s law describes the link between communication structure of organizations and the systems they design. It is named after the computer scientist and programmer Melvin Conway, who introduced the idea in 1967: “[O]rganizations which design...
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