Tagged: communication

Why is Coffee Important in Software Development Projects? 0

Why is Coffee Important in Software Development Projects?

We have all heard of phrases such as “Let’s walk and talk”, “Give me your elevator pitch” or “Let’s get a coffee”. When someone comes up to you and says “let’s get a coffee”, you instinctively know that you are about to have a conversation with this person.

Book Review: Competitive Engineering by Tom Gilb 0

Competitive Engineering

In a period where the trend is to follow agile approaches with condensed guidance (see the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto for instance), it could seem strange to publish a book on software development with more than 500 dense pages. You should however not be frightened by the book...

Introduction to Stakeholder Interviews in Software Projects

Stakeholder interviews drive successful stakeholder engagement and give us an understanding of our software development project’s landscape. This understanding can help us navigate obstacles before they arise and keep everyone engaged and supportive.

Building Awesome Teams Using The Team Collaboration Canvas

What is the secret of successful agile initiatives and awesome teams? Teamwork and effective collaboration, of course. It is important to set up software project development teams for success, as well as implement continuous improvement processes to ensure antipatterns and difficulties are addressed.

Hybrid and Remote Project Teams Collaboration

Discover the model of work habits that boost a software development project team’s performance and well-being with 10 areas of the team’s way of working: Work patterns, Teamwork, Collaboration, Cross/team routines, Meetings time & quality, Emails / chats time & quality, Focus time, Collaborative learning, Leader’s guidance, Work-life harmony.

Unfucking Feedback in Project Teams

Feedback sucks. It is horrible to give inside a project team, it can be painful to receive – even when it is praise, we are still uncomfortable. It is a problem, because if members of a software development team can’t give effective feedback to each other, and if we can’t...