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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. A couple weeks ago we did a recording session with Chris Beale, who is one of our most senior executive consultants, runs a lot of our large enterprise class engagements.

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How to hire remote developers (with free remote job description template)

Planio

Every great company–from the billion-dollar tech behemoths to innovative and scrappy startups–has one thing in common: talented people motivated by a shared vision. As Steve Jobs famously put it, a small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Book extra one-on-ones in the first few months.

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8 Steps to Build and Manage a Remote Engineering Team

Planio

As Phil Freo , head of product and engineering at the fully remote startup, Close.io, told us: “When recruiting, it was hard to stand out in Silicon Valley among all the other tech startups hiring. But like anything that seems too good to be true, hiring a remote engineering team is filled with potential issues and downsides.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

Everything is run by the book. Team managers are able to create a schedule of tasks for others to follow. A certain extent of these users doesn’t hesitate from bad mouthing the project management tool’s reputation in the online world. From time to time, I also partake in software development and QA campaigns.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. Risk Management Papers. “A De Meyer, C.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Kyle: Today’s session is eligible for one PMI, PDU in the technical category, and the code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now. Technology is wonderful.