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A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer at Planview

Planview

Roni Lev, Software Engineer at Planview. In the same way, to be a Software Engineer you need to have an extensive knowledge of programming languages. Roni Lev, a Software Engineer, is one of the faces behind the Planview Clarizen software and he knows a thing or two about all the above. .

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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. What if everyone thinks our code is lousy, and nobody likes us? Is it worth it?

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

This means that many organizations and their leaders are running as fast as they can to quickly build their software capabilities. CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. What if everyone thinks our code is lousy, and nobody likes us? Is it worth it?

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How to Manage a Team of All-Stars

Harvard Business Review

This is an enormous missed opportunity: we found that the best companies are more than 25% more productive than the rest due to the way they deploy, team and lead scarce, difference-making talent. In 2012, the National Bureau of Economic Research studied the impact that great bosses have on team productivity.

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How Investors React When Companies Announce They’re Moving to a SaaS Business Model

Harvard Business Review

On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc. launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription version of its key product line, Creative Suite, causing its net income to plummet by almost 35% percent the following year. Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier.

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The Best Entrepreneurs Think Globally, Not Just Digitally

Harvard Business Review

from 2012 to 2014. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings. Worldwide, the number of start-up offices in those top 20 ecosystems that are second offices outside the initial ecosystem or founding headquarters that were moved rose more than 8.4X (!)