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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower Innovation

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? And in the software world, an A player is worth 10+ C players!

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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle?

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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

Planview

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy

Idea to Value

One area where Goodhart’s Law gets even more dangerous is in target-based software development, especially Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. It was poor data and oversight by the people developing, testing and implementing the system that was at fault. That was not its fault. What is the strategy?

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3 Developer Productivity Blockers Solved by Toolchain Integration

Planview

As software development initiatives increase in scope and complexity, teams are facing persistent bottlenecks that can seriously hinder productivity and slow down delivery cycles. The consequences of poor productivity reverberate across the entire software development lifecycle.

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Effective Tools for Employee Wellbeing

Business and Tech

Traditional health benefits administrators have bad networks. Many software development companies have what’s called distributed teams, which means people working around the globe on products. What types of benefits and rewards are employees seeking today? How do you achieve effective collaboration across time zones?

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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