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Why Some Teams Don’t Work There are teams that work well, and other teams that are so ineffective, merely being dysfunctional would be a step in the right direction. Naomi Karten explains the reasons why some teams don't work. The solution isn’t to dispense with teams but to figure out what makes them function effectively. |
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The Bugs They Wouldn't Fix Are Breaking the Internet Zero-day bugs or exploits remain very common, and nearly every major vendor has reported them at various times. Because of security vulnerabilities, we are seeing a thriving black market for bugs, competitions to discover new exploits, and a growing need for security testing. |
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The 2012 State of Configuration Management Address Just as the president of the United States gives a State of the Union address, Joe Townsend has crafted his own state of the union address geared toward CM professionals. To all of you configuration managers, developers, testers, and information technology workers, the state of CM is not good. |
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OpenStack Has Finally Arrived After two years, 550,000 lines of code, 320 contributors, and 180 companies, the OpenStack cloud infrastructure project has finally arrived as a major player in the IaaS space. Beth Cohen explores the latest news from the world of OpenStack. |
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How to Use Gamification for an Agile Transformation In a recent LinkedIn poll, the failure to change organizational culture was voted as the prime cause of preventing an agile transformation. One way to counter this problem is to use gamification, which leaders can use to encourage employees to make the transformation. |
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Urging of Social Media Heeded in Hurricane Sandy’s Wake As Hurricane Sandy tore its way up the East Coast, many people turned to social media platforms to post pictures, updates, and statuses to the world around them. The U.S. government suggested doing this as the storm approached and spread their message through the same channels. |
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Using Kano Analysis to Define Your MVP Kano analysis is a great tool for prioritizing the capabilities that you build into your product. It provides a great framework for competitive analysis, comparing products in the context of what actually matters to users and not just a list of checked and unchecked boxes. |
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Configuration Managers: Fighting the Resistance to Change “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” goes the saying. But when it comes to CM, it seems that even if it is “broke,” nobody wants it fixed—except of course, the CM manager. Joe Farah explains why this "resistance to change" is a big roadblock to CM professionals and how to fight it. |
