software development

HTML5 November RoundupIn this roundup, we learn that a new survey shows developers planning to use more HTML5 in their jobs, Wikipedia is getting an HTML5 video player, and a popular Japanese mobile gaming company is betting on the markup language to boost sales.
Why You Should Acknowledge UncertaintySoftware developers spend much of their time solving problems, which seems contrary to some common workspace habits. While they can’t always know everything, they are often uncomfortable acknowledging uncertainty. This isn’t necessarily the best thing to do—for your customer or yourself.
Bad Product Backlogs Are...Bad

Agile software development teams are getting caught on the merry-go-round of incremental product improvements and are failing to create innovative products. Are bad product backlogs to blame?

DevOps and Dealing with Software Project Delays

Bob Aiello explains why technology professionals who value their careers need to understand DevOps, which embodies excellent concepts and practices that have been taking the industry by storm, especially regarding software project delays.