Agile Development Methods
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Records in Java 14 for Concise Data Carriers In this article, we explore a preview language feature in Java 14 that improves the design of data carriers, making them simple, concise, and agile. |
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Top 10 Most-Read TechWell Insights Articles of 2020 Many organizations are restructuring their teams, and several of this year’s most-read articles reflect that, with topics covering the roles within teams, along with technical topics as well. |
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Agile+DevOps Culture in a Virtual World Transforming and maintaining culture is hard enough when team members are somewhat co-located and in physical spaces—even harder when the majority are working from home. |
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How Agile Principles Help in a Remote Working Atmosphere When working remotely, teams often face high risks due to lack of communication and differences. However, when implementing agile principles, even remote teams can minimize the risks of failure. |
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Why Setting Priorities Is a Core Agile Practice Every aspect of agile includes prioritization. The most important user stories are implemented first. Testing is prioritized to make sure features valued by customers are tested the most. Even everyday tasks are prioritized during daily standups. Here are three reasons setting priorities is essential to success in agile. |
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Prioritizing Invisible Work There are work items that will give the team an operational boost and perhaps avoid a crisis, but that never quite make it to the top of the priority list—like build and deployment improvements, or paying down technical debt. For enabling work that is valuable but too invisible to be a priority, consider breaking it down. |
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Team Agility in a Post-Pandemic World COVID-19 has necessitated entirely remote environments, and people the world over have had to inspect their foundations of working, adapt to a new way of remote execution, and integrate their personal and professional lives more than before. Organizational leaders need to embrace a new outlook in four critical areas. |
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3 Reasons Saturday Night Live Is the Perfect Example of Agility Saturday Night Live has delivered iconic, award-winning content and thrilled its audience for more than four decades. The practices used to deliver this sketch comedy television show every week actually have quite a bit in common with the practices of agile businesses. It's all about continuously, reliably delivering value. |