People and Teams
People and Teams
People and Teams Stories
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Want to Be a More Effective Leader? Conduct a Listening TourLeaders who are moving into a new position should hold what’s called a listening tour. This lets the person doing the touring hear what’s on the minds of subordinates or team members. It helps a new leader get the lay of the land while also allowing the people they’ll be leading to express their thoughts or concerns. | 
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What’s in the Summer 2017 Issue of Better Software MagazineIt can be a challenge to develop software solutions on a variety of operating system platforms. Browser-based apps support some degree of platform independence with HTML 5, but web apps aren't usually as robust as desktop apps. Our cover story removes the mystery of how to create apps for both Windows and macOS. | 
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Can the IoT Help Save the Bees? More than one-third of all crops in the US require insect pollination, and managed honey bee colonies are our main resource. According to the US Department of Agriculture, beekeepers have been steadily losing colonies, but the IoT may be able to help with some interesting projects. |
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Building and Maintaining a Professional NetworkYour professional network can be a valuable asset when you are looking for information, recruiting, or seeking a new job. But how do you get a good network? The obvious answer is to be honest, bright, hardworking, and personable, but there are other things you can do to grow and strengthen your network, too. | 
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Revitalize Your Problem-Solving by Conducting a Solution AnalysisWhen you're solving a problem, it's a good idea to analyze a solution you come up with before implementing it. One way to do that is to ask what’s good about a proposed solution and what’s bad about it, focusing in particular on the impact of the solution. This way you can be sure you've thought everything through. |
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5 Tips for Making the Most of Your Agile MeetingsPeople think agile entails too many meetings, but usually that complaint has nothing to do with the number of meetings, but rather the way they're run. New agile teams often do everything together because they think that’s what agile expects, but that's not true. Here are five tips to better run your agile meetings. | 
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How to Communicate to Build Trust on a Scrum TeamTrust among the ScrumMaster, product owner, and development team is essential to making the process work. Transparency, inspection, and adaptation are the three pillars of Scrum, and you can't commit to these actions if everyone doesn’t have openness and respect for each other. Communication is the best way to do that. | 
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Advice for When People Don’t Respond to Your EmailThere are many valid reasons a person may not respond to your email, but even knowing that, it's hard not to be curious or confused, or to take it personally. Read on for tips on how to improve the odds of hearing back from busy people, as well as advice for sending a follow-up message without being confrontational. |
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