Agile culture and collaboration

Prescriptive Agile process is a contradiction in terms. The Agile Manifesto lays out a way of thinking: an Agile culture for software development, focused on collaboration. See how other organizations encourage Agile and DevOps collaboration and achieve other milestones of cultural transformation that, in turn, change processes and tools in the SDLC.

April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21
Atlassian Open DevOps beats 'good enough'

Atlassian's new Open DevOps strategy taps best-of-breed DevOps tools for integration into a single toolchain to ease the burden for software development teams.
April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21
Tasktop brings new visibility to value stream management

Value stream management is central to digital transformation at scale. VSM vendor Tasktop has a new dashboard that gives users a clearer view of their software delivery processes.
March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21
Genuitec's CodeTogether 4.0 promotes pair programming

With Genuitec CodeTogether 4.0, development teams can work collaboratively even when remote. The product supports pair programming, mob programming and swarm programming.
January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21
Docker taps JFrog Artifactory for developer partnership

A new partnership helps developers access Docker Hub through JFrog Artifactory to simplify how DevOps teams work together.

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Condensed Agile sprint timeline pros and cons

Is a condensed Agile sprint possible for your dev team? Here's how to shave off some sprint time and what perils to look out for in a smaller Agile sprint window. Continue Reading
Sole Black VMware principal engineer aims to diversify tech

VMware's only Black principal engineer talks about his rise in the cloud-native world, how to bring in a new generation of minorities and the future of technology. Continue Reading
Compare design thinking vs. Agile for QA

Design thinking helps a team figure out what problems to solve, while Agile is a framework that helps a dev team build better software faster. Let's compare the two approaches. Continue Reading

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How Agile team culture can help improve software quality

Any Agile team that wants its team's culture to be squarely centered on improving software quality, should consider the following incentives and tactics. Continue Reading
10 Scrum benefits and how to realize them

Scrum can be difficult to implement and manage, but the effort is usually rewarded. When run correctly, Scrum delivers valuable benefits for the business and the development team. Continue Reading
Jeff Gallimore: Psychological safety for remote teams

Can chatter about household appliances contribute positively to digital transformation? Jeff Gallimore thinks so. Here's his take on psychological safety for remote dev teams. Continue Reading

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How to approach Agile team organization

Should an Agile team have an architect? Does cross-functional mean constantly changing? How do teams set velocity and quality? Get the answers to set up and lead Agile teams. Continue Reading
Overcome these 5 DevOps challenges

DevOps adoption isn't easy, but the results are worth it. Learn how to collaborate, cooperate and coordinate with better organization and DevOps tooling. Continue Reading
How do software developers and architects work together?

Work is more fun when developers and architects have a relationship that is collaborative, not adversarial or absentee. Here's how real teams join forces to build quality software. Continue Reading