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The Value of Uncertainty Steve Berczuk writes that while it can be difficult to express uncertainty, especially in an area where we consider ourselves expert, the teams we work with can benefit when we do. A bit of uncertainty can help you identify whether your solution is the best one. |
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A Helpful Guide to Daily Standup Scrum Meetings The daily standup meeting is a critical element of scrum teams. Its simplicity and benefits have even attracted the attention of practitioners of waterfall development. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy presents a helpful guide to the daily standup meeting. |
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Target's Website Snafu Suggests More Exploratory Testing Target recently found itself in the news over a mislabeled product on its website that generated embarrassing results. The website snafu proves the importance of having an exploratory test team that manually tests in a production environment. |
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Monkeys Teach Us What We Already Knew: Middle Management Is Stressful Sitting around eating bananas all day doesn't sound too stressful, but middle management monkeys are feeling the same burn as those performing tasks in the confines of a traditional office. Putting out fires, appeasing upper management, and holding onto a job are taking their toll on everyone. |
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A New Software Development Manifesto for Building the Right Things Author and software consultant Gojko Adzic recently gathered together a group of professionals to discuss software delivery and business outcomes, and to identify the core ideas that could be shared with delivery teams to help them focus on building the right things. |
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Why Agile Teams Should Avoid Setting Narrow Project Goals Agile teams should change their mindsets and establish an area of focus instead of setting narrow project goals. This change can promote a team's self-direction, which generates the motivation to produce unforeseen outcomes and achieve business value. |
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Performance Reviews: Why Everyone Hates Them and What You Can Do Many managers and their staff loathe doing performance reviews, which often are carried out more to appease HR. Still, most companies continue to use annual appraisals. So if you have to conduct them (or might someday), here are a few suggestions to make them worthwhile. |
