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Cassandra’s Curse: You Can’t Make Clients Take Action

According to Greek myth, Cassandra's curse was that she could predict the future but no one would believe her prophecies. Sometimes the same can be said for project proposals. You can give the best assessment possible, but that doesn't mean the client will heed your words. Read on for encouragement.

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Payson Hall
The Two-Pizza Rule and Other Reasons Why Small Teams Are Better

Great software products are built by teams, not by individuals, even though the team size may vary. Anuj Magazine looks at the Two-Pizza Rule, coined by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and whether a large or small team size is ideal for optimal software delivery.

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Anuj Magazine
Successful Performance Testing Begins at Requirements

Discovering performance issues in early builds allows more time to correct the design. By including critical performance-related features and elements earlier, we can take advantage of the incremental nature of the development process to avoid creating engineering in potential performance issues.

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Dale Perry
Are Tech Companies Keeping Up with the Digitization of Data?

We are living in a world where digital data is booming. Architectures and technologies also have been rapidly evolving to keep up with the exponential growth of data by creating a new big data species. This story walks through prospective technologies that have already proven their effectiveness.

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Serhiy Haziyev
Maximizing the Coexistence of Scrum and Kanban

It is difficult to exclusively use Scrum or kanban in product development, given the advantages they both provide. The prospect of using the two together can be just as difficult to fathom, yet it is possible for them to coexist—and with optimal results. Read on to learn how to combine the two.

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Manoj Khanna
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Lessons in Agile Leadership

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” Although General George S. Patton offered these leadership options long before software development, they are very applicable to agile Scrum leadership. Managers should balance all three options for the most productive software development environment.

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Steve Davi
Are You a Professional Professional?

It’s possible for people to hold positions that are described as professional yet behave in ways that are decidedly not professional. And the absence of professional behavior is usually a lot more obvious than its presence. Do you exhibit any of these unprofessional—or professional—characteristics?

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Naomi Karten
The Ups and Downs of Unlimited Vacation Time

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson doesn't treat paid time off quite the same as most bosses. Salaried employees who work at Virgin's main offices in New York, London, Geneva, and Sydney can take a vacation whenever they want, for however long they want. Is this as beneficial as it sounds?

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Josiah Renaudin