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How to Say "No" When Asked for Help Collaboration among team members is what makes agile software development both effective and fun. Being part of a team means not only helping others so that the team makes progress but also asking for help when you need it so that you don’t block the team for too long. |
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Creating an Agile Mindset We have all heard that agile requires a cultural change within a company, but what do these changes really mean? Agile is more about how a team approaches solving problems and less about the tools used to support that approach. Agile is really a mindset. |
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How Testers Can Help Libraries Achieve Digitization Libraries are in the process of figuring out what their offerings will be in this digital content age, what impact technology will have on them, and how they can retain their traditional mission of being a place where people go to seek knowledge. Rajini Bharath looks at how testers can help. |
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How to Deal with Distractions Studies have found that office workers are interrupted—or interrupt themselves—roughly every three minutes, with distractions taking both digital and human forms. Naomi Karten shares tips to help us deal with the distractions and tune out the extra noise. |