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Mongrel, 2500 Lines, and Economics

Community
Ruby
Topics
Performance & Scalability,
Ruby on Rails,
Programming,
Community

In this presentation @ QCon London, Zed Shaw explains the impact Mongrel's 2500 lines of code have had. He also goes into what makes a project successful (good documentation, make the product is to install and extend, etc) and how companies can get on the good side of open source projects they use.

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Distributing Bonus to Agile Teams is Like Playing with Dynamite

Community
Agile
Topics
Human Resources,
Careers,
Leadership

Everyone is excited when bonus is declared. However, for Agile teams it could eventually become a make-or-break situation. The general consensus is that distributing bonus should be a 'well thought-out' strategy there is no 'one size fits all' here. In an interesting discussion on the Lean Development group, people share their thoughts to find the best way.

Predictions: The Changing World of IT Work

Community
Agile
Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Careers

In a recent Datamation article, James Maguire noted the challenge of staying employed in an environment in which the rules are continually rewritten. He spoke with Gartner analyst Diane Morello for 5 predictions for those of us thinking about career directions over the next five years.

Dangling the Right "Carrot" in Changing Times

Community
Agile
Topics
Change,
Stories & Case Studies

For organizations heavily dependent on software development, the shift to Agile affects core aspects of the business. Eventually there will be ripples felt in the HR domain of incentives, performance and remuneration. Wharton University brings us an article on Employee Incentive Systems: Why, and When, They Are So Hard to Change. Examples are cited from Kodak, Accenture, Microsoft.