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Finding Adequate Metrics for Outer, Inner, and Process Quality in Software Development

Implementing a feature can be measured. Quality is harder to measure. This article explores how to balance improving quality and adding new features. It dives into different domains of quality: Outer quality which is owned by the product people (e.g. product owners, testers), inner quality owned by the developers, and process quality owned by managers.

Michael Kutz
on Jan 19, 2023
Culture & Methods

How to Measure the Energy Consumption of Bugs

Software engineers should accept their responsibility for taking energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions into account when developing software; they have a big responsibility towards nature, our environment and sustainability. This article sheds light on how software engineers can this perspective into account, zooming in on energetic shortcomings or bottlenecks of bugs.

Jan Reimann
on Jan 11, 2023
Culture & Methods

Increasing Team and Individual Motivation with the Motivational Diagnostic

Being motivated can make a positive difference to both our engagement and our success in the workplace. The same is true of teams - a motivated team is much more likely to be engaged at work and achieve results. The motivation diagnostic tool helps people understand more about how motivated they feel, and the factors that are contributing towards that motivation or demotivation.

Suzanne Morrison
on Jan 09, 2023
Culture & Methods

Group Coaching - Extending Growth Opportunity beyond Individual Coaching

This article provides an introduction to group coaching and explains how it is different from individual coaching. It sheds light on the benefits of using group coaching, skills that coaches would need and the challenges they would face, with an example scenario using one of the group coaching techniques, and describes the context in which such a technique can be used.

Nafees Butt
on Dec 26, 2022
Culture & Methods

How Behaviour-Driven Development Helps Those with Sleep Disorders Contribute Effectively

Invisible illnesses, including sleep disorders, are prevalent in the workplace. Teams that are open and accepting of those with sleep disorders benefit in their planning accuracy and quality practice from diverse viewpoints. An open and welcoming team culture plays a large part in helping team members overcome challenges.

Dermot Canniffe
on Dec 22, 2022
Culture & Methods

How We Improved Application’s Resiliency by Uncovering Our Hidden Issues Using Chaos Testing

This article lists the chaos testing principles which are outlined by Netflix. The readers should be able to understand the advantages and disadvantages that chaos testing offers. This will help them to decide whether they want to perform it or not. The article also explains why we should convince the management to perform chaos tests, considering all benefits over the risks.

Vipin Jain
on Dec 20, 2022
Culture & Methods

Software Testing through the Lens of Energy Management

I’m a software tester who observed that certain activities were getting me excited, while other simpler, shorter activities were draining and took a lot longer to get me motivated enough to even pick them up . This article is an experience report of how I discovered my personal energy system and superimposed it on a video game model, which also applies to the world of software testing.

Claudiu Stoianof
on Dec 13, 2022
Culture & Methods

Great Leaders Manage Complexity with Self-Awareness and Context Awareness

People's perception and expectations on leadership requires a leader to understand their own contextual significance which makes it difficult to become an appreciated leader. Also trivialisation many times unknowingly stands in the way of progress in complex situations. This article explores specific traits that distinguish people who repeatedly provide appreciated and appropriate leadership.

Martin Wasielewski
on Dec 06, 2022
Culture & Methods

From Async Code Reviews to Co-Creation Patterns

This article dives into the throughput and quality of the async code review process, which are very important dimensions to optimize for in product development teams. It also explains why co-creation patterns – Pair and Mob programming – as an alternative way of working are able to optimize for both of those dimensions, instead of needing to trade off between them.

Dragan Stepanović
on Nov 08, 2022
Culture & Methods

Individualized Testing Processes - One Size Does Not Fit All

Many organizations in the software industry have fallen into a state where they have set processes that are used across the organization and teams. Every team is not the same, so why are their processes all the same? In this article we’re going to explore what it can mean for teams to have individualized processes that are formed by the context of the work they are doing and of the team itself.

Bailey Hanna
on Nov 03, 2022
Culture & Methods

Why is Everything So Slow? Measuring and Optimising How Engineering Teams Deliver

As teams grow, they will slow down, but it should not mean that teams stop delivering value that can power future business growth. Avoiding excessive technical debt and ensuring systems are secure and performant becomes increasingly important. As an engineering leader, you can do things to be confident that your team is moving at the fastest and most sustainable pace.

Steve Janaway
on Oct 10, 2022
Culture & Methods

Scaling and Growing Developer Experience at Netflix

An optimal Developer Experience will depend a lot on the company the developer is working for. This article discusses why and when changes to developer needs will occur, how to get ahead of them, and how to adapt when these changes are necessary. I talk through some of the experiences myself and peers have had at Netflix, identifying some key learnings and examples we have gained over the years.

Phillipa Avery
on Jul 21, 2022

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