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Technology and Tooling Critical Factors for Successful Hybrid and Remote Workplaces
In order to provide employees with the flexibility to work where they want while also maintaining a strong culture of belonging and connection, tech leaders need to talk to the C-Suite and their HR departments about leveraging technology tools that have been proven to boost engagement and employee retention.
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Accessing Agile Games as a Tool in Transformation and Change
This article puts the usage of Agile Games into a broader business context and introduces the steps needed to make any game a verifiable contribution to a given business objective. As “business” is a wide area of topics to be addressed, the article focuses on accessing Agile Games as a tool used within transformation and change. It provides an example that was taken from this area.
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Bridging the Understanding Gap between Business and IT
The understanding gap between business and IT is one of the largest challenges to effective digital transformation. Drawing on research and their own experience, the author presents 10 practical tips to break stereotypes, build relationships, and bridge the gaps.
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Moldable Development: Guiding Technical Decisions without Reading Code
Developers spend most of their time reading code. Moldable Development challenges reading as a means to gather information from the system, by creating custom tools that show the problem in a way that makes it comfortable to understand. The solution typically follows quickly afterward. Glamorous Toolkit is a moldable development environment designed to decrease the cost of custom tools.
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DevOps at Schneider: a Meaningful Journey of Engaging People into Change
Adopting DevOps at Schneider started with building a case for change. Tech people were engaged into change by organizing learning and collaboration sessions and getting feedback from the front lines. Change is hard and without leadership support, dedicated time for developers to really digest it and continual reinforcement and conversation, it will be challenging to be successful.
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Agile Hiring: a Joint Venture between the Talent Acquisition and Product Development Teams
The demand for IT professionals is far higher than the offer. Nowadays the challenge is not just to attract and acquire, but to retain the best professionals in the sector. Let's enable dev team members to acquire and secure the best candidates for their teams and the company, collaborate with talent acquisition, and respect candidates as professionals and maintain open communication with them.
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Hidden Habits Killing Your Remote Team’s Ability to Collaborate Effectively
Some habits carried over from in-person work continue to damage collaboration and engagement for hybrid and remote teams. By not addressing these habits, teams are experiencing deteriorating morale, lack of trust and connection required for meaningful collaboration. Here are four examples of habits leaders can address today to build more connected, engaged and innovative teams.
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Running a Hackathon That Sparks Developer Innovation
Hackathons are much more than a fun day of problem-solving and team bonding. They give developers a closer connection to customer problems and, as a result, can drive real, tangible business and even social impact. Here are best practices for hosting your own hackathon.
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The Implication of Feedback Loops for Value Streams
Lead time and throughput are dynamic variables which impact flow in a value stream. Capacity, processing time and feedback loops (such as error conditions) have a significant impact on WIP and flow and need to be mapped and measured when building value stream maps.
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POCs, Scrum, and the Poor Quality of Software Solutions
POCs and Scrum can play a critical role in implementing Quality software solutions. Poor quality often starts with a POC that was prematurely turned into the development pipeline. Scrum short sprints often create an environment most conductive to working reactively to constantly-changing requirements making it hard for developers to prioritize and achieve Quality over the course of the project.
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Employing Team-Based Agile Coaching to Establish SRE in an Organization
Establishing SRE in a software delivery organization typically requires a socio-technical transformation. Operations teams need to learn how to provide a scalable SRE infrastructure to enable development teams to run their services efficiently. This paper presents how agile coaching has been employed to run an SRE transformation in a 25-teams strong product delivery organization.
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The Battle for Talent Can Be Won with Employee Recognition
In response to retaining high performers during an impending recession, employers need to prioritize giving employees recognition to increase retention and engagement. This article explores the power of recognition, what makes recognition meaningful, and how companies can create a culture of recognition in their workplace.