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This short entreprenurial insight emphasises some of the Lean Startup Principles aligned to idea execution.
Ideas that are never followed through, even the ‘killer’ ideas are worthless. How do you turn ideas into successful businesses?
There are a couple of principles that can be applied to your ideas outlined towards the end of the article – that may just turn your ideas into valuable business solutions.
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This rather lengthy tutorial delves into what the author considers to be the 3 key software principles we all need to undersstand, namely: DRY, KISS and YAGNI.
Even if you feel you understand these 3 principles well, this well written and researched piece could lead to an even deeper understanding of the principles than first thought.
As well as delving deep into each principle, this tutorial provides appropriate examples and pratical tips for principal application. Understanding these principles deeper and reviewing how they apply in your environment may help you produce better software.
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As an industry we do a surprisingly poor job of measuring the work
that we do and how well we do it. Outside of a relatively small number
of organizations…
This interesting article provides insight into useful Software Development metrics. Code quality, Speed, Productivity and Time Usage are just some of the areas covered.
Vital to any metric usage is that the data is easy to collect and measures the right thing. Are you collecting the right metrics to encourage the right behaviours?
Providing useful insight and advice along with supporting and further infomration links this article can direct you in the right direction gathering metrics that matter!
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We’re not much for fanfare here at ZeroTurnaround, but this is our most ambitious report that we’ve ever created. This year, over 1100 Java developers shared their take on the developer life with us.
This report about Java Developer Productivity in 2012 is broken down into 4 parts; Tools & Technology Usage, Timesheet (How developers spend their time), Efficiency and Stress.
It is interesting to read a report that investigates ‘what makes developers tick’ as well as the Tools & Technologies being used. This report highlights some interesting trends and insights in the Java Development area.
If you work in a Java Development environment this report should make for interesting reading. Is the report representative of your experiences during the past year or contradictory?
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Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization’s health. While it may be heresy to say this, recent evidence from Japan and elsewhere suggests that it’s time to question these methods.
This interesting insight into Continuous Improvement practices whilst applying some broad interpretations (sometimes incorrectly it seems), eventually comes to what I think is the right conclusion. Continuous Improvement requires companies to consider people, context and culture not just process.
The healthy and lively discussions in the comments add more substance to this post, some question the validity of statements in the post (some even go so far as to attack their validity), whilst others discuss the innovative traits of propserous Continuous Improvement environments touched on in the article.
If you practice Continuous Improvment or are considering it, reading this article and digesting some of the useful items in the comments – you may save yourself some pain and gain some real benefits.
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The Agile Revolution podcast is a sleek presentation of current Agile news and events presented by 3 highly experienced Agile coaches.
As well as discussing the latest articles, statements, tweets pertaining to all matters Agile, the show features guest interviews and plenty of entertaining banter amongst the presenters.
Always informative, thought provoking and entertaining. If you need to feel the pulse of Agile in Australia and beyond this is a highly recommended podcast.
Go along to http://theagilerevolution.com and join the revolution.
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