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Companies of all sizes are faced with industry disruption, new technologies, and changing customer needs. Organizations with outdated…
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How to Streamline Quality Assurance for Agile Scrum Development
I have learned over the years that tried and true quality assurance (QA) practices work great in a waterfall approach. QA is regimented by nature and lends itself perfectly to the methodical nature of waterfall development, only with a lot of extra fluff. Can we cut out some of that fluff to match the streamlined…
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A Logical Approach to Requirements Gathering
Requirements gathering is a critical, foundational step in all software development. It will either set the project on a course to great success if done well or doom it to failure if done poorly. As Janet Leon pointed out in her blog, The True Cost of a Software Bug, the earlier you catch a bug…
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7 Ways to Effectively Manage a Product Owner Backlog
Product backlog management is an art form that requires relentless attention. As a Product Owner, it’s your responsibility to run a well-oiled machine and keep the product backlog healthy. This includes accommodating stakeholders, development teams, and most importantly, users. But how do you manage a product backlog in a way that is effective and results-driven?…
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Mobile App Development Cost: The Top 6 Budget Factors
Recent studies show that 86% of consumers' mobile time is spent on mobile apps. To keep up with this growing trend, 90% of U.S. enterprises are increasing their investments in mobile app development. But what slows people down from actually executing an efficient mobile app development process, is not knowing how to plan and budget…
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Create a High-Functioning Work Space with the 5S Methodology
In Business Process Management, Lean methodology is centered on the idea of eliminating waste. This process sounds simple in theory – “Get rid of defects, cut out steps that add no value” – but actually implementing these ideas requires strategic planning. The 5S methodology presents an organized way of eliminating physical waste and standardizing the…
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The Price of Poor Product Ownership: 3 Ways to Doom Your Agile Project
Being an Agile product owner is a difficult endeavor. In fact, I would venture to say it may very well be the hardest and most critical product owner role on an Agile project. You have to keep the team happy and engaged, stakeholders are constantly looking for “status” updates, and you need to appease the…
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Why Quality Assurance is Imperative to Your Organization
In today’s fiercely competitive marketplace, formalizing a quality assurance program is imperative for every organization looking to meet customer requirements and avoid the steep cost of quality failure. As defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000, quality is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements. ISO 9000 was created…
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4 Ways to Keep Up with Today's Agile Trends
For Agile to deliver on its promise of improved speed, quality, and customer-centric solutions, your Agile organization needs to continuously mature and evolve. So how can you keep up with the fast pace? Answer these four questions to ensure you’re keeping pace with Agile best practices: 1. Are you using Scrum? Scrum is the most…
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Agile Development: 4 Ways to Tell if You’re Living in the Past or Staying True to Agile Principles
Companies have a history of creating lengthy documentation that bogs down software development. In this “pre-Agile” era, requirements were established up front, testing didn’t occur until Agile methodologies developed, and the customer wasn’t involved until they were given the end product. Modifications and changes could cause an entire project to go way over budget or…
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Agile Scrum Framework: 4 Ways to Create High-Quality Software, Part 2
Scrum’s framework lends itself to high-quality solutions, but many loyalists need clarification on how to address that goal in the daily use of Agile methodologies. In Part 1 of this blog, I explained two key ways to prioritize quality through Agile Scrum: 1. Use a cross-functional Scrum team to reduce external dependencies. 2. A Development…
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