Sometimes the daily scrum meetings get a bad rap, some argue it’s an outdated practice and a waste of time. This is not your classical article about how a daily scrum is structured. If you need that, Mike Cohn explains it very well Read more…
Testing – the island of bugs and production failures, where products and apps crash after a long development trip. Any plan that defers testing to the end of the project is broken. Thankfully, this changed in the past decade, as Read more…
The idea of rethinking change appeared while we did a review and retrospective on the past week work. It is something that we do on projects, we zoom in and out on our work, generate ideas and solutions that could be useful in achieving our commitment. It’s Read more…
I am continuously looking for resources about how and what to measure in order to improve team productivity and efficiency in software development. It is a tough topic because you can either get caught in measuring too many metrics and Read more…
We are passionate about learning, software development, and personal growth. That is why DOvelopers came naturally for us and its core is based on personalized learning and coaching programs. We believe in our mission to help companies grow their teams in Read more…
We are back with part II of books we recommend reading. I think will make this a monthly blog post :). Today we went on a mix of technical and personal development books. As usual, you can see their reviews Read more…
Claudiu Draghia is a passionate advocate and a continuous learner of quality testing and software development, with over 14 years of experience in making things happen in software testing. He worked with different companies, from in-house projects to outsourcing, and has used Read more…
A week ago, a friend of mine asked me to recommend some books on project management or something close to this topic. So I decided to write this blog post and synthesize a list of books that were read by Read more…
VersionOne recently released the 12th Annual State of Agile Report. It is an insightful report on Agile trends, best practices and lessons learned. The pool of respondents is worldwide and the data is extracted visually (graphs and numbers). There is a Read more…
There are some moments that happen once in a while, which brings value on the spot for you as a person. The AgileTalks #29 Meetup about Agile transition was one of those moments I am very grateful for. First of all, Read more…
Sprint Planning is an important part of the Scrum framework. The better the planning, the more chances to achieve the goals your team commits to. Check our video for more details and tips.
We are the no. 1 fans of the retrospective! This is why we made a short video to describe the concept and some ideas that are helpful before joining this ceremony. If you find it useful, share it with your Read more…
So, I got to listen to one of Kent Beck presentation at Startup Lessons Learned Conference 2010 about Agile for Startups (full video here: http://bit.ly/2D3vKN1). Short info, Kent Beck is the creator of Extreme Programming, a popular software development methodology. Read more…
This year starts with a great news! We managed to release our first online course about Retrospective in Agile. The crash course has 4:48 minutes and is presented by Eduard, Founder DOvelopers, and Agile Coach. He shares what is a Read more…
Scrum Alliance, one of the largest certifying body in the Agile community, released an insightful report titled State of Scrum 2017-2018. This is an annual report which describes how the Agile transformation was seen across the world. There were 2000 Read more…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! May the holiday’s spirit brings you the joy and energy you need. It is a perfect time to retrospect on your 2017’s achievements. We also encourage you to think about what’s going to be Read more…
Agile is a great mindset and an umbrella for diverse methodologies in the software development industry. These methods and practices can improve the ability to deliver value to customers and improve productivity within a team, by measuring business metrics and Read more…
You will not get productivity leaps in your company if all you do is send people to time management courses. And request them to report activity or strictly control the processes. No matter how much you rely on resource efficiency, Read more…
We recently gave a press release, talking about what DOvelopers means for us and how we see the current context in the industry. We are happy to share about the why what and how we approach learning in development teams. There Read more…
Eduard, Founder DOvelopers, is constantly thinking about how the industry is evolving. Learning makes us more valuable than yesterday. And it helps us to rethink responding to change into embracing uncertainty, rather than avoid it. Below you can read a Read more…