While dealing with the increasing complexity of software development, teams need the ability to gain new skills while they work. Fortunately Scrum has some embedded learning with the feedback loops that take the form of Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. But this kind of learning is more tactical. Meaning it addresses short term challenges, extracting lessons learned and acting upon improving immediately in the next sprint. For example, in the Agile in Romania Study we
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Engaging students in product development
Last year we wrote a blog post regarding a cool academic initiative developed by the Cybernetics Faculty (CSIE). Students from the senior year were invited to form teams and build a product during the first semester using Web and Mobile technologies. This March Eduard had the opportunity to share the results of the competition during BucharestJS #EduTech Meetup. The winning team is call FullStackers. A 5 team members that managed to develop and deliver a
Dovelopers lansează, în premieră pentru România, primul studiu despre Agile
Cum influențează metodologia Agile comunitatea de software din țara noastră. București, 9 aprilie 2019 – În contextul uneia dintre cele mai prolifice industrii ale momentului în România, cea de IT&Software, DOvelopers a analizat modul în care companiile de IT din țara noastră aplică bune practici, dar și care sunt interesele comunității de software. În analiza conturată de DOvelopers au fost incluse companiile cu peste 5 de angajați și care depășesc cifra de afaceri de 50.000
Retrospective Q1
First three months of 2019 helped me realise that this year will be different. We had the time to finish up the projects we started in 2018, study the market and prepare for the next initiatives. Our activity in the past years involved forming teams and creating a proper environment for people to collaborate. This need came from the growth goals and the desire to launch new or significantly improved products. This year started with
[Video interview] How can teams maximize productivity?
Eduard had a wonderful time talking to Vlad Andriescu, Editor in Chief at start-up.ro. The interview was about how teams can maximize their productivity. We talked about Agile and software teams. In addition, we finished the talk with 3 things we learned from the past 3 years of entrepreneurship. Some snippets from the discussion: “2018 was a year in which we managed to grow. Also from a client perspective as well. We worked with
Launching the Agile Survey in Romania
We want to feel the pulse of Agile within the industry and find out people’s perception of this subject. This is why we are launching a national survey. The questionnaire measures the impact of Agile methodology within organizations that have adopted it as a working method. We aim to discover the most used methods, techniques, and tools. We are also looking at learning practices and other initiatives implemented in teams/organizations. If you are a Scrum
How to engage Students in learning Product Development
Web Technologies (WT) and Mobile Devices and Applications (DAM), two disciplines from Cybernetics Faculty (CSIE), have joint forces and are approaching learning in a practical and modern way. More than 15 student teams have entered a competition where they must develop a software product and experience real-life development situations. Growing and building product teams is something we are passionate about. When we heard about this learning opportunity, we were happy to get on board. Eduard is acting
JSHacks AI Edition Experience
Last weekend, we enjoyed the JSHacks AI Edition 2018. This year, the edition was focused on AI. Therefore, the teams had the chance to learn about machine learning and more from their mentors. JS Hacks is an umbrella event, hosting a series of local hackathons organized “by developers for developers”. They are dedicated to all those passionate about JavaScript and innovation. This hackathon was facilitated and brought to you by Angular JS Bucharest, BucharestJS, jsGirls, Codette and Bucharest AI.
Astazi, in industria IT, disponibilitatea te face mai valoros decat un angajat
(Please scroll until the end of the article for the English version) Ce se întâmplă în momentul de față pe piața forței de muncă din România și în particular în industria IT reprezintă o criză semnificativă de personal. Cererea este mult mai mare decât oferta, ceea ce impune presiune pentru angajatori să crească salariile, să găsească metode noi de compensare cu beneficii, să își diversifice strategia de recrutare și să își definească un brand atractiv
How Agile transformed Testing
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 software development embraced Agile as a mindset and consequently implemented agile development practices as a way of working. Thus, having continuous feedback loops through implementation lifecycle and spotting those issues in proactively. Using concepts like CI
Rethinking change
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 a common saying, practice what you preach :). The discussion took us back to a program we did in 2016 – 2017 with one of our clients, Adore Me, an e-commerce company (find out more details about
Why and what we do at DOvelopers
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 being productive and enriched with Agile mindset and practices. We summarized what we do in this short video below, check it out!
Books and readings (II)
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. If you read great books and want to share them with the world, please ping us here or on our social media channels and let us know about them.
Introducing Claudiu Draghia
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 various tools and methodologies in his work. His last role for several years was Quality Manager, but at heart, he told us he is still a passionate tester. Claudiu is involved in the local community
OpenScrum: what’s happening in June?
We are preparing some great stuff in June at OpenScrum learning space. We thought that after a short holiday at the end of May, there is enough energy to learn and connect with awesome people. So, buckle up, check what is in store for you and register!
Books and readings
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 me and friends of mine. The topics approached are project management, team management, product, business and personal development. So, besides the books from the header image :D, here is my list of books I recommend
12th annual State of Agile Report released
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 great balance between the expectations of adopting Agile and how the benefits live up to them. The top 4 reason and benefits that match are: increasing the delivery speed/time to market, manage better changing
Ken Rubin – Agile Transition Lessons
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, the one and only Ken Rubin was the speaker. He is the author of Amazon’s #1 best selling book Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process. Ken is an Agile Thought Leader
Agile for Startups
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. And one of the 17 original signatories of the Agile Manifesto. Agile for Startups Mindset He talked about how the manifesto should transform for a startup. Their context is different than an already formed company and team.
Retrospective, a crash course about the concept
This year started great for us! Because 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 retrospective and why it is good for a business. Eduard also adds some tips on how to implement the method. In conclusion, we hope you will enjoy it and find it insightful or helpful. RETROSPECTIVE