Project managers – better known as Scrum Masters on some Agile projects – are an important cog in the wheel of any software development initiative. They boast a mixture of technical smarts and business acumen, as well as being able to communicate easily with everyone...
Any revolution in the technology industry tends to bring its adherents as well as its naysayers. The Agile software development methodology is no exception to this rule. Even as it has grown in popularity over the past decade or longer, for whatever reason, some tech...
Data remains an extremely important resource throughout the modern technology world; the growth of giants like Facebook and Google are largely because of the consumer data they capture and use to drive advertising. Many applications across multiple platforms – desktop, web or mobile – consume,...
Even after successfully using Agile on a project or two, things have become more difficult on your team’s last few efforts. Sprints aren’t getting completed on time; too many bugs are being found in production instead of testing, and – most importantly – the customer...
Estimating the effort involved in a software project remains a difficult process, and using the Agile methodology doesn’t really make things easier. While Agile offers more flexibility throughout the software development lifecycle compared to older methodologies – most notably the Waterfall – accurate estimates at...
As the most widely used mobile operating system in the technology world, a large number of apps exist for the Android platform. Being able to take advantage of all this software on the larger footprint of a desktop PC has been the stuff of science...
One of the artifacts of the massive growth of Big Data over the last decade is the need for the infrastructure to manage and securely store this data. This also includes being able to easily transfer information into an analytics application or to a client’s...
Like Scrum and Kanban, Lean Startup is another framework partially inspired by the still maturing Agile methodology. A process that combines Agile, the Lean methodology forged first in the manufacturing world, and a focus on the marketplace, Lean Startup offers a chance for development shops...
One result of the growth in popularity of Agile in software development is the emergence of a few variations of the core methodology. Some of these specialized frameworks include Lean, Scrum and Kanban. Choosing one of these flavors of Agile makes perfect sense depending on...
In an increasingly competitive business world, the process of software development isn’t getting any easier. Software engineers – no matter their experience level – typically face a myriad of challenges each and every day. Overcoming these obstacles helps keep the team’s productivity level high while...