Jun 30, 2016
Some people think that visual models are only applicable to waterfall projects, but Candase Hokanson uses them to make information more accessible to stakeholders early on in the delivery process to avoid expensive redos in the future. A common model she uses in her work is a process flow model, which visualizes the...
CEO Jeffrey Palermo Talks Architecture Oversights, Microservices and Devops at KAA2016
Jun 29, 2016
Software is in everything today. Even the gas pump has a simple computer in it. Jeffrey Palermo, CEO of Clear Measure, sits down with Agile Amped to discuss how common architecture practices, even those used in Agile software development, often fail to consider the unique experiences and use cases of the end users. For...
Jun 28, 2016
People often take it for granted that developers are paying attention to their craft. "Everyone assumes quality is in there," says Mike Rieser, Director of Software Development at Fenway Group. But, as he put it off camera, "technical excellence isn't something you just sprinkle on." Instead, technical excellence...
Jun 27, 2016
Traditional organizations assign differing degrees of control to certain roles, a key role being manager. Senior Director of Coaching and Training Doc List has seen cross-functional teams comprising devs, UX, QA and other roles reporting to the dev manager, UX manager, QA manager or some other type of...
Jun 24, 2016
Agile Velocity CEO David Hawks has seen 0mph Agility and 100mph Agility. Early on he thought it was possible to take an organization, like a luxury car, from 0 to 100 in no time flat. However, over the years David has learned that achieving high velocity must be approached in a stepwise fashion: from 0 to 20, 20 to 40,...