Effective collaboration within developer teams is key to creating and improving any product, so who you choose to put on the team—and how it’s structured—can make a huge difference. There are many considerations that go into these decisions, and the challenge is even greater thanks to the widespread movement to a hybrid work environment. To […]
The Pros and Cons of Embedded SREs
To embed or not to embed: That is the question. At least, that’s one of the questions that companies have to answer as they decide how to implement site reliability engineering. They can either embed SREs into existing teams, or they can build a new, separate team. Both approaches have their pros and cons. The […]
Atlassian Survey Shows Lack of Collaboration in Software Development
A survey of 750 IT and engineering leaders found that while a full 83% of respondents agree that interdepartmental communication is critical for successful software development, only 41% of respondents view cross-collaboration to be a priority. The survey gathered responses from within organizations that generated more than $50 million in annual revenue and was conducted […]
Best Practices for Building Next-Gen Software Teams
Technology is moving faster than ever before. The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation across every organization in every industry. Creating new remote working environments or developing new digital revenue channels has taken place at lightning speed over the past year. At this time of rapid change, software development teams are continuing to help organizations adapt […]
Transforming Your Digital Transformation
Change is difficult, so most companies pull the bandage slowly, hoping to avoid the hard, painful part – especially with regard to digital transformation. But in the corporate world, cautious change inevitably leads to entropy. Progress gets made in one department at a time, at the expense of others. Leaders turn over, priorities shift, plans […]
DOES19 London: Effective Team Management Foments New Ways of Working
In the IT space it feels like we collectively begin asking and ruminating on the same question all at once, chewing on all the possible answers and outcomes. Recently, one such question has begun popping up with more and more frequency: “How can we help teams, and especially product teams, be more effective?” While more […]
Executive Buy-in May Be Preventing DevOps Success
A common misconception in the executive suite is that an organization can reap all the benefits of DevOps without fully embracing the change necessary. That’s understandable, given that a DevOps transformation is a lengthy, costly disruption for companies of all sizes. DevOps requires businesses to transform, from team organization to culture to development processes. This […]
Understanding the Data Scientist’s Role in Cross-Functional Teams
In our previous article, “Data Science Industry Perspectives in the Cloud,” we discussed that evolution is key if you plan to grow your business. You can start with ready-made solutions, then, in time, you can switch to in-house solutions created with the help of a group of data scientists. This time around, we’ll talk about […]