To build a great software product, teamwork must extend across developers, managers and executives. Everyone needs to understand each role’s value–you can’t have an effective team without a good coach and vice versa. It takes a culture built on empathy, trust and shared responsibility with the right amount of ambition and personal connection to make […]
4 Strategies to Manage Freelancers with In-House Dev Teams
Remote workers are a growing segment of the global workforce. Freelancers account for a big part of that segment, especially when development teams need to bring in specialized skillsets for upcoming projects. Working with freelancers offers many benefits, but there can also be challenges when integrating freelancers with in-house teams. Here are four strategies to […]
3 Ways to Prevent Developer Burnout
Without developers, software companies wouldn’t exist—and yet, the experience of these experts can be far from ideal. A recent report from Haystack found that nearly 80% of developers report being burned out and the pandemic isn’t even one of the primary factors. Despite similar job requirements, the experience of developers significantly varies across the industry, […]
Dismantling Inefficiency: The DevOps Point of View
I recently caught up with Paula Thrasher, application delivery lead at CSC and DevOps pioneer in government circles. In our conversation, we discussed a number of important topics including cross-functional teams, software supply chains, paying down technical debt and her search for passionate people to hire. To succeed in managing large projects, she’s taking a […]
Tips to change culture (at least in your team).
DevOps is all about automation, enhancing the Application Lifecycle Management and culture change. In the last few years there have been tons of conferences and articles about the benefits of a cultural change on a project, but I have yet to read a paper about how to actually change culture. How do you manage to […]
DevOps card game a hit on Kickstarter
In a lot of ways DevOps is about making a community out of a work place. Alex Papadimoulis has a clever new way to make that happen. Alex is currently Kickstarting a card game about software development called Release! The game itself is derived from classic trick trump games, like euchre or pinochle, but it’s mixed up with […]