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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. They look at the code produced on a regular basis to ensure that it’s high quality and right for you. Do you have access to and ownership of the source code?

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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

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Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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Maximizing Efficiency & Productivity: 3 Ways GenAI Optimizes Value Stream Management for Tech Leaders 

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It’s no surprise the abundance of moving parts contributes to an ever-ambiguous world for software delivery. With a multitude of products and services that companies serve to customers, the recognition of Value Stream Management (VSM) in modern software delivery has never been stronger.

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5 Tips for Adding Value to Agile Design

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Agile Design Tip 1—Clear Goals Supported by Design Research. In Some Thoughts on Design Research, Agile, and Traps Charles Lambdin stresses the importance of clearly defined goals. Design Innovative software” is not a concrete goal; it’s a vague directive. Agile Design Tip 2—Leading with UX Design.

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Agile Frameworks: learn how they work in practice

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Agile Frameworks help the business team experience an Agile mindset in practice. With Agile Frameworks, business processes become more dynamic, staggering business values and productivity. 5 Most used Agile Frameworks. Therefore, the risks are better worked and reduced, as progress and delays are monitored.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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DevOps: why the methodology is so important for IT?

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The DevOps solution involves automating IT governance and is even more effective with in application of agile development. In the DevOps environment, teams can share code transparently, integration takes place continuously and automation helps to detect problems while still in the development phase.