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Finding the Right Balance Between Planning & Building on Agile Projects

On Agile projects, having the right amount of up-front planning & documentation helps us collaborate more effectively, respond to change, and deliver better software. But what is "

Project & Team Management

Holding Effective Attendee-Driven Meetings

Treating casual, flexible meetings a bit like a small unconference can highly effective. Here's an overview of when and how we do it at Atomic.

Growing as Makers

Early Career Advice: Optimize for Continued Learning

My recommendation, especially early in your career, is to optimize your next move for learning. Start thinking about what you’ll find valuable five, ten, or more years.

Project & Team Management

5 Ways to Highlight the Value of Your Development Team

A lot of the awesome work developers do is not self-evident to project stakeholders. Here are five tips to improve the visibility of your team's value.

UX/Design Practices

Design Thinking and Atomic Project Leadership

IDEO defines Design Thinking with three lenses: Desirability, Viability, and Feasibility. Our project leadership roles align well with these dimensions.

Project & Team Management

How to Create an Effective Project Charter

A project charter is a great way to unite your team around an inspiring, relevant project goal, and then keep that goal top of mind.

Designing for Users

Introduce Human-Centered Design: Start Small and Start Today

HCD is a discipline, a way of thinking and framing context. You can start simple, wherever you are in a product lifecycle, and reap the value immediately.

Extracurricular Activities

Four Lessons Learned while Troubleshooting CAN Bus Communication with my Subaru

I started a personal project involving two of my favorite things: cars and software. I've been reminded of a few good troubleshooting lessons along the way.

Project & Team Management

Six Ways to Tame Your IoT Project

Building an IoT product can be overwhelmingly complex. Here are six things that can help tame the chaos of an Internet of Things project.

Web Apps

More Robust Browser-Side Networking

How much better could your web application behave in the face of an unreliable network connection? Let's explore some simple improvements.

Project & Team Management

The Many Uses of Pairing: Replacing Post-Work Review with Collaboration

Pair programming taught us to prefer collaboration over review. We've found a lot of value applying this thinking to other tasks involving review.

Growing as Makers, Atomic Thinking

Book Review – Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change

If you care about influencing change to one degree or another, reading "Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change" makes a lot of sense.

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