Product Development • Feb 11, 2024 De-risk Software Development the MVP Way There's a lot of misunderstanding around the concept of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in software. I intend to make a case for it today.
Development Practices • Feb 10, 2024 Enhance Discovery Phase Pairing: Techniques for Varied Skill Levels I've championed the idea of "pair exploring" during the Discovery Phase. Today, I've got some strategies to amp up your discovery game.
Growing as Makers • Feb 09, 2024 What Developers Could Learn from Talking to the Design Team Let's talk about what developers can learn from the design team while expanding their consulting skills, too.
Culture • Feb 08, 2024 Scrum Ceremonies to Add to Your Sprint: Team Flex Time In this series, Scrum Ceremonies to Add to Your Sprint, we discussed pre-refinement and demo prep. Today, let's talk about team flex time.
Project & Team Management • Feb 07, 2024 Scrum Ceremonies to Add to Your Sprint: Demo Prep In part one of this series on Scrum Ceremonies to Add to Your Sprint, we discussed pre-refinement. In part two, we'll talk about demo prep.
Product Development • Feb 06, 2024 Scrum Ceremonies to Add to Your Sprint: Pre-Refinement Product owners often don’t know the technical complexities of the work they want completed. This is where pre-refinement comes in.
Project & Team Management • Feb 05, 2024 How to Keep Your Jira Project From Becoming a Dumpster Fire Jira's breadth of customizations and features can also be a downside. Let's take a look at a few common pitfalls in a typical Jira project.
Business Practices • Feb 04, 2024 Is It Time to Replace Your Business Software? Here Are the Signs How do you know when it's time to replace your business software? Here are five signs you should make a switch.
Project & Team Management • Feb 03, 2024 What Does It Mean to Be a Software Product Owner? New to being a software Product Owner? Here's what you should know about your customers, stakeholders, and industry.
Business Practices • Feb 02, 2024 Beyond Software Best Practices: Why I Prefer “Leading Practices” Over the past few years, I’ve ditched "best practices" and adopted a new term, “leading practices." I think you should too.
.NET / WPF • Feb 01, 2024 Create and Implement .NET-Compatible JSON appSettings Using Consul Template and HashiCorp Vault Secrets As secret handling gets sophisticated, applications must ensure secrets are secure and easily managed. One method is using HashiCorp Vault.
Exploratory Testing • Jan 31, 2024 Test Network Requests with Cypress Intercepts Use Cypress requests to validate server responses and ensure network requests complete before tests continue.
