Project & Team Management Avoid Walking In Circles While Blazing Trails: Advice for Early Stages of Project Development Good communication is vital during the early stages of a project. Prioritize regular check-ins like stand-up meetings or weekly syncs.
Business Practices The Art and Impact of Making “Intelligent Failures” Embracing "intelligent failure" as an opportunity for learning, innovation, and team improvement is an important tool for developer teams.
Business Practices Why Companies Should Have Feedback Sessions for New Developers Feedback sessions are a useful tool for building healthy teams and open communication, and new developers can especially benefit from them.
Project & Team Management The Outsized Role Trust Plays in Your Software Project’s Success Trust (or lack thereof) has an immense impact on a team's creativity and ability to navigate uncertainty, as well as efficiency and output.
Project & Team Management How to Successfully Ramp Off a Development Project When ramping off of a project, make sure to follow these steps to ensure the future success of your team and the project.
Project & Team Management Accept Conway’s Law in Big Projects Projects running for long periods will experience change. When the change is large and involves new teams, beware of Conway's Law.
Effective communication Expedite Development with Minimum Project Documentation Something that helps expedite development is having the minimum amount of project documentation at the right level of detail.
Effective communication How Your Software Project is Like a Language In my time at Atomic Object, I've worked on a range of different projects. I've begun thinking of each project as its own language.
Project & Team Management Project Consulting Orientations: Navigating Change and Uncertainty Project Consulting Orientation refers to how the team positions itself with respect to navigating the change and uncertainty inherent in the project.
Choosing Your Team What Happens After I Submit the Contact Form on Atomic Object’s Website? Do you ever wonder what happens when you hit "submit" on the “Tell Us About Your Project” contact form on our website? Your inquiry doesn’t just disappear.
Project & Team Management Solve Problems By Making Work More Visible Sometimes, it's hard to see progress on a software project. Here are three problems I’ve been able to solve by making work more visible.
Effective communication Why Should I Name a Project? 3 Benefits for Your Team A project name can create a clear and concise purpose that will help your team set priorities and a vision for the future.
