Jaikishen Sharma, aged 32 is a budding software tester working for an IT startup, with a penchant for experimentation. He innovates not only at work but also in life. He started out working as Business Analyst but being an explorer at heart, he found his true calling in software testing. He’s known in his organization…
Any keen followers of US research company Gartner will know all about bimodal IT, the practise of managing two coherent but separate modes of IT delivery. The first relies on the traditional development of applications with proven techniques. This can be safe and predictable but also potentially expensive and time consuming. The second is non-hierarchical…
Bimodal IT – it’s one of the latest Gartner-oriented buzzwords that has found its way into the vernacular of developers worldwide. However, what does it actually mean and how can it be applied to your business? In this guide to bimodal IT we will examine not only its definition but the key stages to making…
Things have really changed in the software development arena over the last few years. You don’t have to look back too far to remember a time when system development meant asking a programmer to write some code in order to carry out a procedure or resolve an issue. However, now times have changed. These days…
Software made easy – it sounds quite appealing, doesn’t it? In reality there are few novices that can wrap their head around the complexities of many software development concepts: however, if they are ever going to do so then you can bet it will be with lightweight software development. That’s because the idea of lightweight…
Have you ever tried arranging and rearranging the furniture in your home until the time you and your family think it is perfect? No doubt you would have had discussions with your spouse, identified open spaces, the existent / non-existent furniture items and so on. Maybe you have been through the process of shortlisting a…
Code reviews have moved from a time-intensive, low-impact paper-based technique to a powerful and efficient tool as part of modern software engineering. This article explores the history and basics of code reviews, to see how the code review sits within a high-performing software engineering team and explores what techniques we can use to maximise their…
The increasing acceptance and implementation of Lean principles by software companies is becoming a phenomenon. Whether these principles are introduced as values, guidelines or via the book, it can make a significant impact to individuals, teams and organisations. We are hearing (as well as being involved in) more and more examples of Lean implementation, often…
The pressure is on companies to become real-time businesses with a host of trends throughout the software industry focusing on the reaction capabilities of firms. This ranges from feedback and monitoring to built-in testing and continuous integration. Now, as organisations attempt to discover what these changes will mean in the long term, they often discover…
Described in The Globe and Mail as “the stupidest business concept of all time”, fail fast, fail often may be seen as a fast-track to bankruptcy among those who haven’t grasped the notion. However, among many leading start-ups and innovators, the idea is that business failure can be a good thing as long as you…