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If you've been in the software industry for more than 20 years, you remember life before Agile methodology, and what a revolution it was. Yet more than two decades in, this methodology is as much a religion as the waterfall/factory model was before. It is fair to say that for many organizations, Agile has become inflexible. How did this happen, and what can we do about it?
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During my time at Forrester Research, I learned to embrace new technologies and trends through the lens of, “What value can this provide to customers, my team and myself?” Chasing the next shiny ball is not a strategy, nor is waiting until the market leaders set the pace and direction.
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GitHub Universe 2023 kicked off with the promise of revolutionizing software development, and it did not disappoint. The first day's keynote laid the foundation for a future where AI does not just assist developers; it becomes an integral part of all coding workflows. The event showcased significant progress in the AI Developer tool space, from the enhanced GitHub Copilot capabilities to a new Copilot Workspace tool able to act as a dedicated pair programmer/second brain in an isolated space.
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Let us assume we have adopted REST endpoints and utilize a modern SPA. At this point, we might reasonably believe we are done with separation of concerns. The architectural decoupling in RESTful endpoints and a modern front end go a huge distance in separating out the logic, but there are still challenges to face to keep the separation pure. Let’s look at some of them.
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Software acquisition is more than a series of technical and operational challenges; it is a complex project that impacts individuals, teams, and critical business functions.
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Starting a project is exhilarating and daunting, and restarting a project can feel uncomfortable and disorganized. The team has an empty backlog or one filled with work that is no longer needed and a general sense of what needs to be done. In the ideal Agile project, a product owner has filled the backlog with comprehensive stories that contain detailed instructions, designs, architecture, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
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implementing an enterprise-shared component library enhances consistency, branding update efficiency, and user experience. By addressing the challenges of a central dependent system and implementing effective governance and documentation practices while carefully managing abstractions, organizations can unlock the full potential of shared component libraries and achieve a unified and user-friendly digital ecosystem.
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Most eventing systems are built to scale horizontally, on commodity hardware, so that we can set up multiple parallel listeners, queues, and topics to be able to process messages very quickly. Not only can this help take load off the legacy system, it can also help organizations scale their current ETL batch processing.
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EQengineered has acquired Socially Savvy. This transaction brings together two digital transformation leaders and deepens EQengineered's capabilities" to help enterprises modernize, develop resilience, and adapt to the changing digital marketplace" through the expansion of our DARE consulting methodology to Educate -> Discover -> Assess -> Roadmap -> Execute.
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In this paper, EQengineered reviews why Agile projects have the meetings that they do, and why each of them adds value to a project. Armed with this knowledge, digital leaders can adjust how they approach Agile ceremonies to make sure that every member of the team knows that they are contributing and improving.
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The truth is that while we need to make value judgements about the code we see, it is very helpful to empathize with the teams who created the code and to appreciate the culture that lay behind it.
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