Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

We started this series by looking at the basics of assessment, and then looked into the first assessment area, technical craftsmanship. In this section, we will dive deeper into the second area of ...

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Agile methodology, a process that breaks down larger projects into smaller phases and focuses on constant improvement, is one of the more collaborative methods of project management. As such, ...

Software quality is a multifaceted concept that encompasses not only the functional correctness of software systems but also the structural soundness that underpins long‐term maintainability, ...

Developers often need their own reporting capabilities to better analyze, predict, and manage aspects of their work; tools like Tableau can help Developers use many productivity, coding, testing, and ...

“You must embed real-time metrics from the very start of a program because they are nearly impossible to retrofit.” —John Rossman, Think Like Amazon (2019) Some years ago, I participated in a meeting ...

Demonstrating Agile’s benefits to your organization is key to driving progress on an Agile transformation. It inspires people to get on board, opening their minds and making them more receptive to ...

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Historically, many of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) major IT acquisition programs have taken longer than expected to develop or failed to deliver the desired value. In April 2016, to ...