Modus Create

JUNE 1, 2020

The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery. Due diligence comes first but has its origins in other engagements Modus has conducted over the years.

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Split

MARCH 10, 2023

Believe it or not, this is also true of software architecture. Engineers love to crank out code. Design and architecture of a system often plays second fiddle, if it plays at all. Why Care About Software Architecture? At first glance, Agile does not play well with design and architectural approaches.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges. All fit our definition of hybrid.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, with the growing need for innovation and agility, many of these companies are looking at methodologies like Lean Startup to help them adapt and thrive in turbulent waters. But, just as an ocean liner wasn’t designed for quick maneuvers, large corporations face unique challenges when trying to implement agile approaches.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile On numerous occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Software engineers have the option to stick to software development at higher and higher levels. Different software engineers work on different kinds of technical projects. This, too, can influence the potential career trajectory of a software engineer.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s a useful tool for software teams to solve complex problems. The origins of Scrum actually have nothing to do with software development. Agile vs Scrum: Clearing the Confusion Let’s address a common point of confusion head-on: Agile and Scrum. So, what’s the difference between Agile and Scrum?

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 24, 2020

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of building software, using 6 phases – Analysis, Definition, Design, Coding, Testing and Deployment. The acronym also stands for system development life cycle. People use it interchangeably with software development life cycle. SDLC Phases.

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Split

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuous delivery (CD) and pipeline deployment (PD) are commonly associated with software development and deployment. Continuous delivery and pipeline deployment streamline the software development and delivery process, enabling teams to release software updates more frequently, with more confidence and fewer errors.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2021

More data and more code in more places increase your threat surface, creating opportunities for malicious actors online. . Here’s what a comprehensive security assessment looks like: Step 1 – Due Diligence. Source code of existing applications. SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) of the organization .

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CardBoard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

#scrum #scrumathome #scrummaster #agile #kanban ♬ Vlog BGM_03(953483) – Fujiwo Agile is a mindset. Both Scrum and Kanban are part of the Agile family, but they’re like siblings with different personalities. Scrum is a specific way to do Agile. It’s got roles, it’s got sprints, it’s got a whole system.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

That's brittleness in the system. This is any lifecycle, not just an agile approach.). I used the image from Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation as a way to think about the feedback loop realities in a serial approach.). (I If you're like many of the teams I meet, you've sort of got a handle on things.

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Split

APRIL 12, 2023

Value Stream Management (VSM) is a powerful tool that allows software development teams to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. The implementation of VSM can bring about a variety of benefits for a software development team. This second step includes automated testing tools or agile development frameworks.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2018

I love building enterprise systems, because you get to work with your customers/users every day and literally see their lives change as you release new features. In my case, at Zalando , these are systems for fashion buying, supply chain management, inventory management and procure-to-pay processes (e.g. At Zalando, we changed this.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  They are coming off customer calls, strategy sessions, renewal discussions, marketing automation planning sessions, compliance reviews, and industry analyst briefings that highlight improvements that must be made.  Crack the WIP Agilists and systems thinkers call this the WIP/Work in Progress.  There’s

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Departmental goals and incentives further push developers towards building robust, scalable, elegant software. Agile Development Things don’t necessarily get better with agile development. Agile dev did away with project waterfall?—?Specification However this part of agile development is not practiced as religiously.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Customers are no longer “trapped” with vendors they don’t want to stick with because moving data between systems is easier. With agile, the prioritization and roadmapping process may have changed, but the roadmap is still necessary in an agile world. How Agile Product Managers can Build Better Products.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 8, 2018

Handover is a crucial process in the software lifecycle, and it may turn out to be costly and harsh unless you take the appropriate precautionary steps to make it smooth and downtime-free. The following article answer the question how to transfer software development works to another programming team. Then, a solid plan comes in handy?

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. Due to his exemplary work, Debashish received his final offer just before his final presentation. He’s well equipped to do it all.

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Split

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

No matter what industry you work in, the evolving demands of an “agile” promise is a challenge to live up to. Still, against the enormous pressure to continually improve, the best software teams deliver the goods safely and on time. As it turns out, there’s an important set of metrics all software teams should use as their benchmark.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

Businesses and individuals are increasingly making SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications their choice software platform for their business needs. Are you an enterprise business leader or a start-up leader planning to offer your software product as a SaaS platform? billion in 2020 to $307.3 billion by 2026. billion by 2026.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

GenAI can fundamentally transform how businesses operate, fostering agility, efficiency, and innovation. This agility provides a significant advantage in staying ahead of competitors. Legal compliance Generative AI streamlines legal compliance processes by aiding in contract review and regulatory monitoring.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. combined with carefully carried out due diligence?—?can Successful Banks Use Flexible Technologies to Organize Processes “The goal is to establish an Agile center of gravity around our company”?—?German

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. Next up, you need to validate the idea before you start writing code.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Viktor Cessan Welcome to the Agile Movers & Shakers interview series. In the 14 years since he started working with Agile methodologies, he has helped companies such as Spotify, H&M, King, Avanza Bank, Telenor, and Sony Ericsson work more effectively.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

Even if they employ an agile methodology inside the dev team, clients who haven’t hired external design teams before tend to follow a waterfall approach with UX teams. This can happen due to various reasons: Lack of experience with integrating design teams into their processes. On the contrary!

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Agile Velocity

MAY 29, 2020

The eagerly anticipated 14th Annual State of Agile Report was published earlier this week, and like previous publications, there are some fantastic insights. Benefits of Agile. The top benefits of adopting Agile in this report are fairly consistent with recent years. Digging Deeper into Some Stats.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. This part is about how people want a recipe, The Answer, for how to get better at “Agile.” ” Before we can address what an answer might be, your need to know your why for an agile approach. Can “Agile” deliver on that?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 19, 2020

What are the top companies to hire remote software developers from? Regardless of the stage the project is at, companies can hire remote engineering teams to create more agile workflows. These are ideal for companies who want assured experience and expertise and don’t want to screen individual developers, as they’re already vetted.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Ten people, seven of them professionals, are at work on the problem, but the system is the product of one mind–or at most two, acting uno animo.” Yes, the premise of my Agile and Lean Program Management book.) That change cascades down through Analysis, Design, Code, etc. The quote I found most useful was on p.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. It got so bad that the CEO outlawed Agile altogether. What I am asking you to do is to not be religious about any prescribed system.

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Agile Velocity

JUNE 4, 2020

My previous post focused on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “The Agile C-Suite” 1. . The title sets up the obvious–Agile isn’t new, but having C-suite level executives embrace it is. The title sets up the obvious–Agile isn’t new, but having C-suite level executives embrace it is.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Why is change management in enterprise software so hard? Users want to use software that will make it easy to collect data. Software developers usually don’t want to work in Microsoft Sharepoint. I interviewed up to ten internal super users who would each review one hundred and twenty SharePoint documents a day.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. Many of the tools product managers use on a day-to-day basis are engineering-focused ticketing systems.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. In fact there was tension between designers and developers due to cultural and language differences (most developers were Indian and Asian, the other three designers were white Americans, and I am British West-Indian).

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 10, 2023

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is important for more agile software development teams. It’s the last stage in the software development life cycle, and it ensures every product meets the requirements and designations of the users. Price comparison tools often didn’t work.

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