Continuous Improvement: A Model for Success in Your Organization
DevOps, agile methodologies, and continuous improvement (CI) have transformed the way that teams collaborate when they create software. Rather than waiting for several months or years…
The Agile Retrospective: Definition and Example Formats
The following is a principle upon which the Agile Manifesto was built: “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes…
What Is Predictive Analytics and How Can It Help You?
Organizations have more data under their control than ever before. But as the Internet of Things starts growing and 5G networks come online, the age of…
Plutora Listed on Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year
In the past year we’ve been riding a wave of unprecedented interest in our Plutora products. We’ve had over 70% year-on-year growth in our sales pipeline…
Behavior-Driven Development: A Comprehensive Intro and Guide
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is several things: a language for defining the behavior of an application; a collaboration tool for engineers, testers, and product managers; and a…
Digital Transformation Strategy: Your 6 Steps for Success
Digital transformation is all the rage these days, and for good reason. From saving costs and increased productivity to happier customers and higher profitability, digital transformation…
Understanding the Andon Cord as the Key to Lean Operations
Enhanced productivity with a skyrocketing revenue! Isn’t it every business owner’s dream? Even though that’s the goal of every firm, not all businesses are fortunate enough…
Top 4 Digital Transformation Challenges (And how to solve them)
Companies across industries are investing in digital transformations to improve productivity and deliver innovative customer-centric software. Digital native companies continue to reshape markets, leaving traditional incumbents…
How Lean and Agile Relate and How You Can Win by Using Both
We often consider lean and agile to be two different methodologies to writing software. However, if we take the principles of lean to heart, we end…
Scaled Agile Framework Version 4.6: What Is It and Should You Adopt It?
In 2010, leaders of forward-thinking enterprises began asking themselves how they could adopt software development methodologies such as lean, kanban, and scrum on a larger scale….
The Agile + DevOps Effect: 6 Keys to Software Delivery Evolution
Agile and DevOps are both iterative methodologies that focus on moving quickly. With Agile, you’re trying to test your assumptions as soon as possible so that…
Letting the Customer Lead: Digital Customer Experience in Software Delivery
The current state of affairs in the software industry is that every company collects a huge amount of data through different entry points, and every company…