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Article Series: Containers in the Real World - Stepping Off the Hype Curve

This article series explains how containers are actually being used within the enterprise. It dives into the core technology behind containers and how this is currently being used by developers, examines core challenges with deploying containers in the enterprise and the future of containerisation, and discusses the role unikernels are currently playing within leading-edge organisations.

Daniel Bryant
on Apr 17, 2016
Culture & Methods

Q&A with the Authors on "Requirements: The Masterclass LiveLessons-Traditional, Agile, Outsourcing"

Suzanne and James Robertson, authors of numerous publications in the requirements field, launched a video course called "Requirements: The Masterclass LiveLessons-Traditional, Agile, Outsourcing". InfoQ interviewed them on these video lessons to get further insights into some of the topics addressed.

Rui Miguel Ferreira
on Apr 17, 2016
Culture & Methods

Characteristics of a Great Scrum Team

This article explores 'What makes a great Scrum team?' by offering detailed descriptions of the characteristics and skills needed in the Scrum roles of Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team.

Barry Overeem
on Apr 15, 2016
DevOps

Continuous Deployment with Containers

Many of us have already experimented with Docker - for example, running one of the pre-built images from Docker Hub. However, a comprehensive build pipeline is required before deploying any containers into a production environment. This article outlines the steps you need to take for a fully automated continuous-deployment pipeline that builds microservices deployed via Docker containers.

Viktor Farcic
on Apr 14, 2016
Web Development

State of the JavaScript Landscape: A Map for Newcomers

Modern JavaScript development is in constant motion. Build tools that were popular 12 or even six months ago are no longer en vogue. In this article, Bonnie Eisenman gives JavaScript newcomers a map to get started on their JavaScript journey. For more experienced JavaScript developers, Bonnie provides an update on where the community is at and what technologies to use for new projects.

Bonnie Eisenman
on Apr 11, 2016
DevOps

Designing Delivery Book Review and Interview

Book review and interview with Jeff Sussna, author of "Designing Delivery", on cybernetics, service exchange, customer-centric brands and a new definition of quality in a service-oriented world.

Manuel Pais
on Mar 30, 2016
Culture & Methods

The Way to No-Hotfix Deployment

Hot-fix redeployment is a waste of time and effort at best, and often a source of further regression, Adam discusses some ready-to-use techniques that helped he and his team reduce the frequency of hot-fix deployments to almost zero.

Adam Pahlevi
on Mar 11, 2016
Culture & Methods

Scrum with Trello

Trello, with more than 10M users worldwide, is fast becoming a popular tool for agile teams of all flavours. In this article we look at some of the emerging good practices and patterns people are adopting when using Trello to manage their Scrum process. From basic board setup, to life without child tasks and the most useful plugins you can use to extend Trello to get the most out of it

Robin Warren
on Mar 03, 2016
DevOps

Securing the Modern Software Delivery Lifecycle

Information security practice has evolved to be pretty good at granting and managing access to confidential information - by people. But automation is taking over, requiring a shift in how we think about securing our infrastructure and applications.

Dustin Collins
on Feb 27, 2016
Culture & Methods

Q&A With Mike Talks on Why Agile Testing Needs Deprogramming

Mike Talks, Test Manager at Datacom, gave a talk at the Agile New Zealand 2015 conference on Deprogramming the Cargo Cult of Testing. Afterwards he explained why agile testing needs deprogramming, and how this can be done.

Shane Hastie
on Feb 12, 2016
Culture & Methods

The Agile Base Patterns, a Cross-Quadrant Conversation

Lyssa Adkins and Dan Greening had a chance to explore the ideas behind the Agile Base Patterns, looking at the underlying intent and goal of a wide range of agile practices. They discuss the implications of the Solve Systemic Problems pattern in detail and how doing so almost forces people in the ScrumMaster role to move into a coaching stance

Dan Greening Lyssa Adkins
on Feb 09, 2016
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the book Visualization Examples

The book Toolbox for the Agile Coach - Visualization Examples by Jimmy Janlén can be used by agile software development teams to visualize and improve their collaboration and communication. InfoQ interviewed Janlén about the strengths of visualizations and how teams can use them to track progress, deal with blockers, celebrate successes and improve.

Ben Linders
on Feb 07, 2016