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The Burger House: A Tale of Systems Thinking, Bottlenecks and Cross-Functionality

A small, upscale burger house opens on a narrow street of Rio de Janeiro. Their system is optimized for efficient order taking. However, unfortunately, it is chaotic. One morning, a cashier did not come to work. Can you guess what happened? With a little help from the Theory of Constraints and Systems Thinking, we will explain in this article why their system actually improved one person short!

Rafael Sabbagh
on Sep 07, 2017
Culture & Methods

Oldies in Tech: Hiring and Getting Hired

Denoncourt gives advice to older job seekers with tips on how to go about writing cover letters, filling out resumes, handling themselves in interviews, and preparing for difficult questions and coding assessments. Employers will change their perspective of older applicants and see the benefits of hiring sage programmers that are smart, love learning and have a track record of success.

Don Denoncourt
on Sep 06, 2017
Web Development

3 Easy Solutions to Optimize Images on the Fly

When pages are slow to load, images are frequently the culprit. The megabyte size of web pages is steadily growing, and images are by far the largest component. In this article, Gilad David Maayan shows how image optimization can be achieved easily and automatically with a few lines of code, using three different cloud services, dramatically improve page load times and bandwidth usage.

Gilad David Maayan
on Sep 05, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Working with Coders

The book Working with Coders is a practical guide to managing teams of software developers aimed at a non-technical audience. In the book, Patrick Gleeson explores how the software development process works and what managers can do to support it effectively and build solid working relationships with coders.

Ben Linders
on Sep 04, 2017
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Video Stream Analytics Using OpenCV, Kafka and Spark Technologies

What is the role of video streaming data analytics in data science space. Learn how to implement a motion detection use case using a sample application based on OpenCV, Kafka and Spark Technologies.

Amit Baghel
on Sep 02, 2017
Culture & Methods

Six Ways Agile Can Turn Static

Agile development in the right circumstances enables organizations to release high quality software that changes rapidly to drive businesses forward. It just doesn’t work all the time. Success requires collaboration, transparency and real-time visibility into project risk and quality.

Ronit Eliav
on Sep 01, 2017
DevOps

Merging Agile and DevOps

The most popular agile framework, Scrum, predates the growth of DevOps. In consequence, the practices within scrum (and other Agile frameworks) are overwhelmingly focused on what you might loosely define as the development aspects of software delivery, and less focused on the Operational aspects.

James Betteley Matthew Skelton
on Aug 30, 2017
Java

Cost Reduction Strategies on Java Cloud Hosting Services

On the fly, automatic vertical scaling can lower the cost of exceeding VM limits, and gives flexibility in resource allocation. In this article we will cover techniques for determining whether automatic vertical scaling can help, and how to get it configured for your project.

Ruslan Synytsky
on Aug 29, 2017
Culture & Methods

The Seven Steps to Building a Successful Software Development Company

Building a successful software development company is hard. There are lots of challenges and barriers that need to be overcome. This article provides seven things that can help start on the right footing and keep on track for success. Build the right team, have a clear focus, leverage partnerships, nurture and protect your culture, identify and leverage new technologies and look to the finances

Todor Gigilev
on Aug 28, 2017
Culture & Methods

Transcend the “Feature Factory” Mindset Using Modern Agile and OKR

Using Agile with waterfall goals turns teams into "feature factories" with no focus on delivering value. To transcend this mindset, companies can apply Modern Agile’s four principles by using OKR (Objectives and Key Results). Combining Modern Agile with the proper use of OKR can be a lightweight way for organizations to give teams the autonomy to experiment and achieve awesome results.

Felipe Castro Alexandre Freire Kawakami
on Aug 27, 2017
Culture & Methods

Six Pointers for Creating Strong Operational Business Values

A system that is flexible and open to inputs works for organizations of all sizes. This article is a rulebook for leaders on how to create a values-driven culture that not only lifts a new business off the ground, but also keeps it going in the long run, by encouraging creativity, an ownership mentality, honesty in feedback, and open communication across the board.

Dipti Parmar
on Aug 24, 2017
Architecture & Design

Perspective on Architectural Fitness of Microservices

In this article we peel the onion of potential architectural fitness of microservices in the context of Master Data Management, and the challenges a microservices-based architecture may face when solving problem domains that require compute-intensive tasks, such as the calculation of expected losses on a portfolio of unsecured consumer credit.

Philippe Assouline
on Aug 21, 2017