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Q&A on the Book "The Stupidity Paradox"

In "The Stupidity Paradox", Andre Spicer and Mats Alvesson explore how knowledge intensive organizations employ smart people and encourage them to do stupid things. Functional stupidity can be catastrophic, however a dose of stupidity can be useful. The book advises how to counter stupidity or reduce the consequences, how to exploit it, and how to benefit from it.

Ben Linders
on Aug 20, 2017
Architecture & Design

Driving Architectural Simplicity - The Value, Challenge, and Practice of Simple Solutions

Simple architectures are the most efficient and, subsequently, successful over their lifetime. Achieving simplicity is hard and requires continuous dedication. As an industry, we need to focus more on the system quality of architectural simplicity.

Brandon Bryson
on Aug 17, 2017
Java

Automated Journey Testing with Cascade

Starting with a brief history of software testing, we investigate Cascade, a new framework for testing “journeys”, eliminating overlapping coverage to produce fast unit tests.

Robin de Villiers
on Aug 15, 2017
Development

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon New York 2017

The sixth annual QCon New York was the biggest yet, bringing together over 1,100 team leads, architects, project managers, and engineering directors - up from last year's record of 940. It was also the first to take place in our new home in Times Square.

Abel Avram
on Aug 08, 2017
Architecture & Design

The Art of Crafting Architectural Diagrams

Architectural diagrams can be useful tools for documenting and communicating the design of a system. They must be self descriptive, consistent, accurate enough and connected to the code. Applying some guidelines can ensure the diagrams are useful to a variety of stakeholders.

Ionut Balosin
on Aug 04, 2017
Culture & Methods

Louda Peña from Thoughtworks on Making Diversity Normal

Following on from the awards and recognition that ThoughtWorks has received for inclusiveness and diversity, InfoQ spoke to Louda Peña about what it takes to foster a genuinely diverse and inclusive workplace in a global technology company and her own experiences being part of such a culture.

Shane Hastie Louda Peña
on Aug 02, 2017
DevOps

DevOps Enterprise Adoption at CSG International with Erica Morrison

Erica Morrison, from CSG International, talks about their DevOps journey, key initiatives and lessons learned.

Manuel Pais
on Jul 31, 2017
Cloud Data Auditing Techniques with a Focus on Privacy and Security

The authors provide a guide to the current literature regarding comprehensive auditing methodologies. They not only identify and categorize the different approaches to cloud data integrity and privacy but also compare and analyze their relative merits. For example, their research lists the strengths and weaknesses of earlier work on cloud auditing, which allows researchers to design new methods.

Manjur Kolhar Mosleh M. Abu-Alhaj Saied M. Abd El-atty
on Jul 30, 2017
Culture & Methods

The Role and Importance of Communication in Post-Hierarchical Leadership

Communication is important in a modern, post-hierarchical business. Based on theoretical and empirical research which analysed the role of internal corporate communications in a post-hierarchic leadership system, this article explores fundamentals of post-hierarchic management and leadership and underlines how corporate communications can act as a catalyst to foster and enable such a new paradigm.

Tyrone Castelanelli
on Jul 28, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on The Digital Quality Handbook

The Digital Quality Handbook explores the challenges of testing mobile and web applications and shows how to apply agile practices to deliver quality at speed. Some of the topics covered are test automation, sizing mobile testlabs, addressing test flakiness, crowdsourced testing, performance testing, and applying DevOps practices.

Ben Linders
on Jul 27, 2017
Mobile

Can Cordova Fit Your Target Industry?

Cordova is an effective tool when in the right hands and when used for purposes it can cope with. This article discusses what app categories are the good, the bad, and the best for Cordova development.

Anastasia Yaskevich
on Jul 25, 2017
Web Development

Four Tips for Working with Angular Components

If you're a beginner to Angular, you'll quickly find that components are some of the core building blocks of an Angular application. Regardless of what flavor of Angular you're working with, be it AngularJS or Angular 2+, learning to use components well is critical. In this article, Jonathan Saring offers four tips on working with Angular components.

Jonathan Saring
on Jul 21, 2017