Posts in 2018
  • Sonar Lint for the Impatient

    2018-05-16 in 2018

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    Remove issues before they reach customer sites. No quality problems shall reach your Git master branch. SonarQube is a central server that processes full analyses (triggered by the various SonarQube Scanners). Its purpose is to give a 360° vision …

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  • Agile Introduction Success Criteria through the LeSS Lens

    2018-04-18 in 2018

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    An agile organization is able to deliver or change her direction at any time without additional cost. More companies want to become truly agile and book an expensive journey to the holy land of agility. Often travelers never reach their true …

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  • Pragmatic Craftsmanship - Professional Software Developer

    2018-04-12 in 2018

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    The last months I was often confronted with software products having insufficient quality. Insufficient means late delivery and few new features. The effort to correct errors in the field eats 30% to 50% away from the development budget. How can …

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  • Why Do You Need Metrics and KPI in Agile Product Development?

    2018-03-14 in 2018

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    Why do we define metrics and KPI? First, we want to find out how good the built-in quality of our software artifacts is. Second, we want to improve the built-in quality through experiments and use the metrics to judge the success of these …

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  • Agile GIS Open Data Initiative

    2018-03-12 in 2018

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    How can agile approaches be applied to deliver solutions in a government environment? Here is an example of a GIS open data portal successfully developed using agile approaches such as Kanban, lean product, and technical excellence. GIS Open Data …

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  • Java 10 aka 18.3 Changes

    2018-03-09 in 2018

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    Oracle has decided to release a new JDK two times a year. The next release of Java 10 aka 18.3 will be available in March 2018. JDK 11 aka 18.9 will be released in September 2018. Java 11 will also be a long-term support LTS release. For Java to …

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  • Six Levers for better Agile Product Development

    2018-02-21 in 2018

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    Every company is a software company. Software is a key to success. This is the new reality in the digital world. How can you create better digital products and services? How can you delight your customers, your collaborators, and your stakeholders? …

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  • Scrum Guide 2017: What changed?

    2018-02-09 in 2018

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    The Scrum guide was revised in 2016 and got clarification concerning the core values. I was thrilled. Talking about values and mental models, you must have to successfully introduce and be agile is awesome. A new revision was published at the end of …

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  • One Way to Improve Your Scrum Approach

    2018-01-03 in 2018

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    You work using agile and lean approaches. Your collaborators are trained how to use agile principles. Techniques such as test-driven development, continuous integration, DevOps or clean code are regularly practiced. Your teams reduce their technical …

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  • Why is it so Cool to Develop with Java?

    2018-01-02 in 2018

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    Why is it so cool to develop software using Java, a modern IDE, and agile tools? Because the environment empowers you and incredibly speeds up your development outcomes. In seconds, you know if the next code increment adds value to your product. …

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