by Sjoerd Houben | May 16, 2019 | Culture
I think we all know the concept of the saying – there are no stupid questions. The idea being that any question that can be asked, should be okay to be asked. However, through experience, I still hear many, many people say: okay, this might be a silly question...
by Richard | Apr 13, 2019 | Team Dynamics
One of the AgileLabs team found a great article by Eduards Sizovs, which they shared with us. You can read the whole thing at https://sizovs.net/2019/04/10/the-best-developers-are-raised-not-hired/ . The article is about the difference between teams who try to...
by Richard | Apr 8, 2019 | Continuous Improvement
It always fascinates me looking at old maps of the world, drawn based on the observations of the early explorers. These maps are often very accurate – for the regions the explorer had visited – and yet many of them show the world as having an edge, where...
by Richard | Apr 8, 2019 | Continuous Improvement, Culture, Team Dynamics
When helping software teams to be effective and deliver, we notice their struggles or successes are normally caused by 5 main themes – but often if you asked a struggling team how they could solve their issues, they look at just one, with a blind spot for all...
by Richard | Mar 7, 2019 | Continuous Improvement, Team Dynamics
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting the results to change” We love this quote, from Albert Einstein – it’s so obvious when you think about it, however we often see software teams who are doing exactly this, and...
by Richard | Feb 16, 2019 | Continuous Improvement
It’s continuous integration. As simple as that! But I’m talking about real continuous integration, not the crazy obsession with tooling that has been sweeping the industry. This is a really misunderstood topic, and it’s going to cost the industry an...
by Richard | Jan 24, 2019 | Continuous Improvement
When we’re building a product for people, we are hopefully offering them something that helps them with the things they want or need. Our product will have things that it can do, and using these will help our users meet their goals. Within AgileLabs we call the...
by Richard | Dec 13, 2018 | Continuous Improvement
On a day to day basis when building a product it’s really helpful to be working towards some kind of objective or goal, to stay focused. How you think about these goals can make a big difference though. For us, a goal is a short-term focus on an...
by Richard | Dec 12, 2018 | Culture
The expression “eating your own dog-food” is about using your own product, so that you see first-hand the same thing your customer does. This is a really powerful approach, and definitely worth doing! The aim should always to to build products that, as a...
by Richard | Dec 12, 2018 | Culture
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